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P55 1156 Asus Maximus III Formula
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$249.99
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kyleax1
3.0ghz
Registered: September 2009
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posts: 578
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Price you paid?: $242.99
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Pros:
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Board works well, pleased with it for the most part
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Cons:
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Mostly a gimmick
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Firstly I really don't have any grounds for comparison since I haven't owned any other P55 boards, but here is my review.
When looking for a mobo it was this or the Evga P55 Ftw ($30 cheaper)
A few of the reasons I got this board were some of the "Gimmicks" listed below
Gimmicks
iROG
Speeding HDD
CPU Level Up
MemOK!
Ok so lets get started
iROG- I can change the cpu speed etc from my desktop, or I can let it do it all by itself. I tried it twice...The first time I tried it I ended up with a 2% oc. The next time it shut down my comp and I had to spend 15min getting it working again - Trash if you know how to OC the oldschool way -Doesn't work well
Speeding HDD - You can use as normal or super speed( Superspeed suposed to be a raid-0 basically) but its Slower then Raid-0. I have 2 WD 640 Blacks that averaged 102 transfer rate...very disappointed. (pic below) It would be good for people that couldn't figure out how to install a normal raid-0, but still isn't much faster then a single drive - Gimmick-
CPU Level Up - I tried to set it to i7 870(preset) and it worked, I put it on 3.0 mhz(preset) - would'nt boot, I tried 3.3mhz (preset) wouldn't boot. However when I manually change my i7 860 I can get to 4ghz stable- Trash imo (maybe bios tweeks will fix it over time idk) -Doesn't work well
MemOK! - It tests your memory, it can set them to whatever ratings you want and try to boot @ that speed. Useless if you are going to oc your cpu anyways. -Gimmick-
Stuff I like
GameFirst - If it does what it's supposed to it will work well. You open the app and it has Voice, internet, gaming. It has preset apps or you can add your own. Set games to max and other to min so when you are in game the other apps will use less bandwidth. -Great idea if it works as advertised-
-UPDATE- This feature works great, I was downloading 2 large programs when I starting to play UT3 online and had no lag at all.
SupremeFX X-Fi- Doesn't have all the options as my pci slotted X-Fi Gamer card, but I can't tell a difference in performance. Now I can sell my Gamer Xtreme card. - I like-
The board looks awesome, has tons of places to hook up fans to it to keep track of their speed and adjust as needed.
There are a lot of things on this board I still have not played with yet since I just installed it over the weekend. I am happy with the purchase, but if you buy this board for the gimmicks you will not be as happy as you had hoped.
I hope you enjoyed this quick over view and my opinions on this board.
If I could do it over again I would prob get this board just for the few things I do like about it, but without testing the other board(s) that's not really something I can answer for certain.
The Speeding HDD was a main reason I got it and my biggest disappointment.
-2 for speeding hdd
-1 for the gimmicks that are mostly trash
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