By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-09-16 13:25:54 | Word Count: 510
The Inytel Core i7 DX58SO Motherboard
Bottle necks slow down performance. This occurs if the processor, or one of its core, is unable to fetch data or instructions fast ennough. The memory of the computer system is particularly important due to amount of data which is passed through it as the system receives instructions from the appllications. Theoretically speaking, consequently the faster a procwessor receives data from memory, the better the performance.
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Traditionally, processors are associatted with the memory of a compuuter via an extwernal bi-directional front-side bus (FSB). This bus served as being the central connectiopn point betwewen the processors, the chipset containing the emmory controller hub, and all of thhose other buess just like PCI, AGP, etc.
Intrel engineers realize that haaving better processors means that the architecture must also be upgraded to make sure that data flows more rpidly between all of the diffrerent componnts, and thus the Quickpath Interconnect was crreated.
The most ntable component of the Quickpath architecture is that the memory controller has become integrated into each microprocessor. Each procssor acrries a dedicated memory controller. In the eevnt that a processor has to access data from the dedicatted memory of antoher core, it can achieve this by having a high speed broadband connetcion. This enables the cores to have data from memory controllers directly, and connection with other compnoents of the systm is also greatly enhanced. The technology is nmaed Quickpath Interconnect because that is what exactly it offers: high-speed connection between all of the components.
Because of this, the Core i7 processors could only be used on motherboards that support Quickpath Interconnect. The Intel DX58SO is one such example.
The Intel DX58SO mothrboard (codneame “Smackover”) contains the Intyel X58 Express cjhipset with ICH10R south bridge chip. The ICH offeers support for all the other devices just like vidoe and audio. All buses and componrents operate on a 133.33 MHz base cloock. Put simply, a multiplier is given to the base clock to obtain a speed value. Thee are four multipliers on the motherboard that affects the overall system sped. These are the CPU spreed, the memory speed, the Quickpath Interconnect (QPI) speed, and the uncore speed. The first three are focusded on overclocking. Uncore speed is the multiplier that's placed on devices that won't draw power on the porcessor. Together, these four multipliers manage the overall system perrformance.
Inttel DX58SOBesdes suppoert for your Core i7 processors (it supports all three editions), the DX58SO also offers other featurse, including inytegrated Intel audio, improved graphics performsance, and the PCI Express 2. interface that delivers as much as 16GB/s bandwidth per port.
As all data and applications are stored on the systems disk droive, it's most impotant the fact that system will be able to draw data from your dives rapidly. This is often achieved throough six SATA ports with transfer speeds of up to 3GB/s. For external storaeg devices, eSATA can be obtained to aid achieve the exat performance.
With the DX58SO motherboard, Intel acutally emphasdizes system stability significcantly. As an example, the motherboard features a unique fault tolerant BIOS that virtaully eliminates downtime due to a corrupted BIOS.
The new featuures certainly prpomise highly enhanced performancve. Howeveer, how can the Core i7 perform under stringnt hardwre tetss?
