ASUS P7P55D Pro P55 LGA1156 Core i5 Motherboard Unboxing Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2010-05-08
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525 words · ~2 min read
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Okay, so today we've got the P7P 55D Pro. We actually can't get over to our
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normal unboxing uh outside place because
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uh there's some junk there. And so we're doing the unboxing on the hood of my
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car. So here we go. We got the IO shield and then let's keep going with the
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accessories here. We've got the users guide. Then we've got the uh DVD for
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your drivers and your utilities, all that good stuff. Okay. Then we have an
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ESATA USB IO bracket. Then we've got an
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IDE cable. Then we've got their convenient Q connectnect. Then we have
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four SATA ports. It's got four SATA ports. So four SATA cables. And now
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let's get to the board itself here. So ASUS uses environmentally friendly uh no
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foam packaging. So they have like no foam and no uh no packing peanuts,
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nothing like that. It's all sort of cardboard. So, let's get the board
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itself out. It's kind of a sharpl looking board. I can't say the color
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scheme is my favorite, but it all sort of matches. So, let's start with what
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we've got in terms of our ports. So, we've got three PCI Express 16x slots at
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8X, 8X, and 4X. And please note that this one will run at 16x if there's
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nothing installed here. As with all P-55 boards, we've got support for dual
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channel DDR3 memory. You've got a fairly beefy 12 plus twophase power design,
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which is really nice to see, especially because this board is a relatively
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lowcost board compared to some of the more premium ones like the Maximus and
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all that kind of stuff. Over here, we've got seven SATA ports, which seems like
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kind of a weird number of SATA ports, except that if you look at the back,
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which is right about here, you can see that we've got an E SATA. So, that would
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probably be where our other port is. And also looking at the rest of the back,
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we've got our PS2 keyboard and mouse. We have overall eight USB ports, digital
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audio, FireWire, gigabit Ethernet, and
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7.1 audio. In terms of layout, the board is quite quite well done. You've got
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your 24 pin over here. And then you've got your 8 pin up at the top of the
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board over here with the little cover. And then you've got kind of a cool
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actually, if I could get Yeah, cameraman's checking out that heat sink. And that's So that's your chipset heat
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sink. And then I want you to check these out from the side. These are actually kind of a unique design. I really I
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really like that. It's just sort of looks feels kind of random and icically.
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I don't know. It seems like a trivial thing to like about a board, but there you go. Anyway, so that's the P7P 55D
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Pro. Thanks for checking it out.