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

by Parm Mann on 3 November 2008, 09:26

Tags: Core i7, Eclipse SLI, Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), MSI

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SLI, CrossFire and more

Over to the array of PCI slots and there's plenty to choose from. Eclipse provides three PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (two x16 in black and one x4 in blue), two PCIe 2.0 x1 slots, and a pair of standard PCI slots. There's support for ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI, and adequate room for at least two dual-slot high-end GPUs.

One of the aforementioned PCIe x1 slots can be occupied by MSI's bundled audio add-on of choice - a Creative X-FI that provides support for 7.1 audio and EAX Advanced HD.

To the right of the PCI slots are a selection of switches including power and reset buttons, a D-LED 2 controller, and a dip-switch to provide easy-access overclocking.

Come around to the back and you'll find 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.

Sounds rather good, doesn't it? Stay tuned for our forthcoming review.



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nah… thats got more features…
Mitsubishi - Eclipse
Mitsubishi - Mirage Cyborg

Saitek - Eclipse
Saitek - Cyborg

MSI - Eclipse
MSI - ??????

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 :P well worth it with all those features
If MSI stick to their usual competitive pricing they could be on for a hell of a winner here.
MadduckUK
Mitsubishi - Eclipse
Mitsubishi - Mirage Cyborg

Saitek - Eclipse
Saitek - Cyborg

MSI - Eclipse
MSI - ??????


Let's see if I got that…

IBM - Eclipse
IBM - CDT

Right? :rockon2: