Enthusiast P55: Eight LGA 1156 Boards Between $150 And $200

[regilsolon]

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for those who don't even know. i share this article.

Table of contents

• 1 – Similar Bang For Fewer Bucks?
• 2 – Features Overview
• 3 – ASRock P55 Deluxe
• 4 – Asus P7P55D EVO
• 5 – Biostar TPower I55
• 6 – EVGA P55 SLI
• 7 – Foxconn Inferno Katana GTI
• 8 – Gigabyte P55-UD4P
• 9 – Jetway HI05
• 10 – MSI P55-GD65

• 11 – Test Configuration
• 12 – Benchmark Results: Crysis And Far Cry 2
• 13 – Benchmark Results: Clear Sky And World In Conflict
• 14 – Benchmark Results: Audio And Video Encoding
• 15 – Benchmark Results: Productivity
• 16 – Benchmark Results: Synthetic
• 17 – Overclocking
• 18 – Power, Heat, And Efficiency
• 19 – Does Biostar Win?
• 20 – More on this topic

The great news for enthusiasts who chose to wait for LGA 1156 before taking the plunge into Intel’s Nehalem architecture is that these boards cost around $100 less than similarly-equipped LGA 1366 platforms. Buyers can forget what they knew about former high-end build prices and instead refer back to the glory days of high-end LGA 775 price structures. And while this kind of pricing competitiveness isn’t doing any favors for manufacturers, even the slimmest profit margins should look great in light of anticipated sales volumes.



That means our so-called “budget” P55 motherboard round-up of a month ago, in fact, was loaded with mainstream products similar in added features to $200+ X58-based models, while this month’s $150+ round-up of P55 boards compares added features to X58 products that cost roughly $250-$300.
Yet one feature missing from all P55-based products is the second 16-lane PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 slot, which has been available to Intel buyers exclusively through X58 and earlier X48/X38 chipsets. Some die-hard technology extremists might say that this disqualifies any P55 product from being considered enthusiast-class, but we won’t go that far. Just as the budgets of some auto enthusiasts compel them to buy custom-tuned economy cars, the budgets of many PC enthusiasts will lead them to explore their P55 options.
We consider a few of those options beginning with page two's feature comparison list.


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Enthusiast P55: Eight LGA 1156 Boards Between $150 And $200 : Similar Bang For Fewer Bucks? - Review Tom's Hardware


enjoy and happy reading..

[fredrich64]

hmm thanks sa review. is 1156scket problem already fixed?

[regilsolon]

hmm thanks sa review. is 1156scket problem already fixed?

i think this issue is on extreme overclocking..


P55 Extreme Overclockers: Check your sockets!


Bad News For LGA-1156 Foxconn Socket Users

Category: CPU's
Posted: November 9, 2009 03:04PM
Author: ScapeGoat





As some of you might know by now there has been some issues regarding the LGA-1156 Foxconn socket, but it looks like it's getting worse. Foxconn said they corrected the cause of the problems back in May, however even with the new revision of the socket the number of damaged
and processors keeps growing. At first the issue was only reported by users with extreme overclocking and after demanding benchmarking runs, but now it's starting to appear with average overclock settings and on a higher number of motherboard models. There are already full stocks of motherboards on the market that use the socket behind this problem, with the highest number of them being from Gigabyte and
(a recent AnandTech review suggests both may be considering switching socket providers on some boards at least). Some brands, including EVGA and MSI have suspended the use of Foxconn and are now using TYCO AMP and LOTES parts for their P55 motherboards. The problem is apparently caused by bad contact between some of the CPU pins and the socket eventually leading to the death of both of them. Let's hope Foxconn gets over this issue soon.




Bad News For LGA-1156 Foxconn Socket Users - Industry News - Overclockers Club

[fredrich64]

Hmm.. i gues losing contact is dangerous, naka OC or not. lets wait for 2010 until this issue is fixed. it isnt the ryt time to buy 1156, unless if it's EVGA ;p

[andz]

Hmm.. i gues losing contact is dangerous, naka OC or not. lets wait for 2010 until this issue is fixed. it isnt the ryt time to buy 1156, unless if it's EVGA ;p

even EVGA has the problem. All P55 boards available can cause this problem.

But only in extreme :P

[simoko]

yes...will not recommend buying P55 mobos now...daghan pa problems...wait until second qtr next year...my Asus Sabertooth is on its way to the US for rma...

[fredrich64]

even EVGA has the problem. All P55 boards available can cause this problem.

But only in extreme :P

evga doesn't use foxxcom sockets ryt?

[andz]

evga doesn't use foxxcom sockets ryt?

they actually did, in the early releases, not sure now.. but from what i read in the xtremesystems and overclock.net all P55 will get this problem in extreme overclocking foxxcon sockets or not.

[jiro]

reviving thread...

naa pa ni nga problem?

i was jut reading overclocking 1156 motherboards.
Bad CPU contact by FoxConn
AnandTech: P55 Extreme Overclockers: Check your sockets!


Exploding motherboards
The Perils Of Overclocking - Review Tom's Hardware : P55 On A Budget: Five Core i5/i7 Motherboards For $100-$150

[jiro]

i guess most affected ang foxconn...

tom's hardware says it's
ECS P55HA
MSI P55-CD53


Mao ni baligya sa PCX priceslist
ECS P55HA Php5450
MSI P55-CD53 Php7670

i guess dili pwede e overclock.