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| Part Number | P6T SE |
| Manufacturer | ASUS |
| Chipset | Intel X58 |
| North Bridge | Intel X58 |
| Socket | LGA1366 Socket |
| Processor Types | Core i7 |
| Number of CPUs | 1 |
| QPI | Up to 6.4GT/second |
| Memory Type | DDR3 |
| Memory Channels | Triple |
| Maximum Memory | 24GB |
| External Graphics | PCI Express x16 x3 |
| IGP | None |
| South Bridge | ICH10R |
| Audio | 8-channel |
| IDE | 133/100/66 |
| SCSI | None |
| SATA | 3.0 GB/s |
| RAID | 0, 1, 0+1, 5, 10 |
| LAN | 10/100/1000 4 LAN Ports |
| Firewire | IEEE 1394a |
| USB | USB 2.0 |
| BIOS | AMIBIOS |
| Form Factor | ATX |
This motherboard supports all current Intel Core i7 LGA-1366 CPUs including the 965, the 940 and the 920 CPUs on the market. The memory controller is integrated into the CPU supporting triple channel memory. Intel's Quick Path Interconnect is supported up to 6.4GT/second and a maximum bandwidth of 25.6GB/Second. The X58 chipset is the only one on the market to support the new Core i7 CPUs.
The board supports up to 24GB of DDR3 2000MHz DDR3 memory. Note that the maximum speed supported natively by the P6T SE is DDR3 1333 with faster speeds available through overclocking. The board supports Intel's Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) which uses the SPD to store overclocking profiles for the memory.
One thing this board does not support currently is NVIDIA's SLI configurations, which is their multiple GPU solution for improving game performance. Three-way Crossfire is supported as well as ATI's CrossfireX with two 4870 x2s, but though virtually every X58 board supports SLI this one does not. In fact every ASUS X58 motherboard except this one supports SLI.
TurboV is Asus's overclocking tool for Windows. This tool allows you to overclock without rebooting or exiting the Operating System. Adjustments of 0.02v intervals allow the end-user to change the voltages of the CPU PLL, NB, NB-PCIE, and DRAM with a lot of precision. Express Gate is ASUS's mini-OS that allows the user to boot into Linux within the span of a few seconds instead of a minute.
ASUS is one of the company's committed to saving the environment by reducing energy consumption and being environmentally friendly. The P6T SE has the EPU6 engine allowing it to use less power when in idle mode. The motherboard uses auto-phase switching for the CPU, VGA card, memory, chipset, drives and system fan to lower energy consumption when the computer doesn't need the extra power.
ASUS put a lot of work into cooling the motherboard. They use a fanless design with a heatsink covering the Northbridge with a heatpipe leading out to the back panel IO area. This allows the CPU fan or bundled optional fan to be utilized to reduce overall heat in the system by using these fans to cool the heated air. Stack Cool 2 transfers the heat from the critical components to the other side of the board. Fan Xpert allows users to adjust the CPU and Chassis fan speeds according to different ambient temperature. This allows the user to have less noise from the fans while keeping the CPU and chassis cool.
