ASUS P9X79 Pro Preview
First Look - Continued
Published: 1st November 2011 | Source: ASUS | Price: TBA |
First Look - continued
We have plenty of SATA connectors, including one designated for SSD Cache. It looks like the Z68 Intel Rapid Storage Technology has made the leap to the X79.
It's great to see a huge amount of fan-headers available. It's something that often gets overlooked and considering how many case fans a modern gaming rig requires we're pleased the P9X79 Pro has so many.
Whilst there are is a decent amount of rear USB ports available, there are more than enough internal headers for every device you own and then some.
Covering the 8 DIMM slots, a number which we're still getting used to, are some hardware highlights so we'll leave them here for you to ponder until we can give you the full review in a couple of weeks.
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It's nice to see a X79 board with passive cooling on the southbridge as well, all the rest, the ones I have seen anyway, seem to have active cooling which is going create a bit of noise.
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Originally Posted by Nathlm
I hate the new Asus colour scheme (much prefer the older black/blue and the ROG red/black) |
It looks like the Z68 Intel Rapid Storage Technology has made the leap to the X79.
I believe Asus cooked up its own caching scheme; they're calling it ASUS SSD Caching (shocking). So it's not Intel's RST stuff. At least, that's what tweaktown, legitreviews, pcper et al. are reporting.
I'm hoping very much that I get proved otherwise in the months to come, cos right now I'm yoyoing over the purchase of these things (not ASUS from previous experience) - results for me don't have the gamers in mind. New gfxcards may change that opinion. And of course there are some gaming boards in the ranges that come with shiny stuff.
On a professional and benching-enthusiast basis, you gotta get onboard. I'd not argue with that. Any meger %age gain is a bonus. If you pay for it yourself - ouch.
Love to see the P9X79 versus the 58/68 in the gaming stakes. Doesn't do anything for me. (right now)
Personally I'd have thought they'd be aimed towards people who utilize lots of ram?
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Originally Posted by badtaylorx
i saw whats under that tape elsewhere.......what a letdown!!!! |
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