Introduction

The introduction of the new LGA1156 platform and Lynnfield CPUs inevitably brought with them a wave of new motherboards; this time it’s the P55 PCH (Platform Controller Hub) that the boards are built around with the P57 to come.

ASUS are always on the ball when it comes to new releases and this is no exception with the P7P55D range including a number of different boards from the basic layout right up to the more expensive Premium and Pro editions. The Deluxe board, which we are looking at specifically today, can be considered a fairly typical ASUS motherboard with a Deluxe version in most series including the P45 and P6T ranges.

Typically, this board has a good reputation besides a few poor product releases in the past and so we are hopeful of yet another good offering here from the giant PC Company. Let’s see what it’s got to offer.

Features

• ASUS Hybrid Processor - TurboV EVO 
  • Auto Tuning, TurboV and Turbo Key 
  • TurboV Remote 
• ASUS 24 Hybrid Phase Design* 
  
  • T.Probe Technology for Active Cooling 
    
  • 16+3 Phase Power Design 
    
  • 24 Hybrid Phase = 16+3 Phase x T.Probe 
• ASUS Hybrid OS - Express Gate 
• ASUS Xtreme Design 
• ASUS Exclusive Features 
  
  • ASUS Drive Xpert 
    
  • MemOK! 
    
  • ASUS EPU 
• ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution 
  
  • ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution 
    
  • ASUS Fanless Design: Stack Cool 3+ 
    
  • ASUS Fan Xpert 
• ASUS Crystal Sound 
  
  • ASUS Noise Filter 
• ASUS EZ DIY 
  
  • ASUS Q-Shield 
    
  • ASUS Q-Connector 
    
  • ASUS O.C. Profile 
    
  • ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 
    
  • ASUS EZ Flash 2 
    
  • ASUS MyLogo 2 
    
  • Multi-language BIOS 
• ASUS Q-Design 
  
  • ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED) 
    
  • ASUS Q-Slot 
    
  • ASUS Q-DIMM 

Overclocking Features

• Precision Tweaker 2 
  
  • vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.00625V increment
    
  • vIMC: Adjustable IMC voltage at 0.00625V increment 
    
  • vDRAM Bus: 81-step DRAM voltage control 
    
  • vPCH: 2-step chipset voltage control 
    
  • vCPU_PLL: 4-step reference voltage control 
• SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
  
  • PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment 
    
  • Internal Base Clock tuning from 80MHz up to 500MHz at 1MHz increment 
• Overclocking Protection
  
  • ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)