ASUS P7P55D-E Premium Motherboard Review

Features:
* LGA-1156 CPU Support
* Intel P55 Chipset
* DDR3-2200 (OC)
* SATA 6Gb/second
* Dual Gigabit LAN
* 10 Channel Audio
* USB 3.0
* T.Probe
* Unique Layout
* TurboV EVO
* Precision Tweaker 2
* MemOK!
* StackCool 3
* Q-Design
* 48 Hybrid Phase Design
* Windows 7 Ready
* TurboV Remote
* SLI and CrossfireX support
* 100% Ultra-Long-Life Japan-made Solid Cap
* NVIDIA PhysX ready

The ASUS P7P55D-E Premium is based upon Intel’s P55 chipset. The LGA-1156 CPU interface has moved the PCI Express lanes to the CPU from the Northbridge where they were previously. This means that the Northbridge and Southbridge combination found in earlier motherboards has been replaced by the CPU+Platform Controller Hub combination.

The memory controller on this new platform is on the CPU itself, meaning that the memory supported by the P7P55D-E Premium is up to DDR3-1333 (CPU). Faster speeds are possible and with overclocking the board can support up to DDR3-2200MHz memory. The ASUS motherboard also supports Intel’s eXtreme Memory Profiles allowing the memory to use the higher settings stored in SPD.

Part Number P7P55D-E Premium
Manufacturer ASUS
Chipset P55 Express
North Bridge N/A
Socket LGA-1156
Memory speed DDR3 2200 (OC)/1600/1333/1066
Processor Types Core i7, Core i5
Number of CPUs 1
QPI Up to 4.8GT/second
Memory Type DDR3
Memory Channels Double
Maximum Memory 16GB
External Graphics PCI Express x16 2.0 x2
IGP N/A
South Bridge P55 Express
Audio 8-channel
IDE 133/100/66
SCSI None
SATA 3.0 GB/s, 6.0Gb/s on two ports
RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, 10
LAN 10/100/1000 4 LAN Ports
Firewire IEEE 1394a
USB USB 3.0
BIOS AMIBIOS
Form Factor ATX