Saturday, October 31, 2009

ASUS launches USB 3.0 laden motaherboards





Asus has unveiled a range of motherboard solutions that deliver true USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s data throughput performance.

The Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D-E Series motherboard has onboard support while the Asus Xtreme Design P7P55D Series utilizes the ASUS U3S6 PCIe x4 expansion card to deliver the new USB and SATA data transfer capabilities. Both the series come equipped with the Intel P55 Express chipset, the P7P55D-E / P7P55D Series supports the latest LGA 1156 socket for Intel Core i7/Core i5 Processors. Additionally, they also feature Hybrid Technology Hybrid Processor, Hybrid Phase, and Hybrid OS.


Perhaps the highlight of these new launches is the USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s Performance that the user is greeted with. These cards are capable of delivering ten times faster USB 3.0 throughput compared to the previous USB 2.0 standard. It also eliminates transmission bottlenecks, the expansion bridge increases hard disk read and write speeds. While the P7P55D Series boards do not have USB 3-0 by default, users can add the feature by inserting the Asus U3S6 PCIe x4 expansion card into it which enables the board same faster throughput with the latest USB 3.0 devices and SATA hard disks.


The P7P55D-E and P7P55D Series boast of a Hybrid Phase power feature, which combines multi-phase power delivery with real-time phase balancing to improve cooling of active components. The board is with Windows 7 ready as well.

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