ASUS P7P55 WS SuperComputer

Zitat: ASUS has done an interesting job with the P7P55 WS Supercomputer motherboard. They have taken a consumer desktop motherboard chipset and adapted it for the workstation market. Intel’s P55 chipset supports the Xeon 3400 series which is the Server and Workstation version of the Lynnfield CPU family. The addition of the NF200 chip allows the P55 motherboard to provide up to 32 PCI Express lanes supporting 3-way SLI or Quad Crossfire. This also supports up to three Tesla 2070 cards along with a Quadro card to provide up to 2 TeraFLOPs of computing power (double precision), making it a supercomputer equivalent to the Intel ASCI Red which was the fastest supercomputer in the world in 1999. Computing of course advances via Moore’s Law and faster computers are always in the pipeline, but that is where they get the term. The second fastest supercomputer in the world today uses NVIDIA Tesla graphics chips to provide most of the compute power, which is quite an achievement for them. If you want more features than the average off the shelf product and want to use the power of a Xeon CPUs, take a close look at the P7P55 WS Supercomputer motherboard.

Zitat: Hmmm, the ASUS P7P55 WS SuperComputer could possibly be very misnamed. It lists itself as a workstation system, yet it is more than capable of operating (very well) in a consumer level system. It is very versatile with the extra lanes for either SLI/Crossfire or for multiple Tesla cards. No matter what direction you want to go, the P7P55 WS seems suited to the task. The layout is utilitarian and fairly clean. The extra two USB ports will be great for people that have to use security dongles for work (LightWave 3D and others). The HDD performance seems tailored to Audio and Video work. It just is a good all-around board. Even the $229 price tag puts it in the reach of most consumers looking for a good hard working motherboard. Overclocking was simple and yielded good results with the use of either manual controls or the TurboV software. I really cannot think of anything that would steer me away from this board. It reminds me of the P5E64 WS Evolution. I still used this board until very recently as it was just that good. I think I have found its replacement in terms of performance, quality and reliability. If you are in the market for a workhorse that has some power under the hood then the P7P55 WS SuperComputer should be at the top of your very short list.

Zitat: Plusy: + bardzo dobre możliwości OC, + dopracowany i bogaty w opcje BIOS, + Express Gate, + Układ nForce 200, + rozbudowana sekcja zasilania procesora z technologią T.Probe. Minusy: - wysoka cena.

Zitat: Golden bear award Pros: + Stable, Efficient, and Powerful + Excellent Overclocker + Superb Features for the price + Solid and built with Quality + Lower Temperatures and more efficient across the whole board over the older LGA775 socket platform. Cons: - Minor con, but would have been nice to see USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gb/s support on this board. - Other than that None! I was very surprised with the features ASUS had included on the P7P55 WS SuperComputer Motherboard. For its price of $229.99 on Newegg, this board is definately something you might want to look into if you are looking for a powerful, stable, and power efficient motherboard that has more features than what you might ever use. TurboV Evo, T.Probe, the EPU Engine and the Turbo OC Tuner Profile in the BIOS make this motherboard an excellent overclocker as well as one of the most efficient motherboard on the market. The ASUS Xtreme Design is again another great feature ASUS included. It´s special 16+3 Power Phase Design, 100% solid Japanese Capacitors, and the VRM load calibration system makes this motherboard stand out from the rest. During our testing period we could not find any disadvantages about the board, so in our opinion it is one solid build from ASUS that cannot be missed by any serious system builders! The only thing that we would like to have seen on this motherboard would have been USB 3.0, and SATA 6.0Gb/s Support. Since we had a SAS setup with a powerful RAID Card capable of 6.0Gb/s, this wasn´t a problem, but this might not be the case for some on the cheap side. But there might be a solution for those looking for USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gb/s support. Asus also has another P7P55 board called P7P55D-E Pro which already comes with USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gb/s support. They also included a special chip which doesn´t take away from the performance of the PCI-E slot like other companies have done. Another option would be using ASUS´ U3S6 Add-On card which gives support for UBS 3.0 and SATA 6.0Gb/s support. With all this said lets take a look at our verdict.

Zitat: Zalety: + wysoka jakość wykonania i zastosowanych podzespołów + dobre możliwości podkręcania + karta diagnostyczna G.P + dzięki NF200 duże możliwości konfiguracji złączy PCI Express ×16 Wady: - wysoki pobór mocy w bezczynności - cena