I'm suprised by the amount of PCI sockets still used and the fact that the second small PCI-E would be unusable with a dual slot GPU above it.
Surely a PCI would be better under the GPU as that's less likely to be used in the future leaving more available PCI-E slots for things like adding extra USB3 connections out the back and Sata6 ports inside?
Thankfully, the rest of the P8P67 is laid out sensibly, with a large gap between the two 16x PCI-E slots, and SATA ports that are mounted parallel to the motherboard in order to aid tidy cabling.
I was but than I read:
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However, dual-GPU enthusiasts should note that the second 16x PCI-E slot provides only four lanes of bandwidth, and that SLI and CrossFire arent supported.
our CPU reduced its speed to 1.6GHz when idle before boosting to its overclocked setting when loaded. This didnt affect the stability of the overclock, and we pushed our test CPU to a mind-blowing 4.9GHz
For me that's a feature, not an issue.
There's no need for the CPU to run at 100% when I'm not doing anything intense, this is a very elegant way of overclocking if you ask me.
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SLI and CrossFire arent supported.
Well, according to ASUS Asus-website the P8P67 does allow for CrossfireX.
I'd recommend the P8P67-Pro or upward which do support SLI and probably don't have the issue of the dumbed down second PCI-E slot though.
Originally Posted by Xir For me that's a feature, not an issue.
There's no need for the CPU to run at 100% when I'm not doing anything intense, this is a very elegant way of overclocking if you ask me.
Well, according to ASUS Asus-website the P8P67 does allow for CrossfireX.
I'd recommend the P8P67-Pro or upward which do support SLI and probably don't have the issue of the dumbed down second PCI-E slot though.
Yup, the Pro does both xfire & SLI. However, you still only get x8 PCI-E in xfire/SLI.
"2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode)"
Doesn't look like a Deluxe or Pro is needed unless you want SLI, and it's still not going to be at 16x
I'm not going to need SLI so it looks like this is the one I'll be getting (thank goodness I resisted the urge to upgrade a long while back)
Thank you Bit-Tech for testing " the lowest common denominator " and showing that this board is fully up to the task of overclocking SandyBridge to 4.9Ghz
I've just bought one of these boards and am awaiting delivery. Any idea if I will have trouble mounting a Gelid Tranquillo to this board as I've ordered one of those as well?
PCI slots are useful for audio expansion cards for recording and such, so I'd rather not see them go. Plus crap that you can buy at maplin; generic expansion hardware.
Originally Posted by law99 PCI slots are useful for audio expansion cards for recording and such, so I'd rather not see them go. Plus crap that you can buy at maplin; generic expansion hardware.
I've just recently bought a new sound card and on my current mobo I would have prefered to get the PCI version but for future proofing I went with the PCI-E version instead. For my next mobo upgrade (won't be a couple of years) I'd prefer just PCI-E and no PCI.
Originally Posted by mrbens I've just recently bought a new sound card and on my current mobo I would have prefered to get the PCI version but for future proofing I went with the PCI-E version instead. For my next mobo upgrade (won't be a couple of years) I'd prefer just PCI-E and no PCI.
We'd definitely prefer PCI-E. Agreed. There is still a lot of expensive Audio equipment using PCI and it'd be a shame to make them legacy and mess up studio equipment with shelf life though.
Then just get the P8P67 Pro! A little more expensive but still cheaper than the UD4.
/Hugs Dlx board
Ph4ZeD - it's 16x and 4x "crossfire" - I assume bit-tech doesn't consider that "real" CrossFire even though you technically can do it. I agree, the 4x port must cripple performance: anyone know?
Thankfully, the rest of the P8P67 is laid out sensibly, with a large gap between the two 16x PCI-E slots, and SATA ports that are mounted parallel to the motherboard in order to aid tidy cabling.
I was but than I read:
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However, dual-GPU enthusiasts should note that the second 16x PCI-E slot provides only four lanes of bandwidth, and that SLI and CrossFire aren’t supported.
and I was :'(... and stopped reading...
If you get the PRO version (about £15-20 more) then you get multi-GPU support and better layout (as well as a few other benefits). The Asus boards are easily the best choice of initial P67 offerings, its a shame that you have to spend £120 and up on anything that isnt crippled though, but i guess thats just part of the course for early adopters.
