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*****TWO Fantastic Sandybridge CPU + MOBO Bundles!*****

Gibbo I think you have the spec wrong on your mobo:



Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard

Key specification:
- ATX Form Factor
- LGA1155 socket for Intel® 2nd Generation Core™ i7/ Core™ i5/ Core™ i3 Processors
- Intel® P67 Express Chipset
- PCI-E x 16 Single x16 or x8x8x4

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard

Key specification:
- ATX Form Factor
- LGA1155 socket for Intel® 2nd Generation Core™ i7/ Core™ i5/ Core™ i3 Processors
- Intel® P67 Express Chipset
- PCI-E x 16 Single x16 or x8x8x4

It's not x8 x8 as far as asus are concerned

1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 * (max. at x4 mode [Black])
2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
3 x PCI
*The PCIEX16_2 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_1 slot, PCIEX1_2 slot and USB3_34 connector. The PCIEX16_2 runs at x1 mode by default for system resource optimization.
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Apart from a few lacking peripherals and SLI support can I just confirm that the P8P67 is otherwise identical to the P8P67Pro?

I understand that it still has CF support (a must for me) but is it lacking in any other major way?

The £299 bundle is VERY tempting.
 
lol I'm going to ring the sales team back, I think they put my i5 and asus board into their system, as seperate components by mistake (I could tell they were busy as I was placed in queue 6 and mustv forgot about the bundle offer), and noticed £21 hike. Looks like I can get 1x Akasa Viper 120mm fans :)
 
If I remember correctly, I should be able to use my corsair h70 on these mobo's as 1155 uses the same attachment hardware as the 1156. Is this true?
 
8igdave said:
Gibbo I think you have the spec wrong on your mobo:



Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard

Key specification:
- ATX Form Factor
- LGA1155 socket for Intel® 2nd Generation Core™ i7/ Core™ i5/ Core™ i3 Processors
- Intel® P67 Express Chipset
- PCI-E x 16 Single x16 or x8x8x4

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard

Key specification:
- ATX Form Factor
- LGA1155 socket for Intel® 2nd Generation Core™ i7/ Core™ i5/ Core™ i3 Processors
- Intel® P67 Express Chipset
- PCI-E x 16 Single x16 or x8x8x4

It's not x8 x8 as far as asus are concerned
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I noticed this when I got my P8P67 back home yesterday (after stopping in to OcUK on the way back home to Bristol to pick up the board in person)

I'm not *too* worried (as for the moment, well not enough to consider sending it back to replace it for something else) because I just don't have the funds for a 2nd card, however, the fact it said 8x8x4 was a deciding factor.
 
oweneades said:
Apart from a few lacking peripherals and SLI support can I just confirm that the P8P67 is otherwise identical to the P8P67Pro?

I understand that it still has CF support (a must for me) but is it lacking in any other major way?

The £299 bundle is VERY tempting.
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Sorry, going to be a noob question here. :D

I've notcied a lot of motherboards are 'crossfire ready' but not SLI. What exactly does this mean in terms of:

could I put two identical ATI cards in and they'd run ok?

As it is my understanding that really you need x8/x8 to not slow them down. :confused:

Someone explain please? :o
 
They all do both either crossfire or sli if they say they support it,the standard p8p67 has support for both but its the not 8x8 so its really any good for a single gpu,the pro is fine if you want to crossfire/sli,at the moment I think gigabyte ud7 is the only 1 that will run 16x16 but it cost a lot and you not notice much if any difference between 8x8 and 16x16,the way these new boards work.
 
8igdave said:
Gibbo I think you have the spec wrong on your mobo:



Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard

Key specification:
- ATX Form Factor
- LGA1155 socket for Intel® 2nd Generation Core™ i7/ Core™ i5/ Core™ i3 Processors
- Intel® P67 Express Chipset
- PCI-E x 16 Single x16 or x8x8x4

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 Intel P67 Mainboard

Key specification:
- ATX Form Factor
- LGA1155 socket for Intel® 2nd Generation Core™ i7/ Core™ i5/ Core™ i3 Processors
- Intel® P67 Express Chipset
- PCI-E x 16 Single x16 or x8x8x4

It's not x8 x8 as far as asus are concerned
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I've pointed it out in another thread yesterday, some people are still lurked into this bundle thinking they can do symmetrical Crossfire/SLI in it.

8x/8x does have a small performance drop compared to 16x/16x but it's minor (3% or less). The case is different with 4x/4x where you only get a quarter of optimal PCI-E 2.0 bandwidth.
 
Mr Krugga said:
I've pointed it out in another thread yesterday, some people are still lurked into this bundle thinking they can do symmetrical Crossfire/SLI in it.

8x/8x does have a small performance drop compared to 16x/16x but it's minor (3% or less). The case is different with 4x/4x where you only get a quarter of optimal PCI-E 2.0 bandwidth.
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And yet it's being left unchanged having been pointed out several times?
 
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