ASUS P7P55D-E ATX Intel Motherboard

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Board this board for the i5 760 CPU, very good match! Clocks up to 225 stable so get some PC12800 so you can run 1600+ ram speed on this board. BIOS is friendly to use for setting and tweaking, showing you the end frequency for CPU and RAM when adjusting Bclk! Also nice to see the live voltages next to the voltage adjustments.USB 3, SATA 6GB for future proofing. This is great board for gaming on the 1156 platform, it will let your CPU and RAM perform to their max for sure!

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I knew buying this board I wouldn't get SLI so I cant fault it. It's a great board and easily overclocked my I5 750 to 3.6GHZ at 1.1 volts. Temperatures don't go above 69C (using hyper 212 plus). I am quite happy with it.

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Got this mobo coupled with an ii3 530 oc'ed to 4.7Ghz with a corssair H50 Liquid cpu cooler and Corssair 1333mhz dual channel ram 2x1gb sticks also oc'ed to 1750mhz and the mobo temp stays round 28c and on load its round 30c-36c!!!! Lot's of potential in this mobo for SURE!!!!!!! IM LOVIN IT!!!! and for graphics i have the X.F.X H.D.5770 GDDR5 1GB DX!! card also oc'ed to 1005.1450 SWEEEET MOBO!!!!!

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At first I wanted to buy a more expensive model, but my budget did not allow it and I had no real need for additional features. From my research, this board is exactly the same as the P7P55D, except you have added support for USB3 (NEC chipset) and SATA6 (Marvell chipset). The difference in price was small between the two so I tought it was better to be future-proof. Turns out the implementation is somewhat iffy... You basically have to choose which one between Graphics PCI-e, USB3 or SATA6 gets the focus with their feature "IO Level Up":IO Level up disabled: Graphics PCI-e 16x, crippled USB3 and crippled SATA6IO Level up USB3: Graphics PCI-e 8x, full USB3 and crippled SATA6IO Level up SATA6: Graphics PCI-e 8x, crippled USB3 and full SATA6You can toggle the IO level up either in the BIOS or with a button on the mainboard itself, however it requires a reboot to be effective.The PRO/EVO/DELUXE/PREMIUM don't have that problem as they added a PLX chip that takes care of the bandwith differently, hence the higher cost of the boards (basically it won't steal from the graphics PCI-e 16x). So choose wisely in light of this.Other than that, price is not so good at around 180$, I managed to pricematch at 160$ which I find it still a bit high.As for the rest, excellent board layout and options:- 4 fan headers (2xPWM 4-pin and 2x 3-pin) which can be regulated with their Q-FAN feature (choose Silent mode).- MemOK feature which tests and sets RAM at working settings the first time you put it in - simply put your ram in then hold the button for a few secs. However I had to go back in the bios and tweak all memory settings to be par with the specs of my Corsair DDR3 1600 - basically Asus chose the "safest" values.- No active cooling on the board - no noise!- Loads of SATA ports (6 Intel, 2 Jmicro and 2 Marvell), RAID support- Loads of USB ports- Loads of BIOS settings for overclocking- Easy BIOS update- Express Gate (which I don't use but basically a mini-os that boots very fast to let you Skype, check e-mail or browse the web)Oh and something I noticed, I don't know if it's a problem or not but there is a plastic film over the blue/silver heatsink at the bottom right, look carefully it's almost invisible! I peeled it off, I don't want ot have burned plastic on my new board :)

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Pretty happy with this board overall. Typical hich quality and no issues right out of the box. The box does come with two Sata 6.0 cables. I haven't researched if they are entirely necessary for 6.0 use, but it is nice that they threw them in along with two Sata 3.0 cables. I paired this board with a i7-860 and Patriot Viper Extreme PC3-12800 memory. With no overclocking I can already feel the difference over my old Q6600. Glad I made the upgrade and used this board.