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ASUS P7P55D EVO Motherboard

By Justin Robinson
16:46 Jul 10, 2009 | 9 Comments
Tags: ASUS | P7P55D | EVO


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Atomic checks out ASUS' P55 motherboard - the P7P55D EVO!

Everyone has heard of the Core i5 CPU coming down the pipeline, but without a motherboard it's completely useless to have a CPU.

Thankfully ASUS has had their designs ready since Computex; their first model that is pictured within this very website!

The P7P55D EVO is based around the P55 chipset, offers dual-channel DDR3 memory over four slots and even has Crossfire capability (though we can't get a solid confirmation of SLI, it's entirely possible).

The x16 slots work at dual x8 with two cards installed.

Also new here is the LGA1156 socket, a new design with a new mechanism to secure CPUs that we haven't quite seen before.

Head into the gallery to see lots of shots, and plenty more description.

price check*

$199.00	ASUS P7P55D EVO Dual LAN, 8CH + DTS, SATA onboard6+2, eSATA, 1394A, PCIeX2,... Excel Computers (NSW)

$241.82	Asus P7P55D-E EVO MB, Socket 1156, P55, 4 x DDR3, SATA3, RAID, 8CH, Gigabit... Digitan Technology (NSW)

$271.42	ASUS P7P55D EVO, Socket 1156 Dual LAN, 8CH + DTS, SATA onboard6+2, eSATA, 1... Digitan Technology (NSW)

$345.34	ASUS P7P55D EVO Dual LAN, 8CH + DTS, SATA onboard6+2, eSATA, 1394A, PCIeX2,... Digitan Technology (NSW)

See more results for ASUS P7P55D EVO on staticice.com.au

*Products and prices sourced from staticICE and are in no way associated with Atomic MPC

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9 Comments

philo-sofa Jul 10, 2009 11:40 PM	Quick note: Anandtech had a similar photo review, they did however get a pic of the 'final' layout. Has some minor revisions, but the Southbridge (or shall we just call it 'bridge' now?) heatsink has undergone a pretty significant revision as you can see here: http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/motherboards/2009/asusp55evo/asusp55evofinalS.jpg TBH like Justin I'm quite surprised to see such a significantly changed and large heatsink. Could it be to cover the new Marvell Quick note: Anandtech had a similar photo review, they did however get a pic of the 'final' layout. Has some minor revisions, but the Southbridge (or shall we just call it 'bridge' now?) heatsink has undergone a pretty significant revision as you can see here: http://images.anandtech.com/reviews/motherboards/2009/asusp55evo/asusp55evofinalS.jpg TBH like Justin I'm quite surprised to see such a significantly changed and just plain huge heatsink unless they're suddenly using the NF200 chip. Could it be to extend coverage to the new Marvell SATA 3 controller? Hmmm..
philo-sofa Jul 10, 2009 11:43 PM	Stupid effing copypaste function. Totally my computer's fault, not mine. hits computer
TheFrunj Jul 11, 2009 12:35 AM	Huh, that is pretty different. Not sure I prefer that version to the one I have though. -JR
RaRaDawg Jul 11, 2009 8:12 AM	The P55 boards look like they are a revolutionised X48 board... But that's just me.
strifus Jul 11, 2009 11:14 AM	I have just been doing some reading. What I found interesting is that some sites out there are saying that the Lynnfield is capable of out performing present days i7-920. How true that is, I leave it up to you to conjecture. However, if that is the case, its a good deal when you consider the lower cost of this board and the estimated cost of the i5 ending up in a lower total cost compared to a, say 920 with current ASUS LGA1366 boards. I also want to note, Ashton Mill's article in this months Atomic mag regarding RAM. If what he is saying is true, then this board is even more of a good deal. I just hope to see what the lynnfields bench like. Hey! Justin, do you have an engineering sample of the lynnfield lying around anywhere??
DiStOrTeD Jul 11, 2009 3:11 PM	I find that very hard to belive strifus. It only has 2 memory channels and therefor dual channel RAM compared to the i7's tripple channel. On that alone I cant see the i5 outperforming an i7
strifus Jul 11, 2009 4:08 PM	Like I said, its from various sites out there including AnandTech. I am mainly quoting them. Still, I am curious as to what constitutes enough RAM for a system.
philo-sofa Jul 13, 2009 9:46 AM	@ DiStOrTeD: TBH triple channel hasn't shown the improvement we might have expected, synthetic benches aside. As far as the amount of memory goes, Toms did a good summary of 3GB vs 6GB which concluded 3 was almost always plenty unless heavily multitasking, so presumably four would be more than enough for now.
omega Jul 13, 2009 11:34 AM	There dopesnt seem to be much clearance around the CPU for larger HSF like the TRUE120 if you were to mount it with the fan blowing up/down.

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