Intel P55 Motherboard Review Roundup - ASUS, DFI, Gigabyte, Intel

• iXBT Labs: Intel DP55KG "Kingsberg" Motherboardþ:
  
  

  "Despite the top positioning, this motherboard doesn't look overloaded with bells and whistles like some competing models. This is typical of Intel, its engineers have always had a sense of proportion in expanding functionality. Unfortunately, this sense has somewhat failed them now. On the other hand, Intel's active advancement to the retail market was deemed to result in this funny reevaluation: a rave of LED colors instead of simplicity. Besides, it's not the only motherboard in the series, there are four models. So true stoics may just buy the DP55WG, which lacks only an additional SATA controller (it was relatively slow anyway), Bluetooth adapter (which can be bought separately), and heatsinks on the CPU power converter. Or you may buy a MicroATX DP55SB, which can accommodate two graphics cards, is equipped with eSATA and Bluetooth. So its only shortcoming versus the DP55KG is the lack of PCI, which is not a problem for a new computer."

  
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• Techgage: ASUS P7P55D Pro Motherboard:
  
  

  "Given its robust feature-set, smart design, great overclocking ability and price-point, I wouldn't hesitate in recommending the P7P55D Pro to anyone looking for a board that does it all, but doesn't break the bank. Unfortunately, even though P55 boards have been out for a few months, this is the first ASUS board we've had the pleasure in taking a look at. That'll change soon, however, and I hope to be able to deliver follow-up reviews of ASUS (and others) P55 motherboards in the near-future."

  
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• TweakTown: GIGABYTE P55A-UD6 Motherboard:
  
  

  "Overall, the board’s performance was spectacular. It managed to outperform its P55 brother in all tests when overclocking was taken into account and with plenty of power for overclocking, this board is clearly one of the top boards out there in the P55 ranks."

  
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• X-bit labs: DFI LANPARTY DK P55-T3eH9 Motherboard:
  
  

  "Looking back at our today’s discussion we have to admit that we didn’t find any really serious drawbacks with DFI LANPARTY DK P55-T3eH9 mainboard. The excessively complex cooling system is not really such a big deal: the good thing is that it is not too simple. We can’t disable the speaker, but it is not vitally important. Hard to distinguish Power On and Reset buttons, but there are very few people who actually use them often. Date and time get reset during CMOS clearing, so don’t abuse this option. So what if the board doesn’t display the memory frequency correctly during overclocking neither in the BIOS, nor during system boot-up? The CPU could be overclocked 50 MHz less than on Asus or Gigabyte mainboards, which is also a minor issue. Hard to notice and read messages about over-overclocking – not an issue: just be more careful when checking for them and adjusting the BIOS settings. Not very convenient and user-friendly software? – Don’t use it if you don’t like it."

  
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