As for me, i was pleased to see this review, as about 5 hours ago i purchased this exact board to go with the 2500k, it does everything i want (and more), i dont plan on ever going crossfire so that wasnt really an issue.
According to that it has 8x8x for CrossFire/SLI but I don't think it has the Digi+ VRM, so I'm not sure if that affects the OC performance. bit-tech? Reviewplzplzpzlpzlz
I got the pro version of this & it came with a 0402 bios which is garbage & not even listed on asus bios download page & couldn't update the bios as it didn't pick up on my flash drive & is picking up my i5 2500k as dead I think, the red led just stays fixed on the cpu, good old reliable asus, not.
Had the same thing with an asus rampage formula x48 & q9650, it was saying the cpu was dead & I bought a gigabyte p45-dq6 & it worked perfect & still does, only reason I chose asus over gigabyte was for the extra 2 sata ports, .
So I want to change this POS board for the UD4, shame because it has the looks, the features I would have been happy with only it was lacking 1 super important feature (reliability) if you have one that works then good stuff but why do I always get duff asus boards :?:(.
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ReplySurely a PCI would be better under the GPU as that's less likely to be used in the future leaving more available PCI-E slots for things like adding extra USB3 connections out the back and Sata6 ports inside?
There's no need for the CPU to run at 100% when I'm not doing anything intense, this is a very elegant way of overclocking if you ask me.
I'd recommend the P8P67-Pro or upward which do support SLI and probably don't have the issue of the dumbed down second PCI-E slot though.
I agree, the Pro is the real price-point competitor to the GD65, not the base model.
Yup, the Pro does both xfire & SLI. However, you still only get x8 PCI-E in xfire/SLI.
"2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode)"
Source: http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=HMMvTCuBcZLfu2YL&templete=2
Anyone looking at this for a purchase go for the PRO version.
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1500/1/
+1 on that. Lame standards by reviewing it Bit-tech.
I'm not going to need SLI so it looks like this is the one I'll be getting (thank goodness I resisted the urge to upgrade a long while back)
Thank you Bit-Tech for testing " the lowest common denominator " and showing that this board is fully up to the task of overclocking SandyBridge to 4.9Ghz
It is needed for CF as well. The second slot on this MB only runs at 4x speed (WHY? FFS).
The overclocking on the Asus bios also makes perfect sense. You are only adjusting the turbo frequency anyway so that's what Asus show.
I've just recently bought a new sound card and on my current mobo I would have prefered to get the PCI version but for future proofing I went with the PCI-E version instead. For my next mobo upgrade (won't be a couple of years) I'd prefer just PCI-E and no PCI.
We'd definitely prefer PCI-E. Agreed. There is still a lot of expensive Audio equipment using PCI and it'd be a shame to make them legacy and mess up studio equipment with shelf life though.
Then just get the P8P67 Pro! A little more expensive but still cheaper than the UD4.
/Hugs Dlx board
Ph4ZeD - it's 16x and 4x "crossfire" - I assume bit-tech doesn't consider that "real" CrossFire even though you technically can do it. I agree, the 4x port must cripple performance: anyone know?
If you get the PRO version (about £15-20 more) then you get multi-GPU support and better layout (as well as a few other benefits). The Asus boards are easily the best choice of initial P67 offerings, its a shame that you have to spend £120 and up on anything that isnt crippled though, but i guess thats just part of the course for early adopters.
As for me, i was pleased to see this review, as about 5 hours ago i purchased this exact board to go with the 2500k, it does everything i want (and more), i dont plan on ever going crossfire so that wasnt really an issue.
I was just reading that Legit Reviews link above and saw that Asus makes a P8P67-M Pro - cheaper than the ATX Pro actually.
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=iT2FJPCMOGBHClu4
According to that it has 8x8x for CrossFire/SLI but I don't think it has the Digi+ VRM, so I'm not sure if that affects the OC performance. bit-tech? Reviewplzplzpzlpzlz
Had the same thing with an asus rampage formula x48 & q9650, it was saying the cpu was dead & I bought a gigabyte p45-dq6 & it worked perfect & still does, only reason I chose asus over gigabyte was for the extra 2 sata ports, .
So I want to change this POS board for the UD4, shame because it has the looks, the features I would have been happy with only it was lacking 1 super important feature (reliability) if you have one that works then good stuff but why do I always get duff asus boards :?:(.
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