Intel appears to utilize a top-end and conventional chipset mixture with each generation. The X48 and P45 was one such generation, with the newest one being the X58 and P55 / H55 / Q57.The higher the number the bigger the performance of the chipset.X58 motherboards appear to have come into the avant-garde of the fan community as they're the sole ones that support the six-core Gulftown CPU (Core i7-980X). With the arrival of SATA six Gb / 2nd and USB 3.0 standard, motherboard manufacturer are also releasing updated versions of the X58 chipset to support these new features.

BIOSTAR is a motherboard manufacturer in Taiwan which has released many motherboards based on varied Intel chipsets. Today's review is on the BIOSTAR TPower X58 motherboard.

Features
Design for Intel socket 1366 Nehalem Core i7 Acute / Core i7 45nm processors
Intel X58 / ICH10R Chipset
12 Phase Power Design
Support 6 DIMM DDR3-1866 ( OC ) / 1600 ( OC ) / 1333 ( OC ) up to 24GB maximum capacity
Support ATI CrossfireX and Nvidia SLI technology
100% XDC Japanese Solid Capacitors
BIOSTAR Space-Pipe with high potency copper heat-pipe
BIOSTAR G.P.U. (Green Power Utility) technology for energy saving
BIOSTAR TPower Utility
On board Dual GbE
1394a, external SATA, SPDIF Out (Optical / Coaxial).