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Kougar

11-20-2008, 12:30 AM

Reviewer: Mr. Mark "Methious" Taliaferro

Date Published: November 19th, 2008

Excerpt: "Asus's commitment to new platforms is amazing. Even though this is an early release board Asus didn't cut any corners it's a full function feature rich board."

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Please feel free to post your comments and questions here!

Link To Review (http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1405)

werty316

11-20-2008, 02:02 AM

Other than the high pricetag, that is one nice board :thumleft:

Methious

11-20-2008, 03:02 AM

It is a nice board, so far all the X58 boards they pretty proud of them.

Guy got the world record on ORB with a couple of 4870X2 in CrossfireX with this board.

Unregistered

11-23-2008, 10:42 AM

The specs on page 2 of the review say that it supports up to 12GB of RAM, but page 3 says that it supports up to 24GB. I think the specs are right.

Also, the manual says: "Due to Intel spec definition, X.M.P. DIMMs and DDR3-1600 are supported for one DIMM per channel only." I think this means that you'd be limited to 6GB when using X.M.P. or DDR3-1600.

I don't like these limitations, and I don't see them on most other X58 boards.

Methious

11-23-2008, 09:20 PM

It supports 12GB thanks for catching that oversight.

What it looks like to me is that XMP is supported with 3 sticks of ram, and moving to 6 sticks you'd need to set that manually.

I should have another 6GB kit to test with pretty quick, until then I can't really tell you.

cvasquez

11-24-2008, 06:04 AM

I just bought this exact same board but I was assuming or under the impression that the LCD EPU would come bundled with the board itself.

The confusing thing is that I called ASUS on Friday and they were not 100% sure if there were two flavors of this MOBO.

All in all, I am still without the EPU LCD which I was expecting. :frown:

Victor

11-24-2008, 07:41 AM

I just bought this exact same board but I was assuming or under the impression that the LCD EPU would come bundled with the board itself.

The confusing thing is that I called ASUS on Friday and they were not 100% sure if there were two flavors of this MOBO.

All in all, I am still without the EPU LCD which I was expecting. :frown:

man you are loaded for jumping onto the Core i7:). I do not think this board actually comes with teh LCD but the OC/Pamls that actually comes with it. It's like 40 more expensive though.

Methious

11-24-2008, 03:35 PM

There's two flavors, P6T Deluxe, and P6T Deluxe OC Palm Edition. Nowhere in the literature does it say that it comes with the EPU LCD.

It's a good board your going to like it.

cvasquez

11-24-2008, 05:25 PM

Thanks, I am looking forward in using it around January when my birthday is up.
I am choosing the I7 Core 940 chip. Should be fun.

Hmm...wasn't sure about the two flavors of the Deluxe edition but thanks for the info.
Apparently I can always purchase this EPU lcd later...I think it's pretty cool and it comes handy.

vortex

11-24-2008, 05:59 PM

It supports 12GB thanks for catching that oversight.

What it looks like to me is that XMP is supported with 3 sticks of ram, and moving to 6 sticks you'd need to set that manually.

I should have another 6GB kit to test with pretty quick, until then I can't really tell you.

Does this mean we can put in 12 Gb of DDR3-1600? I'd probably only have 6, maybe 8, but just good to know.

Methious

11-24-2008, 06:16 PM

I've run 12GB in it at 1600 but you have to set the timings manually.

cvasquez

11-24-2008, 06:24 PM

Thanks...I am going to run on 4 for now and maybe 8 sometime next year.
Will see.

I bought the Corsair Dual Channel 4096MB PC12800 DDR3 1600MHz Memory.
Should be coming tomorrow or Wednesday.

Methious

11-24-2008, 06:36 PM

Make sure it'll run under 1.65v they're serious about he voltage limit.

vortex

11-24-2008, 08:21 PM

Ok, thanks for the help!

cvasquez

11-24-2008, 10:01 PM

Make sure it'll run under 1.65v they're serious about he voltage limit.

Got it. ;-)

david.hill64

11-25-2008, 07:02 AM

It supports 12GB thanks for catching that oversight.

What it looks like to me is that XMP is supported with 3 sticks of ram, and moving to 6 sticks you'd need to set that manually.

I should have another 6GB kit to test with pretty quick, until then I can't really tell you.

OCZ confirms that XMP is designed for 3 sticks and that with 6 sticks you need to tweak manually, (but could be board variable).