Request: for the Nehalem review, would there be any way to include gaming benchmarks at played-at resolutions (maybe just 1680x1050 would be fine) in addition to 1024x768? (just a subset of the chips would be fine too, doesn't have to be all of them).

Look ugly compare to Maximus II Formula & Rampage Extreme.

Call me crazy, but I'm way more interested in Deneb than Nehalem

I wonder how much better those heatsinks would actually be at cooling the chips underneath them if all the decoration/logo was removed.

Cold, naked, and machined metal will always look better than gaudy, brightly coloured artwork/logo.

In saying that, I think Asus are more restrained than some in this matter.

So what's that sitting in between the PCI and white PCIe slots? Flash memory soldered into a USB slot?

Okay brand new board for new cpu so why bother with an IDE connector?I can understand the floppy connector but no one who is going to buy this will not have sata hard drive's and optical drives.

The same for PCI slot's surely 1 would be enough with all the newer raid controllers and sound card's using PCI-E slot's.

The layout for the PCI-E slot's leaves much to be desired as well since anyone going for 3 or 4 graphic card's is going to buy higher end dual slot card's anyway.

The rear port cluster is more comprehensive than most and the SAS connectors are a nice touch though.

As long as it shoots down the price of the Wolfdale processors and other mobos, I'll welcome i7 with open arms. =D

Damage Labs, do me a favor [no, really, as my mobo choice next year is between this and the Gigabyte version] and test the P6T against the Gigabyte x58-Extreme! Enthusiast shootout, winner takes all!

Nehalem must be getting close if motherboards are showing up.

I Can't wait for the review.

I bet that board will cost $299 at launch. I will wait for vanilla P6T.

Just a quickie on SAS.

SAS is just SATA-II engineered and build to higher standards.

FYI, a SAS controller can operate SATA devices without a problem, but a SATA controller cannot operate SAS devices.

SAS can daisy-chain up to 127 devices, while SATA-II can only handle up to ~4-6 devices. SAS offers greater cabling lengths due to its higher voltage signaling.

SAS devices are not that much more expensive then their SATA counterparts.

SAS is meant for high-end servers, NAS and SAN boxes.

IMHO, there is no real point having SAS for non-server boxes other than epenis.

Say goodbye to LGA775 CPU coolers.

OMG the LGA is arranged as two legs of one of those Nazi things.

Why won't Intel boards use a reasonable HSF mount? I hate the damn screw holes. It's a pita to take out my motherboard because I want to clean my fan or apply new paste.

I like AMD motherboards for this reason, Just assembled an am2 system for my buddy. Saves a lot of time!

FREE ASUS ADVERTISING ON TR!!!!!11111eleventy

OK, I'm kidding, but someone else will be here and won't be kidding.

I'm fairly impressed - but SAS? Seems a little excessive for an enthusiast board, doesn't it?

Asus has apparently been reading my blog, because the OC Palm gives users a measure of hardware monitoring support in addition to offering tweaking and overclocking controls.

That is pure awesome. The nerd in me is really excited about that.

Question: The arrangement of those PCIx16 slots looks like it would only support 2 "doublewide" GPUs and not 3. That accurate? (note: not that I care that much, only people who don't know what to do with their money and know even less about computers would get a 3 GPU setup)

I don't know if I'm all that impressed...

Only one full 16X GPU lane?? Sibling of P45s?? Also, are RAM makers going have to start selling them in packages of threes now?

The way, I see it is that this is a new CPU, impress me with a radical design! People will have to buy a motherboard anyway with the Nehalem, so everything on the MB can be boosted or whatever. Why not force a new concept like a 32X GPU lane or 2 Northbridges to spread things out and balance the loading, I mean if they can do it with GPUs why not with NB/SB? Adding the SCSI (SAS) is a nice addition, but I just think they can do better than that.

Or it is too early to bitch?

I'll take one. Asus, PM me for my mailing address.