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Also, Asus saw it fit to make me dig through their product pages to figure poo poo out (their product comparator was borked when I tried it), and then I saw legit reviews put up a nice spec table: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1500/1/ Happy: - all have USB 3.0 - all have Firewire - all have SATA 6Gbps - P8P67 PRO and above implement a PHY for the integrated MAC in the P67 - P8P67 is only $160.00...so, $200 at the egg? Sad: - need to get the PRO or better for SLI - P8P67 doesn't use the Intel ethernet controller - P8P67 is starved for lanes  - no legacy 775 holes Also, don't buy the LE. Personally I think I will go for the PRO, because I don't SLI, but want the Intel ethernet solution. Happy to see that pretty EFI implementation. I guess the Asus engineers that were sleeping all the time during training could learn in their sleep. e: In case anyone was curious about the integrated Intel Ethernet functionality, it's similar to what was in the Q57. The chipset provides an integrated 10/100/1000 MAC. This MAC is useless without an accompanying PHY however, which as its name suggests interfaces with the physical ethernet network. Apparently, it's cheaper for some makers to buy a Realtek controller (MAC+PHY) and use that compared to buying just the Intel PHY. If you don't use the Intel PHY however, I think you can repurpose that PCIe x1 link for something else...like the aforementioned Realtek chip. e2: And now I know why the PEX8608 is backordered, thanks Asus!  I think everyone should seriously consider the "splurge" for getting the Intel solution; your torrents will thank you. movax fucked around with this message at 19:26 on Jan 3, 2011 |
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