MSI X58M Pro Reviews

Honestly, this board makes the Gene look like a pretty big rip off. It overclocked like a dream, even with all 6 RAM slots occupied with RAM. Not only that, but it had just about every feature from the Gene, only at a huge discount. The board certainly seems like it could do no wrong, but there are a few issues with it. One is the VRM's not having a heat sink. It may not be needed, but it certainly could have helped get rid of any heating issues, and prolonged the life of the board. Also a potential con depending on your case, is the positioning of the second PCIE x16 slot. If you are running a micro ATX case then this is great because it allows you to run two cards in Crossfire or SLI, but if you have a larger case, then you could really see a temperature difference on the GPU's if you where able to run them further apart. Aside from these little things, this board was simply excelent for the price.

All that aside, we think MSI has a winner here. The price is right, the quality is great, performance is terrific, and the feature set (CrossFire/SLI) matches that of boards costing up to a hundred dollars more. We have no problem recommending the MSI X58M at this point and look forward to seeing it again in our roundup.

With a relatively low price and blistering performance, the X58M is the ideal motherboard if you want to build a performance PC.

Big things often come in small packages and the MSI X58M motherboard is one of those things that really are an outstanding product. Its performance was near the top in virtually every benchmark. Feature-wise the board has support for SLI and CrossfireX on a micro-ATX form factor. If you’re looking for a LAN PC or a computer to be based on the fast X58 chipset and a Core i7, the X58M is a great choice.