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Asus has long had a notable reputation within the overclocking community, and their P6T motherboard continues the trend. Based on Intel's X58 Express and ICH10R chipsets, this ATX board is ready to host the newest LGA1366 Core i7 processors for ultimate powerful performance.
You can install up to 12GB of DDR3 1333 RAM in triple channel mode for increased performance. Get even morel performance – up to 2000Mhz –through overclocking. Mount three PCI-Express 2.0 x16 cards for cutting-edge graphic power with support for either NVIDIA 3-way SLI or ATI Quad-core CrossFireX. 100% all high-quality conductive polymer capacitors give longer life and higher energy efficiency by supplying power to vital components independently.
Get eight channels of HD sound from the Realtek ALC1200 audio chipset for pure, clear audio. Connect up to six SATA drives at 3Gb/s for high-speed data transfers as well as the option for multiple RAID configurations. Integrated Gigabit Ethernet LAN allows bottleneck-free connections to other network devices at broadband speeds and six USB 2.0 ports allows for nearly unlimited possibilities in connecting peripheral devices.
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Good Ol' ASUS
- Pros: Seems well made. Chip-set heat sinks are substantial, well layed out, and well attached. Sturdy back plate supporting the CPU socket which works great to secure after-market cooler w/o damaging the board.
Enough overclocking for me. BIOS was a breeze. Moved the BCLK from 133 to 167, turned off "auto-overclocking" and power-stepping stuff and changed nothing else (no voltages) for a 3.34GHz OC of a i7 920. Running sub-30s idle with an after-market air cooler. No reason to go any higher when this is so easy, so safe and already better than the $1K chip.
Minimal, simple drivers. There were not "super suites" of useless poorly made software like some motherboards come with.
Doesn't have any bells and whistles but bells crack and whistles are annoying. Just a solid board. Every ASUS board I've bought since 10 years ago worked first try and every try since except this one but I blame my cooler not ASUS.
- Cons: Only 2 SATA ports facing outward from the face of the board. The other slots are in the plane of the board and it's a real pain to connect them without dismantling everything. Two was enough for me but I don't understand why they can't make these more accessible.
The sound output internal connector pins near the bottom of the board interfere with the last PCI slot. A thick card in that slot might interfere with that.
The "CHA_FAN2" connector won't power a fan with manual speed control. Maybe this is standard but you'd think it could still power it and then control the speed as a percentage of the manually setting or something.
- Other Thoughts: That back-plate might end up causing shorts because combined with an after-market cooling bracket standard stand-offs might not be sufficient to give the board separation from the case.
When I first installed it on standard stand-offs the fans would spin up for a moment and then nothing all while the LEDs on the board were lit up fine. Suspecting a short I got ahold of some extra tall plastic stand-offs and once I got it sitting on those it POSTed first try and hasn't had problems since.
Asus P6T review, with overclock
- Pros: You cant beat the price. I added up the pro's and cons, and decided, I didnt need 2 NIC's, some overpriced heatsink, 16 phase power, and sas, so I went with the generic P6T. All in all I am impressed. other then the things mentioned above, its pretty much the same board. Same overclocking options, everything. Worked out of the box, great board IMO. Only complaint I have it in the bios you have to manually key in every variable, were most boards let you select the variable you want out of a drop down. This may not bother you but it forced me to write down my settings to make sure I wasnt setting anything too high or low. Great board for the price. I didnt get it from newegg, but got it for 237 shipped.
- Cons: The bios thing, is really the only con. if those missing features in the pro's bother you then they may be a con for you, but not for me.
- Other Thoughts: Only toyed with overclocking, but got 3.6 ghz rock stable by only changing the QPI/DRAM voltage and CPU Vcore to 1.35 volts. No other settings touched. Idle arround 40c and Load about 80c. Going to go for 4.0ghz.
For the price you cant beat it, especially with the overclocking results.
| Model | P6T |
| CPU Socket Type | LGA 1366 |
| CPU Type | Core i7 (LGA1366) |
| FSB | QPI 6.4GT/S |
| North Bridge | Intel X58 |
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Good options. ICH10 controller dead after 3 days.
- Pros: Many over clocking options lots of features Tons of SATA ports.
- Cons: ICH 10 SATA controller is dead after 3 days.
Hopefully the replacement board will recognize the RAID 10 array from the current disks.
Thank goodness for backups.
Good --But
- Pros: Ran stable out the gate. Nice features overall. After reading other reviews I disabled the Express Gate in the bios in first startup.
- Cons: Not the best layout design. Main power supply location made it difficult to install ram in slot 1.
Mem Issues
- Pros: Its a nice board and cheap.
- Cons: Memory would only recognize 4 of 6 gigs, while CPU-Z saw it all. Took out one, still sees 4 gigs, replaced, moved, 4 gigs, like the third stick is not even there. I see it as a common problem, why is this not fixed?
- Other Thoughts: Dont ask if I am using 64 bit, I think that is an offensive question. Good thing the RMA board was here next day and putting it in Thursday, wish me luck.
| Model |
| Brand |
ASUS |
| Model |
P6T |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
LGA 1366 |
| CPU Type |
Core i7 (LGA1366) |
| FSB |
QPI 6.4GT/S |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
Intel X58 |
| South Bridge |
Intel ICH10R |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
6×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR3 2000 (O.C) / 1866 (O.C) / 1333 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
24GB |
| Channel Supported |
Triple Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 (at x16/x16/x4 mode) |
| PCI Express x1 |
1 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
8 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/5/10 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
None |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC1200 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
6 x USB 2.0 |
| IEEE 1394 |
1 x IEEE 1394a |
| eSATA |
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s |
| S/PDIF Out |
1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB 2.0 ports |
| Onboard 1394 |
| Onboard 1394 |
1x 1394a |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Dimensions |
12.0" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
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Reviewed By: on 1/9/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
