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The motherboard market has become increasingly competitive over the past few years, so much so that we have seen a few names disappear. That said there are less than a dozen key brands and only around half a dozen manufacturers offer several Intel P55 motherboards.
Of course Asrock ranks among these elite manufacturers and cutting edge motherboards such as the P55 Deluxe3 prove that they belong side the likes of Asus and Gigabyte. The Asrock P55 Deluxe3 truly is as good as any P55 motherboard we have seen, particularly in its target price range which we expect will be around the $180 US mark.
For that kind of money the Asrock P55 Deluxe3 certainly has a lot on offer while the inclusion of SATA3 (6Gb/s) and USB 3.0 (5Gb/s) support means that it should ward off future upgrades for quite some time. While the ability to support upcoming USB 3.0 devices is an impressive feature of the P55 Deluxe3 there are already a number of motherboards that are USB 3.0 ready and many of them are even cheaper. That said thus far the majority of USB 3.0 enabled P55 motherboards come from the likes of Asus and Gigabyte while MSI has included USB 3.0 and SATA3 support on their P55-GD85 motherboard which is priced at $230. However Gigabyte is offering USB 3.0 and SATA3 support onboard for as little as $135 US with their P55A-UD3 while Asus has a similar board (P7P55D-E) priced at $160 US. So although the inclusion of these new technologies do not make the Asrock P55 Deluxe3 a unique product, they certainly add a great deal of value. In fact even without these new technologies the P55 Deluxe3 in an impressive motherboard offering a range of quality features combined with an excellent board design. Not only is the board itself well designed but so too is the BIOS which we found both easy to navigate and very powerful. The BIOS allows P55 Deluxe3 owners to overclock their LGA1156 processors by more than 50% in just seconds which what we believe to be a very high success rate. Furthermore experienced overclockers will find everything they need to push their Intel processor to the limits.
The P55 Deluxe3 is a well engineered product that is also well supported. Take the original P55 Deluxe for example this motherboard has already seen six BIOS upgrades since its release which is at least one update per month. These updates have brought better overclocking support, improved memory compatibility, support for new processors and other various enhancements. Therefore we expect that Asrock will maintain the same level of dedication for their new P55 Deluxe3 motherboard. Overall we honestly feel you cannot go wrong with the Asrock P55 Deluxe3 given the price, performance and features. |
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Posted on: 03/03/2010 06:00 PM
I'm super excited for this board, any idea on the release date? to purchase at Newegg. |
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ProX |
Posted on: 03/03/2010 08:48 PM
Nice review and nice board. I would also like to know when these will become available? |
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Alice |
Posted on: 03/09/2010 01:44 AM
Really nice board!! Very good looking~~ Thanks for yor nice review I'll consider this board for my P55 platform. |
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Kosti |
Posted on: 04/07/2010 09:46 AM
My simple question is should one buy one of these or look at a cheaper solution like the ASUS P7P55D-E PRO ? |
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ts |
Posted on: 04/11/2010 03:02 PM
Nice review thank you - i like Asrock products. My dumb question here: Wich cpu cooler used this on board? |
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ProX |
Posted on: 04/11/2010 10:57 PM
@ ts - the heatsink in the photos is the Noctua NH-U12P. |
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Calle2003 Posts: 15 Joined: 2010-04-27 |
Posted on: 05/02/2010 08:52 AM
USB 3.0 and SATA6 and full PCI-e 16x 2.0 rocks on Asrock but I'm really into energy savings as well (mostly because I pay my own bills). According to this review: http://techgage.com/article/evga_p55_ftw/11 EVGA P55 FTW consumes less power than most (MSI not included). Who's review shall I trust? PS My system (Gigabyte P55 UD3, Core i7 860@3.8 GHz, 8800 GTS 512@738/1836/1000 MHz, 3 hard disks) consumes about 150 W idle but I only use a cheap (about 14 US dollars) energy measuring device. What kind of equipment did you use?  |
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Steve Posts: 76 Joined: 2010-02-08 |
Posted on: 05/02/2010 11:45 PM
We don’t use anything special. Just a meter that reads from the wall though ours cost considerably more than $14 US but that does not meant it is any better. As long as you are using the same meter to compare all boards then it doesn’t really matter, you are performing an apples to apples comparison. Also comparing review is useless for a number of reasons. It is also worth mentioning that BIOS revisions can play a huge role here, not so much for the stress results but certainly for the idle results. |
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Calle2003 Posts: 15 Joined: 2010-04-27 |
Posted on: 05/19/2010 09:20 AM
Posted by Steve on 05/03/2010 12:45 AM
The EVGA P55 FTW has considerably lower Power Consumption according to the review at techgage. It almost made me buy it for that reason (but I didn't since it's considerably more expensive and it lacks a Floppy connector, not used floppy for years, it's more for nostalgic reasons). When I see another review that states the opposite it confuses me. I did however notice one indisputable error, it should be (Lower is better), not (Higher is better) on the Power Consumption comparison. PS Don't see this as criticism, only a neutral point of view. I still think LH is one of the best HW sites out there. |