Asus P7P55D-E PRO

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Fully featured with SATA 6 Gbps and USB 3.0.
Properly built to maintain high overclocks through longterm daily usage.
Modest pricing.

Cons:

High "Auto" voltage settings.
Lack of software memory timing control.

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Last revision on January 10, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Fully featured with SATA 6 Gbps and USB 3.0
Properly built to maintain high overclocks through longterm daily usage
Modest pricing
Lowered CPU power draw via T.Probe, reducing load power consumption by almost a third
Excellent XMP support
PCIe bridge keeps SATA and USB apart from graphics interface
Excellent build quality
Excellent board layout
Supports either SLI or CrossFireX applications

Reviewers Didn't Like

High "Auto" voltage settings
Lack of software memory timing control
"Hybrid" nature of the board leads to many clocking features
SATA port limited to 5Gb/s by PCIe 2.0 interface
Only one PCIe x16 slot is wired for x16
SATA port for Optical Drive located at bottom of board
Second set of DIMM sockets located under the CPU cooler (YMMV)
So many features it can be a challenge to work through which ones will be useful for you

Expert reviews and ratings

Summing it all up is pretty easy. The P7P55D-E PRO is a definite winner in our books, with only a few points that hold it back. The power savings is something that impressed hugely, as this was not expected at all, and the P7P55D-E PRO's ability to...

By techPowerUp! on March 04, 2011

Although we strive to be as objective as possible, any review will reflect to some extent the perceptions and biases of the reviewer. Also, keep in mind that the computer market is very volatile, and that today's killer super product can easily...

By Benchmark Reviews on June 24, 2010

An early-adopter motherboard at an early-adopter price, but you get plenty for your money...

By PC Pro on May 26, 2010

The ASUS P7P55D-E Pro motherboard is among the first to embrace USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s connectivity, two technologies that will become a huge part of computing in the coming months. Right now the real need for both is in storage. SATA 6Gb/s is...

By PCStats on May 11, 2010

Does the E Stand for Excellent? I’m not sure that it’s completely excellent, but it’s darn sure a much sweeter platform with USB 3.0 and SATA3 support. A little cross model driver finesse went a long way to improve the platform’s...

By FutureLooks on March 31, 2010

100

Asus has a large number of P55 motherboards available…I counted at least 16. Of those, five are in the same product line as the P7P55D-E Pro, with this board square in the middle. $140 separates the bottom end and the top end, with the P7P55D-E...

By ThinkComputers on March 16, 2010

The Asus P7P55D-E Pro board has shown us that Asus knows how to pack a lot of punch (Overclock and Feature wise) into a fairly affordable board. Priced in the $200 price range with Sata 3 and USB 3.0 that doesn't eat your PCI-E bandwidth, the Asus...

By Bjorn3D on January 27, 2010

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By TechRadar on January 01, 2010

Asus P7P55D-E Pro offers all the standard features you'd expect on a motherboard in this price range and keeps pace with the other LGA1156 boards we've tested, falling within a couple of percentage points one way or the other in our series of...

By HotHardware on August 09, 2010

The real winner here is not the Intel chipset, though the Intel-based board did come out ahead in a lot of ways. The real winner here is ASUS.Most people take for granted integrated audio. Many believe, with the advent of multi-core processors, that...

By TechReaction.net on August 09, 2010

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