ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe - mini ITX Madness! Review
Published by Marc Büchel on 16.05.12Page:
Conclusion
| Overall | + | - | |
| At a first glance ASUS leaves a very good impression with its P8Z77-I Deluxe. There even is plenty of space around the CPU socket to install large coolers. Furthermore we liked that ASUS equipped this board with an eight phase power design, which will be able to power an overclocked rig for sure. Generally very nice to look at is the design. The colors the deluxe boards ship with are very well chosen. | - Design | ||
| Layout | + | - | |
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Generally the ASUS P8Z77-I Deluxe's Layout has been very well thought. In case of the SATA connectors you find four straight ones right above the PCI Exprsess x16 connector, close to the DIMM slots. Unique these days is the VRM design, which has been place on an additional raiser card. Like this ASUS has been able to get some more space to make this little board ready for overclocking. Furthermore it is even possible to install big CPU coolers. In this case we would recommend to make use of a down draft cooler which will provide the onboard components with fresh air too. |
- Power design on raiser card - Space around the CPU socket | ||
| Performance | + | - | |
| A closer look at our 3D performance comparison tables reveals quite a surprise. The little P8Z77-I Deluxe managed to get the first place! Therefore it's no surprise that this thing can be found in top positions in the gaming comparison tables. Regarding 2D benchmarks the results are quite solid. The result aren't mindblowing but at least they are in the center span of our charts. Overall there is solid 2D performance. Nevertheless there is one benchmark where this board performas badly: it's wPrime where it ranks last. | -
3D Benchmarks - Power consumption |
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| BIOS / Overclocking | + | - | |
| Also in the overclocking part the P8Z77-I Deluxe was a convincing product. Therefore it's been childrens play to reach the clock wall of our test CPU. Furthermore the UEFI BIOS is easy to use and one can quickly find the settings needed. There are BIOSes from other manufacturers which are nicer to look at, but that's it. During the tests it was just astonishing what's possible with the little board. | - Not well structured BIOS - UEFI-BIOS | ||
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| If you should be looking for a mini ITX motherboard then you can think of the P8Z77-I Deluxe as a reference board. We really haven't seen anything else with the form factor which can keep up with the board. | |||
| Rating | |||
| We give the P8Z77-I Deluxe very good five out of five stars. | |||
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Author: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch Copy edited and translated: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
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