ASUS P8P67 DELUXE LGA 1155 SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 Supported Intel P67 DDR3 2400 ATX Motherboard

Windows 7 64bit Pro
Asus P8P67 Luxurious Motherboard
Asus 580gtx 1.5gig
Cosair 8 Gig RAM @ 1600
Intel 3.4Ghz 2600k

This motherboard rocks. The BIOS is simple to operate with mouse boundary, as well as visually appealing. Instillation was simple. By and large an incredible board, and well value the cash. Highly Recommended especially for the new BIOS.

Cons- The main PCI Express slot lines up with the 6gig/sec SATA connectors. They plug in sideways, so they don’t interfier with your Videocard, but if you ever want to unplug or add in another SATA cable, You MIGHT have to take out your video card depending on which one you have; Minor inconvienence. Also the USB 3.0 module has a very small cable. Plot on mounting it somewhere in your tower nearly directly infront of the middile mounting screw. I had to re-arrange some items to get it to fit.

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This review is for the B3 revision of this motherboard.

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Pros: Best bang for the buck. Compared to a also priced Gigabyte boards, this one had more of the features I was looking for such as 2 PCI x16 slots that run at x8 (x16 when not shared), and a third PCI x16 that runs at x4, 4 SATA 6 GB/S, and 4 SATA 3 GB/S. The board also has excellent cooling and a very nice, streamline EFI BIOS which has a much more sophisticated UI than Gigabyte. It is extremely simple to OC using this mobo.

Cons: HORRIBLE SUPPORT FROM ASUS, first mobo was defective, second board is not defective but buggy like so many others, though this is not necessarily Asus’s flaw (seem comments below). The CPU fan header only regulates 4 pin fans. The other 4 pin fan header supports 3 or 4 pin fans. Why, Asus?

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General comments: I ordered this mobo for the build listed below. The first one was defective. The system would not post, the error code on the mobo was useless, no beep from the system speaker. I tried all–reseated the ram, tried uncommon ram slots, reseated the processor, vacant the bios, tried uncommon video cards. I tried calling Asus, and finished up waiting on the phone for about half an hour only to have a name pick up the phone and then hang up immediately. I tried calling again. Waited for about half an hour, then a name hung up on me. I gave up on the phone call and tried the Asus live help chat feature on their website. I waited for about an hour with the screen advising I was being connected to a CS rep. I grew impatient and finished the conference. A quick search revealed its a common problem with no single accepted solution. Fortunately I bought the mobo from Amazon and was able to ship it back for a replacement.

The second board installed without a hitch. All went together nicely. But, there are a few bugs that I have noticed. The system will not resume from sleep mode correctly with PLL over-voltage on. This is a known bug, which, at the time of writing this review, has still not been fixed. I am also experiencing some rare boot failures. The cause of these bugs are currently unknown but they seem to be a widespread problem reported by Asus P8p67 users. For that wits, I will not ding Asus for these issues in my rating (-1 star for poor help only).

Just an FYI: The RAM slots are in pretty close proximity to the CPU so if you have RAM with tall heatsinks (Corsair Vengeance), you will not be able to populate the first RAM slot with most air coolers installed. The CPU heatsink/fans will get in the way. You will have to either pick RAM that is not tall or go with water cooling, as I did.

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Side note: Amazon ROCKS! The return plot is brilliant and I feel safe buying high end components from them. Even with the high failure rate of a lot of components, I know I am protected by their return plot and brilliant customer service. Amazon is way ahead of the game in this regard, even when compared to retail giants like newegg and tigerdirect.

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System Config:
CPU: 2600K OC to 4.7 GHZ at 1.365v
Cooler: H60 with a push/pull intake
Mobo: Asus P8P67 Delux
RAM: Corsair Vengance 8gb 1866
Graphics: 2 x SLI MSI GTX 560Ti
SSD: OCZ Vertex 3 120gb
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint 72 1tb
PSU: Cooler Master Silent Pro M 1000w
Case: Cooler Master CM 690 Advance

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This is a fantastic board and it made overclocking incredibly simple. I also like the USB 3.0 belt port it comes with. It’s not the longest cable but it gets the job done (another 6 in would’ve been awesome). Nevertheless I like this board. I don’t know how much you care about the look of your boards, but I weigh it in my choice. And this board is gorgeous. The wave heat spreaders are awesome and with my blue RAM it looks really sharp. I highly recommend this board. If you’re looking at the lower versions just shell out the small extra and get the best of the bunch in performance and looks. It stays really cool (25 degrees C) and I just can’t stop looking through my case’s window!

Build:
SilverStone FT02B-W
Intel i5-2500k 3.3Ghz Overclocked to 4.5 Ghz
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 1600mHz
Crucial M4 128GB SSD
WD Caviar Black 1.5 TB (x3 in RAID 5)
EVGA GTX 460 Superclocked (01G-P3-1373-AR)
ASUS P8P67 Luxurious
Corsair HX750
Corsair Hydro H70
LiteOn DVD-RW
ASUS Blu-ray Burner (BW-12B1LT)

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