ASUS P9X79-E WS Preview
Published by Marc Büchel on 18.06.13Page:
Conclusion
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| ASUS leaves a very good impression with its P9X79-E WS. We like the looks of this board very much. The industrial appearance with the bare metal coolers is perfect for workstations. Furthermore there is plenty of space around the CPU socket to install even todays largest coolers comfortably. Furthermore we liked that ASUS equipped this board with no less than seven full size PCI Express x16 slots. This makes it possible to for example to setup a Quad-SLI system. Considering that the P9X79-E WS will be a future proof choice and more than just ready for next-gen GPUs. In order to provide the PCI-Express lanes with plenty of bandwidth there are no less than two PEX8747 chips from PLX. | -
Design - 7 x PCI-Express x16 - Quad SLI Support - 2 x PEX8747 |
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| Generally the ASUS P9X79-E WS's Layout has been very well thought. Once more practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power- and reset-buttons. There even is a debug display which is very useful in case you should have issues with a component in your system or the board itself. The reason that there are seven full size PCI Express slots make it inevitable that in a quad SLI setup you'll have to place one card in the last slot available. This means, that if you have a dual slot card, the connectors at the bottom will be covered by the graphics card. Something else that has to do with the placement of the first PCI Express x16 slot concerns the power design. In this case the phases, which are usually right between the CPU socket and the first PCI Express x16 slot couldn't be placed there. There simply isn't enough space. Because of this ASUS decided to make use of a wider form factor and they now put those phases between the DIMM slots and the ATX power plug on the right side of the board. This is an unusual spot but we think it's very well chosen. | - Angled SATA connectors
- Power/Reset-Button onboard - Debug display - Placement of the power design |
| Page 1 - Introduction | Page 4 - Layout |
| Page 2 - Specs and Delivery | Page 5 - Connectors and I/O |
| Page 3 - Features | Page 6 - Conclusion |
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