- Intel X79
- Core i7 (LGA2011) / Xeon (LGA2011)
- DDR3 2400(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066
High-performance motherboard
01/24/2012
This review is from: ASUS P9X79 DELUXE LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS
Pros:
I love this motherboard and chose it over the ASUS Rampage IV motherboard due to cost compared to feature set. I paired it with two sets of the CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 memory.
The only thing this motherboard was missing was a firewire port, I'm assuming because it has USB 3.0 and eSATA.
The BIOS is easy to setup and even easier to play with when working to overclock your CPU/RAM. It took me about 15 minutes to setup BIOS for this board before the system was up and running.
I also setup the SSD caching feature that ASUS offers with this board and it works great. Using an 80GB Intel SSD, I noticed a boost in the performance of my 1.5TB hard drive after setting up SSD caching.
Main boot drive used: Intel 510 Series 250GB SSD.
The one thing I would mention: Windows 7 wants to install a driver for the motherboard, but it conflicts with the driver that comes on the CD. I uninstalled the Win driver and everything worked correctly.
Cons:
No additional firewire ports (see Pros).
Be careful of installing Windows Updates' drivers - use the drivers on the CD instead.
Overall Review:
Don't install the Intel SSD Toolbox because it does not work well with the new X79 chipset yet.
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- Joshua W.
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Verified Owner
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Owned For:
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