Intel DX58SO 'Smackover' Motherboard Has A Tight Fit

[Apoptosis]

During IDF 2008 I got a chance to see an Intel DX58SO 'Smackover' system up close and pulled the door off the case. This system was running a 3.2GHz Nehalem (Core i7) processor, three Corsair XMS 1600MHz 1GB modules and was being cooled by a Scythe 5Y1225SL12H fan on a Thermalright Ultra-120 heatsink that was large and in charge. If you look close this means that the fourth memory slot is 100% blocked and the memory third slot is being pushed to the right. This means that thicker memory modules won't work correctly on this board unless you rotate the heatsink or use a different cooler. These are Corsair Dominator/XMS modules with the DHX heat sink. As you can see the Corsair DHX heatspreader works, but they cut it close. Normal memory modules with standard heat sinks wouldn't be tall enough to have this issue. Just a heads up for those that are interesting in what I'm finding out about the Intel DX58SO motherboard.

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[martini161]

so i guess this means it uses the same mounting scheme as LGA 775?A

[bubba]

This is one of the things I was wondering about when I seen the shots in the IDF thread. I new it was going to cut it close, but dam.

Coolers will need to re-thought a little not to block that 4 slot like that, then again if it works better in 3's rather than 4's then it may not be that big of an issue.

so i guess this means it uses the same mounting scheme as LGA 775?A

Similar, but the socket is more of a rectangle now. I also heard somewhere that they are supposed to have a fixed backing plate like the AMD's have, not sure about that one, I hope it will. It would make life easier on swapping out heat sinks.

Edit: Looking back at the images of it in the Zalman case it looks like the stuck with the push pins for the sock cooler... oh well.