News - ASUS Maximus III Formula: Intel P55 gets the ROG treatment

[HEXUS]

ASUS has a Republic Of Gamers board ready and waiting for Intel's Core i5 processors, we take a look.

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[vrykyl]

looks nice, but why isnt the last pci-express slot and the atx power header black / red?

[Ultramag]

Board looks awesome

[kalniel]

but there's no sign of support for Intel's Braidwood memory acceleration.

I wouldn't say 'no sign'..


Open NAND Flash Interface...

[Jay]

looks expensive!

I want one! My P5W-DH is now 3 years old (I bought it mid 2006) and it was expensive back then (£100+) but it goes to show that buying a decent motherboard is the best way to go.

[shaffaaf27]

sexy

[Tattysnuc]

Anyone know if these puppies will have Socket 775 compatible coolers, Socket 1366 compatible or their own!

[kalniel]

Anyone know if these puppies will have Socket 775 compatible coolers, Socket 1366 compatible or their own!

Socket 1156 obviously.

[scaryjim]

I wouldn't say 'no sign'..

True, but there's no socket there... does that mean there'll be an *even more expensive* version that supports it?

Also, do I get bonus points for pointing out that there's 2 PCI-e x1 slots - one below and one *above* the top PCI-e x16 (the top one is very close to the northbridge heatsink, but it's definitely there...)

[kalniel]

True, but there's no socket there... does that mean there'll be an *even more expensive* version that supports it?

They'll either pop it into the final retail version or Intel are putting pressure on people to keep it to p57, which otherwise looks very similar to p55.

[Tattysnuc]

Socket 1156 obviously.

OK, I had the same question, but I think I'll rephrase it. Does anyone know where I can find the layout for the coolers mounting holes? I'd like to modify my water cooling block by making a mounting plate, but so far, I've not managed to find the locations of the holes (ie dimensions, mechanical drawings etc)

Any ideas peeps?

Mike