The LGA1366 platform was announced over two years ago, but the Intel X58 Express chipset is still considered to be the fastest available and comes to users on top-end mainboards. On the other hand, a modern flagship mainboard must have two features to claim such a status, namely USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gbps. Products released two years ago did not have those interfaces, so a revision of the model range was necessary. We have already checked out the new breed of LGA1366 mainboards from the leading makers: ASUS P6X58D-E and Asus Sabertooth X58, Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (rev. 2.0) and GA-X58A-UD5 (rev. 2.0), and MSI XPower. Intel has added two new products into their Extreme Series as well. We will put aside the simpler Intel DX58OG with pretty basic functionality and will focus today on the top-of-the-line DX58SO2 model.First we want to quote the words the company uses to introduce this new mainboard: “Intel is breaking down the barriers when it comes to the performance and bandwidth that gamers, digital media creators, and ultimate multi-taskers need most”. This phrase can be understood in the sense that there were barriers. Indeed, the previous flagship product, Intel DX58SO, was rather odd and differed greatly from the regular mainboards by other manufacturers. Let’s see what its successor, DX58SO2, can do.