Where is the Asus ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution?

rockitman

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Dang it! I have all my parts for a new gaming rig on Newegg, ready to order, and now they stopped carrying the Revolution lga1155 board.

And to top it off, I can't find it anywhere else! Except for some god awful overpricing from vendors on Ebay.

Anybody know where I can get this board? It has rave reviews and is even part of the $2000 gaming rig here on Tom's.

I want it!!!

 

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Besides, being dead set on a particualy MB can be self-defeating. There is nothing special about that board, in fact, it has some build quality issues.
Why not consider the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3? Newegg has it and so does Microcenter. Great board at a bargain price if you ask me.
 

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Build quality issues??? There hasn't been a single published negative review of the ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution anywhere to be found on the internet. Feel free to prove me wrong.
 

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+1

This board is what I'm in the process of purchasing. I would get that over the Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3-B3 because the fact it runs 2 cards at 16x & 4X where as the ASUS deluxe runs 2 cards at 8x. You don't want to limit yourself, but you don't want to over pay. I see this board right at the sweet spot, or maybe just above that point.
 

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^There you go! The Deluxe board is a quality motherboard...it possesses all the features you could want out of this "mainstream" socket..frankly, if you want the ability to run a card @ 16x either grab an X58 board, or wait for LGA 2011...The Deluxe motherboard is definitely the sweet spot without breaking the bank. So, why worry about something as frivolous as running a card at 16x? It's purely psychological...and when your playing games you won't notice a THING!

So, do the right thing..get that deluxe...or at the very least, wait for lga 2011 if it is that important to you..
 

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I've got my eye on the Deluxe as well. It is out of stock every day I go to new egg.

By the time vendors catch up with the B3 revisions and everybody has a nice stock of them, the lga2011 will probably be out. D'oh!

 

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True that. I would go with sandy bridge and wait a bit for the ivy bridge stuff to be available and so we have some reviews on how much better it actually is compared to the 25/2600k's.

Just put an email reminder on the mobo, I have had the opportunity to purchase one 3 times. I'm waiting for some money to come in and every time it sells that fast. I also ordered one at a local computer shop so if its still out of stock when I have the cash I always have a backup source. :sol:

 
I cannot disagree with what's been said the P67 is at best 20 usable lanes, divide them how you will with pseudo NF200 lanes the funnel {bottleneck} is what the CPU will take in to be saturated {full}.

I've consistently recommended the ASUS P8P67 DELUXE.

P8P67 WS Revolution:
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=P8P67+WS+Revolution&hl=en&rlz=1C1GPEA_en___US371&prmd=ivns&biw=1400&bih=959&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=5151170971608778184&sa=X&ei=mVuSTbXJGMSCtgeMpsVJ&ved=0CEkQ8wIwAA#
{SuperBiiz.com}
 

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Wait? This statement might make sense but it sure as hell confuses me....
 

I mean what I say, but I don't always say what I mean. I have a bloated version of that statement as well. I was going for >short< version.

The P67 has 16 + 4 native lanes for PCIe 2.0, yes it over all has more, so taking the native x8 leaves x8 + x4. Now factor in the NF200 adds x16 lanes per NF200; to simplify lets say you're using (1). Take the pseudo {NF200} as x8/x8 -- that x8/x8 funnels into the native x8; so you've got pseudo x16 >= funneled = into native x8. Therefore, if the GPU is > x8 X 2 then you've got a bottleneck. GPUs like the GTX 570/580 or newer are fully saturating x8+. Therefore, you're loosing Frame Rates. Saturation also depends on Mega Pixels processed, so if you're resolution is high e.g. 2560 X 1600 or higher {multiple monitors} even the native x8/x8 gets saturated - see Building Chart - http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af254/Jaquith/Build_Chart_Q1-2011-1.jpg

I can go on, but you get the point...
 

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Okay that make more sense to me.

I don't mean to hijack this thread but feel its an appropriate place to post considering I too am working on a new build. I have one 580 purchased and am going for the p8p67 deluxe. I'm going to have two 580's a couple months after my computer is built. So when you say saturation, do you mean completely used or do you mean used completely + more aka bottleneck?

 

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lol..don't be confused... jaquith is simply trying to differentiate the two... But, the point is..the ws revolution, although a great board, is very unnecessary on this socket..its a mainstream socket for pete's sakes... The Deluxe motherboard, in my opinion, is where you want to be if you want features, quality, and longevity... Take it from a guy that's used the UD7 and Maximus iv ..these expensive board's simply aren't worth it!

If you want to spend that amount of money, wait for LGA 2011...on this socket it just doesn't make sense to spend more than $300 on a motherboard.
 

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exactly. I wanted to get something new and powerful. Sandy bridge does that. I don't personally know but I read a lot. My poor little 2600k sitting right next to my xbox waiting for its mother. I feel the deluxe is perfect and I can put the rest of my money on parts I can transfer in a year or so on the 2011 stuff.
 

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^Exactly! This is why I find it absolutely absurd to spend 400 on a motherboard for this socket..it isn't worth it with..especially with lga 2011 looming... Get the deluxe..you'll feel good that you've spent a decent amount of cash on something that looks good, and performs even better
 

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Thats not very nice intel. But hey, Sandy Bridge is still very good and easily out performs many setups. I'll be very happy with my new rig. I just got to learn how to oc the damn thing. But thats a new thread.
 
Trust me I love the i5-2500K and i7-2600K!!! I had hoped that the new, since Nov 2010, PCIe 3.0 was going to be used in the P67. Imagine double the current bandwidth, and PCIe 3.0 x8/x8 same as PCIe 2.0 x16/x16.

If that were the case, P67 + PCIe 3.0, then yippee P67 3/4-WAY!!! The goofy thing with the new LGA 2011 is they're 6+6/8+8 -- the friggin games are blind to, typically, more than 2-Cores and are huh?? to HT {Hyper-Threading}.

It's all backwards, the P67 is a perfect platform for gaming!!! So I'm stuck the all those useless cores + Hyper-Threading on the X68/LGA 2011??!! :pt1cable:
 

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haha...yeah...I definitely get it! I know what their angle was..and, it's smart (from a business perspective) but they are basically giving customers the finger ... i love my sb setup because it's mainly for gaming, and inexpensive..but intel is shady!
 

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yeah...it will be good..I have a very modest overclock on 2500k...but i've never been more impressed with computer hardware lol..im upgrading from a q6600 @ stock mind you...so, this is a very welcome change for me
 

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Right, maybe in fantasy land. That's about it. :)