titleIn all of our LGA 1155 testing one of best experiences we had was with our Asus P8P67 EVO. Not only was the board of the best quality and feature packed, but for once we were very happy with the included software. Because of that we were very excited to see what Asus would have to offer with the launch of X79. Today we will be taking a look at their P9X79 PRO. With a full feature set I am expecting this to be a killer board, but there is only one way to find out for sure! Let’s take a look.

Product Name: Asus P9X79PRO

Review Sample Provided by: Asus

Pictures by: Wes

Review by: Wes

Specifications

CPU

2nd Generation Intel Core i7 processor famil for the LGA 2011 Socket; Supports Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.01

Chipset

Intel X79 Express Chipset

Memory

Quad Ch. 8x DDR3 2400(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz

Power Phase Design

8+2+2+2

New DIGI+ Power Control

PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots

3 (blue and grey, singlex16; dual x16/x16; triple x16/x8/x8; 1 (grey, single x8)

Multi-GPU Support

3-Way SLI/AMD CrossFireX

LAN

1x Intel Gigabit LAN

Audio

8-Ch HD, DTS

IEE1394

N/A

Storage

Total 10 SATA ports

-4x SATA 6Gb/s

-4x SATA 3Gb/s

-2 Power eSATA 6Gb/s

USB

8x USB 3.0 (2 at front)

12x USB 2.0 (4 at back)

Dual Intelligent Processors 3 with New DIGI+ Power Control

Yes

TPU (with onboard switch)

Yes

EPU (with onboard switch)

Yes

ASUS SSD Caching

Yes

UEFI BIOS – EZ Mode

No

ASUS BT GO 3.0!

Yes

ASUS BT GO!

Yes

USB BIOS Flashback

Yes

USB 3.0 Boost

Yes

ASUS Fan Xpert+

Yes

Front Panel USB 3.0 Support

Yes

AI Suite II

Yes

MemOK!

Yes

Ai Charger

Yes

Q-Design

Yes


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garfi3ld replied the topic: #21072 24 Nov 2011 19:07
Before everyone goes out and spends a lot of money tomorrow, this board is something to consider. You could be upgrading your PC to the P9X79 Pro and Intel's newest and fastest CPU's!

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