TechSpot: Asus P7P55D Deluxe Motherboard Review

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Asus anticipates selling nearly half a million P55 motherboards by the end of the year. If this is the case, it will mean that P55 products alone will have accounted for 10% of the annual motherboard shipments for the Taiwanese manufacturer.

In other words, there is quite a bit on the line for both Asus and its competitors. In an effort to meet the diverse demand expected for P55 products, Asus released a total of nine P55-based motherboards on the platform's launch day, ranging in price from $135 for the basic P7P55D LE to ~$250 for the Maximus III Formula and P7P55 WS SuperComputer.

The P7P55D series sits at the center of Asus' P55 line-up, and the $220 P7P55D Deluxe we are reviewing today is meant to be your no-nonsense choice if you are looking for an integral P55 solution. Then the obvious question has to be what exactly makes this motherboard special?

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(8 replies) #1 cabron on 04 Nov 2009 - 15:05

No USB3? no thanks!

#1.1 Tom W on 04 Nov 2009 - 15:06

They haven't finalised the standard yet though have they?

#1.2 +Tony. on 04 Nov 2009 - 15:09

It's going to be awhile before any real USB 3 devices come to play, especially with Intel holding it back. You can get a cheap ASUS USB3 card and add it that way.

#1.3 cabron on 04 Nov 2009 - 15:13

The thing is that I want to be future proof, if the motherboard makers does not come with USB3, then your purchase will not be future proof.

#1.4 koppit on 04 Nov 2009 - 15:59

nothing is futureproof, you should know that

#1.5 Ci7 on 04 Nov 2009 - 16:26

the day you buy it ,the day it is outdated/obsolete or for matter of fact "the day it got out of the labs"

#1.6 ahhell on 04 Nov 2009 - 17:15

cabron said,

How is adding support for an unratified standard future proofing?

#1.7 TRC on 05 Nov 2009 - 00:07

The words future proof and computers do not belong together.

#1.8 +Frazell Thomas on 05 Nov 2009 - 01:15

Tom W said,

The standard was ratified a while ago from what I understand. The problem is Intel isn't yet shipping a southbridge chip with USB 3 support to motherboard makers.

According to the USB standards body the spec was finished last year.

http://www.usb.org/developers/docs/

(2 replies) #2 Ridlas on 04 Nov 2009 - 15:11

The blue makes it look sexy

#2.1 3dfxman on 04 Nov 2009 - 21:36

Ridlas said,

#2.2 radwimp on 05 Nov 2009 - 04:51

ngl, one of the reasons I bought my gigabyte was for the sexy blue.

#3 Muessig on 04 Nov 2009 - 18:55

Glad I just bought myself a variant of this!

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