ASUS P7P55D-E Premium


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ASUS brings the first mobo with SATA 3 and USB 3.

We've seen a lot of P55 Express based motherboards around Atomic already, and if the three ASUS boards (the P7P55D EVO, Sabertooth 55i and Maximus III Formula) before this one weren't high-end enough, the P7P55D-E Premium definitely looks set to top them all.

It's got more power phases around the LGA1156 socket than seems sane, full support for the latest SATA-III standard as well as USB 3.0, and comes with the usual features that you'd expect from a board of this calibre.

The only thing that remains to be seen at this point is the price tag, but as the performance of ASUS' motherboards has been reliably good throughout testing this board isn't going to let anyone down.

Head into the gallery of pictures to see the P7P55D-E Premium in all its livery, as well as shots of the various onboard chips that make it work.

price check*

$384.20	Asus P7P55D-E PREMIUM MB, Socket 1156, P55, 4 x DDR3, SATAIII, USB3.0, RAID... Digitan Technology (NSW)

$384.20

Asus P7P55D-E PREMIUM MB, Socket 1156, P55, 4 x DDR3, SATAIII, USB3.0, RAID...
Digitan Technology (NSW)

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12 Comments

LachieFin Oct 28, 2009 12:33 PM	Perplexed? Dosnt the i5 do Tripple channel memory? ASUS probably dont want to try and push another 14 components on the board lest it explode :P
Tythais Oct 28, 2009 12:46 PM	p55 is dual channel
mynameismatty Oct 28, 2009 12:50 PM	Lynfield does not not do triple channel.
mynameismatty Oct 28, 2009 12:51 PM	does not do triple channel****
TheFrunj Oct 28, 2009 1:01 PM	LachieFin, you're thinking of LGA1366 on the X58 chip: http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Search/x58.aspx Which annoyingly hasn't had a new board released for quite some time. I've heard rumours that some stores aren't stocking the full range of X58 boards either, but it's unconfirmed as yet. -JR
qwakqwak Oct 28, 2009 1:19 PM	any idea on price?
LachieFin Oct 28, 2009 1:33 PM	Ahh. that would explain abit. Still seems odd that the motherboard is so highend and not x58 based.
12345 Oct 28, 2009 4:54 PM	about time they started putting usb3 on motherboard. so that when i get myself a new desktop next year, these things will be a helluva lot cheaper!
Argotha Oct 28, 2009 8:29 PM	Just in: requires you to mortage your home, sell you soul, rent out your children and trade your wife...
tunksy Oct 28, 2009 8:34 PM	wife trading.... hmmmm
optixx Oct 29, 2009 8:15 PM	thought gigabyte had the first usb 3 board, aww no
Ezekill Dec 21, 2009 9:55 PM	BUMP.. Have seen this board for au$336.00.Not too bad, but I'll wait 'til Jan/Feb for some competition to push the price down a little further.

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