Review: Foxconn Bloodrage X58: The Overclockers' Dream
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Posted by Donster on: 2008-12-22 16:02:46 559
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Author: Tarinder Sandhu @ HEXUS
Any reader who wants a cutting-edge and high-performing system will look towards Core i7 as the brains of the outfit, but a socket change - from LGA775 to LGA1366 - means that a new supporting core logic is required. That comes in the form of the X58 chipset from Intel, with a number of motherboards supporting both ATI and NVIDIA multi-GPU graphics.
Now, the entry price for an X58 motherboard is some 200, rising to well over 300 for models equipped with the proverbial kitchen sink.
Foxconn has realised that Core i7 requires more than just one motherboard and has separated its line into the entertainment-orientated 'Renaissance' and overclocking-based Bloodrage.
We take a close look at the latter, to see if it is all things to all enthusiasts.
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