Asus P8P67 Deluxe – Features

When we publicized our P55 roundup back in 2009, the Asus P7P55D Deluxe was enclosed and it quickly evidenced to be a buff favorite. The instrument panel offered plenty of features and it had amazing overclocking public presentation to boot. Despite being a tad overpriced, information technology was given our outstanding laurels and named the outflank enthusiast-charge motherboard of the roundup.

This time round we have the P8P67 Deluxe and IT looks to be equally as soundly as the P7P55D Rich, if not better. The P8P67 Deluxe has a number of embedded features in addition to Asus' own brand features. The table's storage has been dilated to let in extra SATA 6Gb/s ports along with powered eSATA, dual Gigabit LAN, Bluetooth, 8-transfer audio, FireWire and USB 3.0.

Perhaps the most rummy feature included is Bluetooth atomic number 3 we almost never see it integrated into a motherboard. The P8P67 Deluxe is the solely board in this roundup to include Bluetooth support making it a slim more unique. Asus' new "BT GO!" engineering allows you to transfer files from a computer to any other Bluetooth enabled device such as a smartphone. Interestingly, the technology also allows you to use a smartphone as a remote for your PC.

The P8P67 Deluxe features dual Gigabit LAN which complies with 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) standard and allows a PC to serve every bit a network gateway for managing traffic between two separate networks.

Asus' motherboard likewise implements one Intel 82579 Gigabit LAN controller which reduces power consumption during normal operation and enhances quicker transfer speed through dual interconnection betwixt the Amalgamated LAN control and Physical Layer (PHY). The other controller is the Realtek 8111E which is also used by a hardly a new boards in our roundup.

Asus has destroyed with a timber sound codec in the Realtek ALC889, which supports Delirium tremens Surround Adept UltraPC and S/PDIF Out spell also providing 2/4/5.1/7.1 transmit audio. Other features include jack-detection, multi-streaming and front panel jack-retasking arsenic well as Bachelor of Divinity Audio Level Content Protection.

Ilk just about boards featured in this roundup, the memory board capabilities of the P8P67 Deluxe have been upgraded. Apart from the six SATA 3Gb/s (cardinal of which can provide 6Gb/s throughput) provided aside the P67 chip Asus has thrown in the Marvell 88SE9128 SATA 6Gb/s multiple interface comptroller. The control supports NCQ (Native Command Queuing) and hardware RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10.

Meanwhile the JMicron JMB362 controller has also been included providing an additional two SATA 3Gb/s ports which are used for powered eSATA ports. These SATA ports are for data drives only as ATAPI devices are not supported. We would've preferred if Asus ill-used a 6Gb/s controller but at least the ports are self-powered.

A pair of NEC D720200F1 controllers power four USB 3.0 ports connected the rear I/O panel. Later happening when we look at the Gigabyte P67A-UD7 you'll card that it uses a pair off of Renesas D720200 controllers. Last year Japanese electronics companies Renesas Technology and NEC Electronics merged to become the nation's largest semiconductor Divine so the controllers are one in the same.

FireWire (IEEE1394a) support is provided by the VIA 6315N controller which enables two ports, one at the rear I/O impanel and the other onboard via a coping. Other than that the standard xii USB 2.0 ports also be, eight at the rear I/O panel and four onboard headers.

Like Asrock, Asus has also included the PLX PEX 8608 switch for delivering extra bandwidth where IT is needed.