P6T Deluxe V2 ? ?

jeggsy · 9 Feb 2009 at 20:15

Can anybody tell me when the new Asus P6T Deluxe V2 mobo is coming into stock and will it be a similar price to the original V1 board ? ?

Looking at building a new system soon and this board is on my list.

Adrianr · 9 Feb 2009 at 20:55

It's having a revision already?! :O

WJA96 · 9 Feb 2009 at 21:40

jeggsy said:
Can anybody tell me when the new Asus P6T Deluxe V2 mobo is coming into stock and will it be a similar price to the original V1 board ? ?

Looking at building a new system soon and this board is on my list.

The V2 is a downgrade - no SAS controller and cheaper components. If you want a P6T Deluxe, the V1 is the better board.

jeggsy · 9 Feb 2009 at 22:12

WJA96:-
Cheers for the info.. Where did you get this from ? ? I looked at the Asus website but the only difference I could find is the SAS controller is taken out which didn't make any difference to me.

I just thought a V2 board would have a few bug fixes on it.

WJA96 · 9 Feb 2009 at 22:15

Extreme Forums, Anandtech, Tom's all have had recent threads about the V2 and the fact that it's NOT an improvement over the original, it's a cost-cutting exercise on ASUS part.

Generious · 9 Feb 2009 at 23:35

My two 150Gb Sas hdd do not approve of the V2 systemboard :-)

sithlord · 10 Feb 2009 at 13:10

I think I also read that the V2 has 1 less LAN port, 2 less USBs and no SAS and cheaper sound chip.

haysdb · 12 Feb 2009 at 18:28

sithlord said:
I think I also read that the V2 has 1 less LAN port, 2 less USBs and no SAS and cheaper sound chip.

That would be the plain non-deluxe P6T. The Deluxe V2 has all of the same ports and controllers as the current Deluxe, except for the SAS controller and the two SAS/SATA ports.

haysdb · 12 Feb 2009 at 18:30

WJA96 said:
The V2 is a downgrade - no SAS controller and cheaper components. If you want a P6T Deluxe, the V1 is the better board.

WJA96 said:
Extreme Forums, Anandtech, Tom's all have had recent threads about the V2 and the fact that it's NOT an improvement over the original, it's a cost-cutting exercise on ASUS part.

These are assertions unsupported by facts. Just because the same wrong thing is repeated, doesn't magically turn it into truth.

It is true that the V2 board does not have the SAS controller, and as a consequence also has two less SATA ports, since the SATA ports are backward compatible with SAS ports. Anything asserted beyond that is pure unadulterated conjecture. There is NO evidence that any other "cost cutting measures" have been taken. None. Nada. Zilch.

SirConfused · 12 Feb 2009 at 23:29

There are facts haysdb, as proven in my previous thread...

If only people would search before they post.

Read this for info.

The V2 has everything that the original has minus the SAS controller. According to the official Asus website anyway... Unless you wan't to argue against that?