EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified LGA1366 Motherboard Review

Included Software

If you read our EVGA X58 3X SLI review and spent some time in the software section, then this is going to look very similar. In fact, this section is going to be almost identical. Why you ask? Well, it is quite simple. The software that the EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified ships with is identical in every way to the original EVGA X58 motherboard. The wallpaper section on the disk even has the EVGA X58 wallpapers and not updated Classified wallpapers. For those that aren't familiar with the software included in the EVGA X58 motherboards then continue reading, but those that are, simply skip ahead to the next section as there is nothing new here.

The main screen that comes up when we pop in the disk is very basic and straight forward, but with an esthetically pleasing design that we have appreciated from EVGA. There is nothing over the top about the design and the subtle use of graphics is just right. EVGA has also broken down the options in an easy to follow format. Everything is pretty self explanatory in the menu above and there are no sub-menus for anything but the Install Motherboard Drivers section so let's look at that next.

This section is broken up into individual driver installation options. Once all drivers are installed, we are ready to fire up E-LEET for a quick look.

For a while the E-LEET updates coming from EVGA were of the non-installation type but with the latest version, EVGA has gone back to an installer for E-LEET. Once installed, we can fire up E-LEET from the shortcut placed on the desktop. We will be looking at E-LEET with BIOS defaults loaded.

There haven't been any fundamental changes to E-LEET in version 1.05.2 that we are looking at now when compared to 1.02.8 that we looked at back at the beginning of the year. The interface and functionality are the same and even back then there weren't many bugs. Naturally since then, some of the bugs that have shown up have been fixed and E-LEET has matured into a software staple for EVGA X58 users. The first two tabs are all but identical to CPU-Z tabs of the same name. E-LEET doesn't step outside of the CPU-Z mold until the third tab, the Monitoring section.

The Monitoring, Overclocking, and Voltage sections are what make E-LEET what it is. Think of CPU-Z on steroids, or CPU-Z combined with SetFSB, Everest, and voltage adjustment tools. Over the course of the past four months on both the original X58 3X SLI and the Classified, we have taken E-LEET for granted. It just always works. It's monitoring is a quick and easy way to have a look at what is going on with the system, and the built in overclocking and voltage adjustments have become an integral part of our overclocking on these boards. When benching at sub-zero temperatures E-LEET has allowed for all kinds of trickery by letting us change CPU multi's and voltages on the fly...not to mention BCLK. Without the services of E-LEET, some of the benchmark results we have achieved with these boards might not be possible.

E-LEET has built in validation file submission as well as keyboard shortcut accessible profiles that can be saved and recalled with the press of a button. It really is unfortunate that E-LEET wasn't capable of running every motherboard we get, or that other software included with motherboards wasn't as clean and simple as E-LEET. We said it months ago and our opinion hasn't changed a bit, E-LEET is the premier motherboard software and the best we have seen to date.