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Extreme P55: Four LGA 1156 Motherboards Over $250
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$250+ LGA 1156 Motherboard Features
 Asus
Maximus III Formula
Asus
P7P55D-E Premium
EVGA
P55 Classified 200
MSI
Big Bang Trinergy
PCB Revision1.02G1.03G1.01.1
ChipsetIntel P55 ExpressIntel P55 ExpressIntel P55 ExpressIntel P55 Express
Voltage Regulator19 Phases35 Phases12 Phase Digital10 Phases
BIOS1202 (12/07/2009)0608 (12/07/2009)080016 (10/23/2009)V1.1 (11/24/2009)
133.3 MHz BCLK133.7 MHz (+0.28%)133.7 MHz (+0.28%)133.2 MHz (-0.01%)133.7 MHz (+0.28%)
Clock GeneratorICS 9LPRS140CKLFICS 9LPRS140CKLFICS 9LPRS139AKLFMSI LRS4116AL
Internal Interfaces
PCIe 2.0 x163 (x16/x1/x4, x8/x8/x4)2 (x16/x0, x8/x8)6 (1 x16 or 5 x8, 1 x4)3 (x16/x16/x0, x16/x8/x8)
PCIe x1/x42/02/01/02/0
Legacy PCI22None2
USB 2.03 (5-ports)2 (4-ports)3 (6-ports)2 (4-ports)
IEEE-13941111
Serial PortNone1NoneNone
Parallel PortNoneNoneNoneNone
FloppyNoNoNoNo
Ultra-ATA 133None1 (2-drives)None1 (2-drives)
SATA 3.0 Gb/s109610
SATA 6.0 Gb/sNone2NoneNone
4-Pin Fan8211
3-Pin FanNone264
FP-AudioOn Riser CardYesYesOn Riser Card
CD-AudioOn Riser CardYesNoOn Riser Card
S/PDIF I/OOutput Only (Riser)Output OnlyBothOutput Only (Riser)
Power ButtonYesYesYesYes
Reset ButtonYesYesYesYes
CLR_CMOS ButtonJumper OnlyJumper OnlyYesYes
Diagnostics PanelPass/Fail LEDsPass/Fail LEDsNumericNumeric
I/O Panel Connectors
P/S 21212
USB 2.098 (2 Shared w/USB 3.0)7 (1 Shared w/eSATA)10 (2 Shared w/eSATA)
USB 3.0None2NoneNone
IEEE-13941111
NetworkSingleDual (with teaming)DualDual
eSATA1None22
CLR_CMOS ButtonYesYesYesNo
Digital Audio OutOptical+Coaxial (Riser)Optical+CoaxialInternal OnlyOptical+Coaxial (Riser)
Digital Audio InNoneNoneInternal OnlyNone
Analog Audio6 (On Riser Card)666 (On Riser Card)
Mass Storage Controllers
Chipset SATA6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s
Chipset RAID Modes0, 1, 5, 100, 1, 5, 100, 1, 5, 100, 1, 5, 10
Add-In SATA2 x JMB363 PCIe
2 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s
1 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s
1 x SATA to JMB322
JMB322 to 2x SATA
88SE9123 PCIe
2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s
88SE6121 PCIe
2 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s
JMB363 PCIe
2 x SATA to 2x JMB322
2 x JMB322 to 4x SATA
JMB362 PCIe
2 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s
Add-In Ultra ATA JMB368 PCIeNoneJMB363 PCIe
IEEE-1394VT6308P PCI
2 x 400 Mb/s
VT6308P PCI
2 x 400 Mb/s
TSB43AB22A
2 x 400 Mb/s
VT6315N PCIe
2 x 400 Mb/s
Gigabit Ethernet
Primary LANRTL810SC PCIRTL8112L PCIe88E6057 PCIeRTL8111DL PCIe
Secondary LAN RTL810SC PCI88E6057 PCIeRTL8111DL PCIe
Audio Codec
HD Audio CodecVIA VT2020VIA VT2020ALC889ALC889
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    Raptorial , 21 January 2010 16:25
    The only thing for me is: why did you not test 2 VGA cards? Two of the boards use a NF200 chip, now you won't see the results from this...

    Whyle this is why the EVGA and MSI are expensive.

    I wouldn't be surprised if the MSI P55-GD80 performs better with 1 VGA card then its expensive brother.
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    LePhuronn , 22 January 2010 04:18
    I'm still going 1366 simply because for what I do I prefer 12GB RAM over 8GB - that's honestly the only reason now.
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    Anonymous , 23 January 2010 20:26
    You should have tested this against a 150$ board and a 50$ board. That would have been interesting.
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    Redsnake77 , 28 January 2010 20:20
    When are you gonna do the three card crossfire / SLI review comparing the msi and evga P55 boards with X58? There's seems little relevance to reviewing these cards at all without including a 3 card metric, as that is their primary function. You wouldn't spend double the amount on either of these two boards otherwise.