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ASUS shows off Intel Sandy Bridge motherboards

by Pete Mason on 15 November 2010, 09:01

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Something for everyone

Of course, ASUS knows that not everyone is looking for an extreme motherboard, so it will launch a pair of products that fit into the enthusiast and mainstream market segments, respectively. The P8P67 Deluxe and P8P67 boards will include many of the same features as their high-end brethren at a lower price. While there will obviously be some omissions, they'll still be kitted out with the 'Dual Intelligent Processor 2' for easier overclocking and better efficiency, USB 3.0 support - including front-panel headers - EFI instead of ye olde BIOS, the ability to control settings from a smartphone via Bluetooth and access to the company's all-new software suite - but again, we'll get into all of that later.

As well as a number of other differentiating features, one of the most interesting additions on the Deluxe version is the included USB 3.0 breakout box. Knowing that a lot of people don't have chassis with SuperSpeed ports on the front panel, the boards will ship with a 3.5in box that plugs into the motherboard giving easy access to two of the connectors.

It looks like ASUS is coming out firing on all cylinders for the launch of Intel's next-gen CPUs. Each of the boards should be available alongside the Sandy Bridge processors in the new year with pricing in the region of $300 for the Maximus, $220 for the P8P67 Deluxe and $150 for the P8P67 (£234, £172 and £117, inc VAT). Unfortunately, no pricing has been set for the Sabertooth board, but with the other entries in the TUF series being marketed aggressively, we'd expect this one to be no different.



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I'm glad to see ASUS ditching the BIOS in what looks like all their newer mobo's but I was hoping they might have an mITX board or two ready for the Sandy Bridge launch
When i saw the picture of the tuf board i was kinda hoping that the plastic was really a sheet of aluminum with thermal pads that acted as a full cover heatsink , i know it's not exactly needed and being flat would not cool anything very well but it reminded me of wanting a full cover water block that really does cover the entire motherboard just for some over the top board cooling :mrgreen: