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Next generation Intel® Core i7 architecture with its
latest Eclipse X58 series motherboard series Coming with the second generation of DrMOS ready for super computing technology
MSI today announced its century work of motherboard, Eclipse series. With the intension to shake off the burden and the restrictions due to old specifications and technologies, it offers a innovatively new architecture that adopts the latest chipset Intel® X58 that supports the latest processor Intel® Core i7 with LGA1366-pin design, along with ultra-high bandwidth QPI (Quick Path Interconnect) transmission system and high-speed DDR3 memory, resulting performance so extreme that has ever seen in motherboards. For better eco-design in power-consuming, Eclipse series has further utilized and extended the second-generation DrMOS technology, which introduced exclusively by MSI since the P45 series, to the power-supply modules of the X58 chipset and DDR3 memory, improving its power efficiency more than 95%. By natively supporting the ATI CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® SLI® technologies, the Eclipse series offers those who searching for better 3D performance wider and more variety choice of their favor graphics cards. For better system cooling efficiency, Eclipse series comes with "Split Thermal System", which is a MSI's exclusive cooling system that isolate and separate the heat sink system between the power-supply modules of the chipset and memory with each other to control and manage the cooling performance separately utilizing the DrMOS technology. MSI's innovative give you the first look and taste of the future super-computer technology.
- Latest LGA1366-pin Intel® Core i7 processor architecture
The X58 chipset on the Eclipse series comes with a new processor socket LGA1366 that can support the latest Intel® Core i7 processor, code named Nehalme, supporting the third generation of HT technology realizing eight threaded computing under a quad-core architecture. The processor has integrated the memory controller used to be seen in chipset, giving substantial increase in memory performance through the 3-channel DDR3 memory slots. The new QPI transmission system design, replacing the traditional FSB architecture, further promote the memory performance by establishing the two-way data exchange to the North Bridge chip with 25.6GB/s bandwidth. For better energy-saving, the processor comes with a Turbo Mode (Dynamic Speed Dynamic Frequency Technology), which automatically switching on/off one or several of its core according to its working load to reduce unnecessary power consumption. This new and high-performance design is expected to replace the current mainstream LGA 775-pin computer platform.
- First in the industry! MSI introduces the latest DrMOS chip into chipset power supply modules
In order to maximize service performance and provide a stable and adequate power supply environment, MSI Eclipse series has extended the application of second-generation DrMOS chip, which is recommended by Intel® for processor power supply application, from the processor power-supply module to the power modules of the chipset and memory, along with the exclusive hardware-level Active Power-phase Switching (APS) technology for better energy-saving. These groundbreaking applications are to provide stable power supply capacity required by the high bandwidth operations in the motherboard, and to save energy not just from the processor but the entire motherboard as well. MSI Eclipse series motherboard provides unprecedented quality of excellent power supply design.
- Super cool! DrMOS-optimized Split Thermal System for ultra-low temperature operating
While having massively used and relied on the second-generation DrMOS chip, which is aimed for low-temperature operating, in the Eclipse series to reduce the servicing temperature, MSI engineers have further enhanced such effort by replacing the one-heat-pipe-for-all design with a separated arrangement one that isolate the heat sinks of the chipset and DrMOS chip to solve the thermal interfering problem between them for better heat-controlling. Both heat sinks have been designed with large-scale thermal fins and heatpipe. With all this approach, the normal service temperature is controlled successfully under 45˚C, and 80˚C when intense overclocking operation, excellent for heavy users who are looking for extreme performance from their motherboards.
- Super safe! Plug & Play RAID technology "Driver Booster"
RAID capability commonly seen in other high-end motherboards is hard to handle and requires some skill to set, install and use. This is not the case for the Eclipse series. The Eclipse series comes with a new RAID technology known as "Driver Booster", which adopts the concept of plug & play to allow users to build a RAID system using up to four Serial ATA hard drives in such an easy way requiring no complex setting and skill from users, leading to not only less accessing time and CPU resource requirements, but also better data protection and backup strategy against hard disk failure.
- Ultimate sound quality! Creative X-Fi audio card to provide hardware-level decoding capability available only from MSI
Best audio quality is one of those things that MSI has always insisted and sought for, and MSI also make the case in the Eclipse series. To promote the audio quality in multimedia entertainment to a new level, the series each has been equipped with an X-Fi Xtreme Audio card, a PCI Express interface card that fully support the 24-bit Crystalizer audio decoding and CMSS-3D surround sound field technologies to preserve the resolution of audio signal during decoding and to output the best sound via 8-channel stereo surround sound speakers. This hardware approach can offer the most accurate sound positioning and best detailed and vivid sound effect, which is not available from commonly seen software approach, while not only maintain the resolution of the audio through decoding operation, but also make such operation require no CPU resource, meaning a better system performance since the CPU load will be lighter then the case using software approach. MSI high-end motherboard are the only ones that utilize hardware approach, that is Creative X-Fi audio decoder chip, to give you the high-end audio quality you deserve.
MSI Eclipse series motherboard offers three selections for users to choose from: Eclipse+, Eclipse SLI, and X58 Platinum. They are all well designed and tuned in functionality and capability with the innovative technology available from MSI, guaranteeing the Eclipse series is the best choice even for a heavy user.
Eclipse+
˙Intel® X58 Express chipset based
˙Supports Intel® Core™ i7 series processors
˙Supports six 3-channel DDR3-1333 memory slots
˙Supports four PCI-E x16 AGP slots
˙10 SATAII and 2 eSATAII 3Gb/s hard disk interface
˙Utilized Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme 8-channel audio card
˙Suports 2 Gb/s LAN interface
Eclipse SLI
˙Intel® X58 Express chipset based
˙Supports Intel® Core™ i7 series processors
˙Supports six 3-channel DDR3-1333 memory slots
˙Supports three PCI-E x16 AGP slots
˙10 SATAII and 2 eSATAII 3Gb/s hard disk interface
˙Utilized Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme 8-channel audio card
˙Suports 2 Gb/s LAN interface
X58 Platinum
˙Intel® X58 Express chipset based
˙Supports Intel® Core™ i7 series processors
˙Supports six 3-channel DDR3-1333 memory slots
˙Supports two PCI-E x16 AGP slots
˙8 SATAII and 1 eSATAII 3Gb/s hard disk interface
˙Utilized 8-channel audio slot
˙Supports 2 GbLAN interface
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