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ASUS' Sabertooth board has gone a little potty.

We've looked at a few ASUS offerings in the P55 Express range by now, with our current favourite taking the form of the P7P55D Deluxe (see the EVO here).

Their latest ultrapremium motherboard is called the Sabertooth 55i, part of "The Ultimate Force" series of motherboards that aim to use better quality components like capacitors and chokes, theoretically giving a longer life with better performance.

Most interesting here isn't the TUF branding, but rather the ceramic coating that has been applied to the heatsinks. A non-conductive form of ceramic, the theory behind it seems to be that it offers a larger surface area for heat to dissipate.

Whether this makes a difference in practice remains to be seen, and apart from the dreadful name - CeraM!X - it does set this mobo apart from the crowd by a little bit.

Head into the gallery of pics to see more of this board in action, and keep your eyes open for the full review in Issue 107.

 

 
Product Info
Supplier:
Price when reviewed:
AUD$505
price check*
$416.90 Asus SABERTOOTH-55I Intel Mainboard - 4x DDR3 / 6x Sata Raid / 1x IDE / Gig...
Centre Com (VIC)
$419.00 Asus, SABERTOOTH-55I, P55,4DDR3,2000,RAID,2xPCIEx16,GBLAN,2FW,SLI,10-CH AUD...
ITSky (NSW)
$420.00 ASUS SABERTOOTH-55I P55, 4DDR3, 2000, RAID, 2xPCIEx16, GBLAN, 2FW, SLI, 10-...
Megaware Computers (NSW)
$426.00 SN-SABERTOOTH-55I ASUS P55,4DDR3,2000,RAID,2XPCIEX16,GBLAN,2FW,SLI,10-CH AU...
HB Outlet (NSW)
$433.00 ASUS SABERTOOTH-55I Intel Socket 1156 Core i7 Processor/Core i5 Processor S...
Penta Computers (NSW)
$434.00 Asus SABERTOOTH-55I P55, 4DDR3, 2000, RAID, 2xPCIEx16, GBLAN, 2FW, SLI, 10-...
Foxcomp Technology (WA)
*Products and prices sourced from staticICE and are in no way associated with Atomic MPC Powered by
 
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nesquick
Oct 21, 2009 11:57 AM
$500... you might as well buy an i7 920 setup for that price.
index680i
Oct 21, 2009 1:18 PM
Looks pretty neat but I agree with Nes on this one. I mean the only thing I can see in this board is the military design :P
flipper_bro
Oct 21, 2009 1:47 PM
haha yeai gotta agree with both nes aand index, for a few extrs bucks go the i7 920 the sabertooth just has a pretty design :P
spaced
Oct 21, 2009 2:01 PM
Holy crap $500 and no 2 x 16 speed?

Tell em they're dreaming
index680i
Oct 21, 2009 2:31 PM
ASUS are becoming money hungry. I reckon eVGA is where the money should be spent, only if I can find a eVGA board that supports 2000Mhz around $280 - $350 aka i7-920 :P
Argotha
Oct 21, 2009 2:41 PM
too expenisve, not huge amounts of features...

agree with nes, indec and flipper
tunksy
Oct 21, 2009 7:57 PM
indeed the x58 just makes more sence at this price point even if the performance is down a bit from the i7 800 series... but whod complain about having an i7 lol
tny
Oct 21, 2009 11:08 PM
For that price, I hope it does not use a faulty Foxconn socket. These seems to be very dodgy with OC.
http://tinyurl.com/badsocket
Dan_2
Oct 22, 2009 3:53 PM
This mobo does look the part and has the features aswell but its too expensive. Also I have had to RMA 2 highend Asus baords in the past so I stay clear of ASUS now.
Dan_2
Oct 22, 2009 4:16 PM
spaced
Oct 21, 2009 2:01 PM
Holy crap $500 and no 2 x 16 speed?

Tell em they're dreaming


Actually Spaced good point.... i take back what said about it having nice features.
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