14 DAY TRIAL // Together with the ROG Rampage IV Extreme which we presented earlier today, Asus also made official the P9X79 Deluxe motherboard for users interested in a premium motherboard for their upcoming LGA 2011 processors.
Just as most other Sandy Bridge-E boards, the P9X79 Deluxe will also come with support for SLI and CrossFireX, but also added to it an SSD caching technology that is similar to Intel's Smart Response used for the Z68 motherboards.
This enables users to use a smallish solid state drive as a fast cache for the installed HDD in order to improve the overall performance of the system.
In addition, the motherboard also includes no less than four PCI Express x16 slots, two of these featuring 16 lanes of PCIe bandwidth, and these are accompanied by two additional PCI Express x1 slots.
As far as storage is concerned, Asus' latest creation comes with four SATA 3Gbps ports and four SATA 6Gbps port, two of the latter being driven by a third party controller.
The Intel X79 chipset is cooled by a large aluminum heatsink, while the VRM and Power Phase components are also equipped with their own heatsinks connected together through heatpipes in order to transfer the heat load.
On the back of the P9X79 Deluxe, Asus has installed all the usual ports and connectors including a pair of USB 3.0 ports, 7.1-channel audio with S/PDIF out, two eSATA pots, and dual Gigabit Ethernet. Two additional USB 3.0 ports are available through a on-board header.
As most other of its LGA 2011 siblings, Asus' latest creation also includes a series of overclocking friendly features such as on-board Power and Reset buttons, a Debug LED, and a rear mounted Clear CMOS switch.
Asus' own TPU and EPU technologies are also includes together with an UEFI BIOS, while power to the board is delivered by a next-generation Digi+ VRM design.
Other features include Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi connectivity, and support for eight DIMM memory modules. Sadly, no information regarding pricing and availability was made public at this time.
