ASUS P7P55D-Deluxe Motherboard

Introducing the ASUS P7P55D-Deluxe Motherboard
It's going to be exciting to see just what the ASUS P7P55D-Deluxe motherboard is capable of with a Core i5 750 processor locked into its 1156-pin socket.... but unfortunately we can't reveal ANY benchmarks or performance related indications just yet. Such a tease, I know. Instead, PCSTATS offers up a fun preview of what to expect from the new crop of Intel P55 based motherboards, the Intel 'Lynnfield' platform, socket 1156, and everything ASUS is squeezing into its flagship P7P55D-Deluxe motherboard.

ASUS P7P55D Deluxe

ASUS' P7P55D-Deluxe motherboard is a socket 1156 Core i5 platform representing the flagship feature set. Along with the obvious support of Intel Lynnfield socket 1156 processors, the ASUS P7P55D-Deluxe motherboard features three PCI Express 2.0 x16 videocard slots for multi-graphic card set ups. It's not triple x16 mode however, rather one VGA at x16 or two at x8/x8, and an additional PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot that's really just a PCI Express x4 in disguise (black above).
Further expansion comes via a pair of PCI Express x1 and PCI slots. The P7P55D-Deluxe supports ATI

Quad-GPU CrossfireX and nVidia Quad-GPU SLI, though you'd be hard pressed to find many users clamoring for a Geforce right now. There are four dual channel DDR3-1333/1066 memory slots which can accommodate up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM. Memory can be overclocked to run at DDR3-2133/1600 speeds with compatible modules.

In terms of data storage the ASUS P7P55D-Deluxe motherboard is well equipped - there are nine 3.0Gb/s SATA connectors! Pair that up with RAID 0,1,5,10 options on at least six of those and its clear the ASUS P7P55D-Deluxe is built for seriously large hard drive arrays. Rounding out the features on the P7P55D-Deluxe board are fourteen USB2.0 ports, two Firewire and a pair of Gigabit network jacks. High Definition 10-channel audio comes standard.
Asus overclocking friendly and performance features next!