Source: http://www.nehalemnews.com/2008/08/sighting-x58-motherboards.html
Here are some of the latest images and information available about upcoming X58 Core i7 motherboards (click to enlarge images)...Foxconn Renaissance X58
- X58/Tylersburg 36D chipset with ICH10R
- Ultra-low resistance, crystal, ferrite salt-core inductors, and solid ultra-low SR capacitors
- Six-phase power
- 2 PCIe x16 2.0 slots (blue) and 2 PCIe x16 1.0 slots (black)
- 2 FireWire IEEE 1394a ports provided by a TI TSB434B22A chip
- Gig-E via Broadcom BCM5786KMLG
- Realtek's ALC888S audio codec supports full 7.1 discrete analog output and optional Dolby Digital Live, DTS Connect, and Dolby Home Theater for real-time encoding of audio signals to an external processor or receiver
- 6 SATA connectors
- Two SAS ports!!!
- Debugging LED lights and a clear CMOS button
More Info Here.
Asus P6T Deluxe
- 8-layer PCB with "Platinum Circuit Layout" for what Asus refers to as "Best Layout Design for Extreme OC Record" (we'll wait to see the end result for that one)
- A "Unique Wind-Flow Thermal Design" - basically the northbridge heatsink acts as a duct for air off the CPU heatsink, that is, providing you use a normal top down heatsink design and not a heatpiped one like most of us use. Even if we're sceptical about how w! ell this works, it looks really very good.
- It has eight USB 2.0, eSATA, optical and digital S/PDIF and 7.1 channel surround sound including DTS "Surround Sensation UltraPC" features unique to Asus - Virtual (5.1) Surround, Bass Enhancement, Dialogue Clarify and Soundstage Expansion
- Two channel SAS (serial attached SCSI) RAID from the Marvell 88E6320-TFJ2 controller, as well as six SATA ports (that should not be interfered with when using long graphics)
- Six DIMM sockets with three phase power regulation, for tri-channel DDR3 with a maximum support for 24GB of memory.
- ExpressGate hardware with fast booting Linux OS on an in-built USB stick.
- "5000 hour" Fujitsu capacitors, ferrite core chokes and Low RDS(on) MOSFETs.
More info here.
Gigabyte GA-X58-Extreme
- 12 Phase Power instead of 6 phases shown here
- No additional (onboard RAID) other than ICH10R
- SATA ports will be angled at 90-degrees
- LED's for power phases and diagnostics
- Four PCIe 2.0 x16 (Blue x16, Orange x8 but all four will operate at x8 only)
- PS/2 ports, dual Gig-E, 8 USB Ports, optical/coax audio, firewire, and clear CMOS on real panel
More Info Here.
MSI X58 Eclipse
- 10 Phase Power
- 10 SATA connectors
- 2 eSATA connectors
- 12 USB
- 2 Gig-E
- No onboard sound (likely an add-in X-Fi card)
- Onboard Power, Reset, and Clear CMOS buttons
- Rear panel Clear CMOS button
More info here.