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ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard Performance Review

Manufacturer: ASUS
Product: ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard
Date: Fri, Nov 12, 2010 - 12:00 AM
Written By: Dan Stoltz -
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ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard Retail Packaging and Bundle

ASUS Sabertooth X58 Retail Box and Bundle

The retail packaging is stylish and to the point. You know the basics of what you are going to get just by looking at the front of the packaging.

ASUS Sabertooth X58 Retail Box and Bundle

The front of the retail packaging opens up for those looking for more information. On the retail packaging underneath the flap several of the key features of the ASUS Sabertooth X58 are mentioned: True USB 3.0 Support, MemOK!, ASUS Q-Design and other features are detailed here.

ASUS Sabertooth X58 Retail Box and Bundle

The flap on the retail packaging has even more of the details of the ASUS Sabertooth X58 including CeraM!X Heatsink Coating Tech, E.S.P., TUF Components and True SATA 6Gb/s RAID Support.

ASUS Sabertooth X58 Retail Box and Bundle

The back of the retail packaging for the ASUS Sabertooth X58 gives you a truncated version of the specifications we covered on the first page.

ASUS Sabertooth X58 Retail Box and Bundle

Once we opened up the retail packaging for the ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard we found the bundle that goes along with the ASUS Sabertooth X58 in a bit of a mess. Though with a closer look we see the ASUS Sabertooth X58 motherboard is well protected from the bundle that has perhaps a bit too much freedom to roam.

ASUS Sabertooth X58 Retail Box and Bundle

Lifting off the cardboard that protects the ASUS Sabertooth X58 from the shifting bundle we get our first look at the ASUS Sabertooth X58, and honest first impressions. I dig the look!

ASUS Sabertooth X58 Retail Box and Bundle

The bundle above is everything you get with the ASUS Sabertooth X58: four SATA cables, Q-connects, I/O Shield, SLI bridge, manuals and, of course, the driver disk.

Next Page - A Closer Look at the ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard


Review Index
Page 1 - ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard Performance Review
Page 2 - ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard Retail Packaging and Bundle
Page 3 - A Closer Look at the ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard
Page 4 - The ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard BIOS
Page 5 - The Legit Reviews Test System
Page 6 - PCMark Vantage Synthetic Benchmark
Page 7 - 3DMark Vantage
Page 8 - SiSoft Sandra 2010 Memory Bandwidth
Page 9 - USB3 Performance Testing
Page 10 - SATA6 Performance Testing
Page 11 - Network Throughput
Page 12 - Rightmark Audio Analyzer
Page 13 - Aliens Vs. Predator Benchmark v1.03
Page 14 - System Power Consumption
Page 15 - Overclocking the ASUS Sabertooth X58 Motherboard
Page 16 - Final Thoughts and Conclusion