News - MSI Eclipse: a promising companion for Intel's Core i7

[HEXUS]

Intel's Core i7 is official, and MSI is hoping to literally Eclipse the competition with its high-end X58-based motherboard.

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[TAKTAK]

*shakes stick*


nah... thats got more features...

[MadduckUK]

Mitsubishi - Eclipse
Mitsubishi - Mirage Cyborg

Saitek - Eclipse
Saitek - Cyborg

MSI - Eclipse
MSI - ??????

[j.o.s.h.1408]

wow that looks impressive. sli and crossfire? fantastic. 10 sata ports and 8 usb ports? bloody awsome!

but how much? if its £200 for this mobo then thats fine with me well worth it with all those features

[Biscuit]

If MSI stick to their usual competitive pricing they could be on for a hell of a winner here.

[cmjrees]

Mitsubishi - Eclipse
Mitsubishi - Mirage Cyborg

Saitek - Eclipse
Saitek - Cyborg

MSI - Eclipse
MSI - ??????

Let's see if I got that...

IBM - Eclipse
IBM - CDT

Right?

[baius]

Did I see 10 USB ports? That would mean I didn't have to use as many "hubs" for things.

I've got "about" 8 devices (depending on what's plugged in). If I use my Dell 2407's USB hub, then when my screen goes into "sleep" (usually after a minute of inactivity) all the devices have to re-install afterwards.

It's annoying. I'll keep an eye on this product.

[Biscuit]

Did I see 10 USB ports? That would mean I didn't have to use as many "hubs" for things.

I've got "about" 8 devices (depending on what's plugged in). If I use my Dell 2407's USB hub, then when my screen goes into "sleep" (usually after a minute of inactivity) all the devices have to re-install afterwards.

It's annoying. I'll keep an eye on this product.

Im sure there is a cheaper solution than a £600-700 upgrade

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Im sure there is a cheaper solution than a £600-700 upgrade

yea but if u have the money for a x58 mobo then why not? i much rather have my usb stuff plugged into my pc rather then use hubs

[kalniel]

Did I see 10 USB ports?

Nope, I don't think you did. There are four.

yea but if u have the money for a x58 mobo then why not? i much rather have my usb stuff plugged into my pc rather then use hubs

How would you feed the cables to the motherboard?

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Nope, I don't think you did. There are four.

How would you feed the cables to the motherboard?

from the back of the pc? or from the front of your case(which my current case lacks)

[Biscuit]

iv got usb slots coming out of my ears! bloody everywhere, i think the fridge has one to keep my downloaded recipes cool

[b0ned0me]

Nope, I don't think you did. There are four.

Actually, there are eight. Plus two eSATA ports that look a bit like USB ports.

a well-equipped I/O panel that provides PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, four USB ports, FireWire, two eSATA ports, a clear CMOS button, dual-Gigabit Ethernet and a further four USB ports.

[Pob255]

Looks good so far.

The colour is better than some of the other msi boards and it looks like they've finally sorted out "having all the same memory channel slots the same colour"
however it would of been nice if they'd used the same style pci-e/pic slots as are on there p35 motherboards.

[j.o.s.h.1408]

its out: £300!! http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...%20Motherboard

any difference between that and this? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...%20Motherboard

[MadduckUK]

from the back of the pc? or from the front of your case(which my current case lacks)

you know that you have headers on the motherboard for either 2 or 4 more ports waiting to be plugged it right? even if you dont want to swap the case you could stick a bracket in the back!