The BIOS
Booting the rig, I was greeted by this excellent POST splash screen. I usually don’t care for motherboard splash screens, but this one is really impressive.
The X58 SuperComputer uses the American Megatrends BIOS, a tabbed BIOS designed for easy navigation. The Main menu shows date/time, and the memory found by the BIOS.
The Smart Settings menu contains a set of pre-configured BIOS settings, most of which are performance settings, and also EZ Overclocking. More on that in a minute.
The Advanced menu contains a set of submenus that allow for most of the adjustments and settings contained in the BIOS. The CPU Configuration submenu contains most CPU settings not relevant to overclocking.