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Enthusiast P55: Eight LGA 1156 Boards Between $150 And $200
JMB363 PCIe 1 x eSATA 3.0Gb/s 1 x SATA to JMB322 JMB322 to 2x SATA
JMB363 PCIe 2 x eSATA 3.0Gb/s
88SE6121 PCIe 2 x eSATA 3.0Gb/s
Add-In Ultra ATA
JMB363 PCIe
JMB363 PCIe
JMB363 PCIe
None
IEEE-1394
VT6308S PCI 2 x 400Mb/s
VT6308P PCI 2 x 400Mb/s
LSI L-FW3227-100 PCI 2 x 400Mb/s
TSB43AB22A 2 x 400Mb/s
Gigabit Ethernet
Primary LAN
RTL8111DL PCIe
RTL8112L PCIe
Intel WG82578DC PHY
88E8057 PCIe
Secondary LAN
RTL8111DL PCIe
RTL810SC PCI
RTL8111DL PCIe
88E8057 PCIe
Audio
HD Audio Codec
ALC890B
VIA VT1828S
ALC888S
ALC889
Setting a 133 MHz base clock on the ASRock P55 Deluxe enables the firm's Intelligent Overclocking Technology function, even when that function has been disabled. Instead choosing a 134 MHz base clock disables I.O.T., but gives ASRock a slight speed advantage in the benchmarks. We’ll keep that slight advantage in mind when discussing result charts.
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Sub-$200 Core i5/i7 Motherboard Features
Foxconn Inferno Katana GTI
Jetway HI05
Gigabyte P55-UD4P
MSI P55-GD65
PCB Revision
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
Northbridge
Intel P55 Express
Intel P55 Express
Intel P55 Express
Intel P55 Express
Voltage Regulator
10 Phases (8+2)
8 Phases (7+1)
10 Phases (6+4)
7 Phases (6+1)
BIOS
080015 (09/17/2009)
080015 (09/04/2009)
F4r (09/18/2009)
1.3 (09/03/2009)
133.3 MHz BCLK
133.7 MHz (+0.28%)
133.3 MHz (+0.0%)
132.9 MHz (-0.32%)
133.7 MHz (+0.28%)
Clock Generator
ICS RS4105BL
ICS 9LPRS919HKL
ICS 9LPRS914EKLF
MSI LRS4116AL
Internal Interfaces
PCIe 2.0 x16
3 (x16/x1/x4, x8/x8/x4)
2 (1 x x16 or 2 x x8)
2 (1 x x16 or 2 x x8)
2 (1 x x16 or 2 x x8)
PCIe x1/x4
2/0
2/0
3/0
2/1
Legacy PCI
1
3
2
2
USB 2.0
3 (6 ports)
3 (6 ports)
2 (4 ports)
3 (6 ports)
IEEE-1394
None
0
1
1
SerialPort
None
1
1
1
ParallelPort
None
1
1
None
Floppy
No
No
Yes
Yes
Ultra-ATA 133
1 (2 drives)
1 (2 drives)
1 (2 drives)
1 (2 drives)
SATA 3.0Gb/s
6
6
8
7
4-Pin Fan
1
1
2
1
3-Pin Fan
5
2
3
3
FP Audio
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CD Audio
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
S/PDIF I/O
Output Only
Output Only
Both
Output Only
Power Button
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Reset Button
Yes
Yes
No
No
CLR_CMOS Button
Jumper Only
Yes
Jumper Only
Jumper Only
Diagnostics Panel
Numeric
Numeric
No
No
I/O Panel Connectors
P/S 2
1
1
1
2
USB 2.0
8
8
10
8 (1 Shared w/eSATA)
IEEE-1394
None
None
2
1
Network
Single
Dual
Dual (with teaming)
Dual
eSATA
None
1
2
1 (Shared with USB)
CLR_CMOS Button
Yes
Yes
No
No
Digital Audio Out
Optical+Coaxial
Optical+Coaxial
Optical+Coaxial
Optical+Coaxial
Digital Audio In
None
None
None
None
Analog Audio
6
6
6
6
Mass Storage Controllers
Chipset SATA
6 x SATA3.0Gb/s
6 x SATA3.0Gb/s
6 x SATA3.0Gb/s
6 x SATA3.0Gb/s
Chipset RAID Modes
0, 1, 5, 10
0, 1, 5, 10
0, 1, 5, 10
0, 1, 5, 10
Add-In SATA
None
JMB363 PCIe 1 x eSATA3.0Gb/s
JMB363 PCIe 2 x SATA3.0Gb/s JMB362 PCIe 2 x eSATA3.0Gb/s
JMB363 PCIe 1 x SATA3.0Gb/s 1 x eSATA3.0Gb/s
Add-In Ultra ATA
88SE6111 PCIe
JMB363 PCIe
JMB363 PCIe
JMB363 PCIe
IEEE-1394
None
None
TSB43AB23 PCI 3 x 400Mb/s
VT6315N PCIe 2 x 400Mb/s
Gigabit Ethernet
Primary LAN
RTL8111DL PCIe
WG82578DC PHY
RTL8111D PCIe
RTL8111DL PCIe
Secondary LAN
None
RTL8111DL PCIe
None
None
Audio
HD Audio Codec
ALC888S
ALC888
ALC889A
ALC889
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