As it has become rather expected in a time when various motherboards, roadmaps and benchmarks mysteriously find their way to the Internet, yet another motherboard has been leaked, this time from ASUS. The product, known as the ASUS P7H55-M Pro motherboard, is, like most of all the other motherboards recently previewed (whether from MSI, Gigabyte or ECS), built with support for 32nm processors running on the LGA 1156 socket.
The motherboard features a single PCIe 2.0 x16 slot, a PCIe x1 and two regular PCI slots for expansion. The specifications of the card reveal the existence of four DIMM slots, allowing for a maximum memory of 16GB. The DDR3 may run at frequencies of both 1066 and 1333 MHz, with overclocking options that may even push the clock to 2133 MHz. Six SATA II 3Gbps ports provide extensive storage capabilities and the product even supports two IDE devices via the ATA133/100 IDE (provided by the Jmicron JMB368).
Overclocking capabilities are, obviously, not restricted to the memory alone. Adjustments may be made to the P7H55-M Pro's Vcore, VIMC and VDRAM BUS among others. These customizations are possible thanks to the built-in TurboV overclocking technology. The card even has CPU parameter Recall for overclocking protection, Turbo Key and GPU Boost for overall system performance increases.
The motherboard's connectivity and I/O options are made up of a Gigabit Ethernet controller (based on the Realtek 8112L), as well as 12 USB 2.0 connectors and eight-channel audio (Using the Realtek codec). In addition, the motherboard is equipped with an Express Gate, which enables instant SKYPE and Internet access without the need for actually booting Windows.
The micro-ATX P7H55-M motherboard will support 45nm-based CPUs besides the 32nm and will power the individual components through a 4+2 phase power and an Energy processing unit for efficient power distribution.
The product is not available yet but is up for pre-order at a price of about 112 Euro (£ 99.91).