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System Name | The Dove Box Rev 3.0 |
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Processor | i7 8700k @ 4.7GHz |
Motherboard | Asus Maximus X APEX |
Cooling | Custom water loop |
Memory | 16GB 3600 MHz DDR4 |
Video Card(s) | 2x MSI 780 Ti's in SLI |
Storage | 500GB Samsung 850 PCIe SSD, 4TB |
Display(s) | 27" Asus 144Hz |
Case | Enermax Fulmo GT |
Audio Device(s) | ON BOARD FTW |
Power Supply | Corsair 1200W |
Keyboard | Logitech G510 |
Software | Win 10 64x |
Fudzilla said:Asus has officially announced its P55 based P7P55D-E Premium motherboard, the first one from Asus that will feature USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gbps.
In order to deal with the bottleneck, Asus has included a PLX bridge chip that will give both the USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gbps controllers double the bandwidth compared to the plain P55 approach, which means that these two will have higher read and write speeds.
The P7P55D-E has support for Intel's Core i5 and Core i7 processors designed for the LGA 1156 socket, has four DDR3-2200 slots, two PCI-Express x16 slots, six older SATA 3.0Gbps and two SATA 6.0Gbps ports, Gigabit LAN, one eSATA port, 7.1-channel integrated audio and of course two USB 3.0 ports.
For those motherboards that aren't equipped with a PLX chip and onboard SATA 6.0Gbps and USB 3.0 ports, Asus has announced U3S6 expansion card that hooks up to a PCIe x4 slot and features two USB 3.0 and two SATA 6.0Gbps ports. This one is compatible with Maximus III Formula, P7P55D and P7P55D Deluxe/EVO/PRO/LE/LX motherboards as well as probably all other motherboards that can accommodate it.
The motherboard should be available before Christmas, so we're guessing that it should launch by the end of November or early December in the worst case scenario. Unfortunately, the prices for the new motherboard and the U3S6 expansion card weren't announced.
I must say it's dead sexy, damn fast, and awesome to see some Sata 6.0 and USB 3.0 being released. Of course I just want my overclocking experience to be with a remote