Asus p7p55d

JimTram · 10-09-2009, 09:21 PM

Any comments on this board? I have it in hand now and will configure it with an i7860, and 8G 1333 RAM. This was unplanned so I am scurrying around the net concerning this board. All I read is good.

Will build with my new 5850 and other existing periphs. Waiting for W7 retail to arrive.

TIA

Jim

Sir Skully · 10-09-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JimTram

Any comments on this board? I have it in hand now and will configure it with an i7860, and 8G 1333 RAM. This was unplanned so I am scurrying around the net concerning this board. All I read is good.

Will build with my new 5850 and other existing periphs. Waiting for W7 retail to arrive.

TIA

Jim

Yeah that should be quite a nice rig, hope all goes well....

JimTram · 10-10-2009, 12:09 AM

I hope so. This is a replacement board for the defunct Gigabyte build of a month or so ago. Instead of monies returned I got this board. It's sells for more than I was owed - so, we'll give it a try.

This is a new board, factory sealed box, and valid serial numbers - I checked with ASUS.

I did numerous successful ASUS builds, so I am confident this will be no different. Gotta get a i7-860 and 8G RAM now. Everything should be arriving before Win7 is released - then will give it a go when I have the new OS. Now I'll go 64bit..

Did some googling, only escoteric issue is the new RAM retention clips. Clips are only on one end as not to interfere with GPU. Need to ensure sticks are seated properly.

Thanks Skully

Jim T.

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Originally Posted by Sir Skully

Yeah that should be quite a nice rig, hope all goes well....

WolfSoul · 10-10-2009, 07:29 AM

lol guess that solves your W7 dilemma

JimTram · 10-10-2009, 08:29 PM

Yes it does, delightfully so. No more mental masturbation!!!

I'm ready for 128bit now.

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Originally Posted by WolfSoul

lol guess that solves your W7 dilemma

Eagle Rock · 10-10-2009, 10:47 PM

Is your Asus P7P55D the Deluxe or Premium model? I looked it up on Newegg and they have about 6 models listed. I am curious as how this will work out for you. Good luck!

JimTram · 10-11-2009, 12:34 AM

It's this one. Not that it matters for me - this one only does Crossfire, no SLI! When I recv W7, I'll get into this. I'll report on the outcome.

Newegg.com - ASUS P7P55D LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

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Originally Posted by Eagle Rock

Is your Asus P7P55D the Deluxe or Premium model? I looked it up on Newegg and they have about 6 models listed. I am curious as how this will work out for you. Good luck!

wonderwrench · 10-11-2009, 03:36 AM

I see most of the Asus boards are using Via sound. Does anyone have any experience with Via on board sound solutions? Seems like everyone was using Realtek on board sound and some have switched to Via. I sure like the Realtek on board on the rig in my sig and good driver support to boot.

JimTram · 10-11-2009, 03:54 AM

At one time or another I have listened to both. Although not an audiophile - to me the onboard sound had a high pitch, crackling, and a lack of what I call depth. I have always used a soundcard since.

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Originally Posted by wonderwrench

I see most of the Asus boards are using Via sound. Does anyone have any experience with Via on board sound solutions? Seems like everyone was using Marvell on board sound and some have switched to Via. I sure like the Marvell on board on the rig in my sig and good driver support to boot.

wonderwrench · 10-11-2009, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by JimTram

At one time or another I have listened to both. Although not an audiophile - to me the onboard sound had a high pitch, crackling, and a lack of what I call depth. I have always used a soundcard since.

Since you are going to use a discrete solution it will not matter how good or bad the onboard is. I can only compare my old SB Audigy gamer to the ALC888 on my board and there is no comparison. The onboard blows the Audigy. The onboard sound is much richer sounding. Also Realtek has way better driver support than Creative ever had.

JimTram · 10-11-2009, 06:19 PM

Onboard audio was of great interest to me. I did not want to spent monies on the alternative. As a result of listening, (on other than this board) I subsequently went with a discrete solution. I have not listened to the onboard sound for this board, but'll I'll give it a try, audio card or not.

JimTram · 10-13-2009, 06:48 PM

Motherboard Bench Test with Radeon 5850. Memtest 400 ok!

http://content.glidesociety.com/imag...e-bc4819df8587

Very easy to configure. Booted up at first try.

As you can see - the GPU is not exceptionally long, its heavy though.

i7-860

KVR 4x2G 1333

Corsair 620 Modular PSU

Will install into case when W7 arrives.

*johnrr6* · 10-13-2009, 10:15 PM

After my wonderful experience with my Asus X-58 board----I will not do anything but Asus from now on....

simply the best....

Best Boards
Best Docs
Best Support
More BIOS updates than ANYONE (well---maybe not more than DFI---NOBODY throws more BIOS versions out there faster than DFI!)

You truly get what you pay for.....

Good Luck Jim!!

Looks like you got yourself a speed pony!!

JimTram · 10-13-2009, 11:31 PM

Thanks John - this board suits me. It was a replacement for a defunct Gigabyte with older chipset. So I'm ahead!!!

ASUS was one of my first boards and I ditto the attributes concerning the company. I updated to the newest BIOS before I even did anything else. That solved some problems others were having. Wierd with the DIMM sockets having only one clip per DIMM. The sticks are tight and are detected in the BIOS and Memtest. That probaly matters the most.

Bring on win 7!!!

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Originally Posted by johnrr6

After my wonderful experinece with my Asus x-58 board----I will not do anything but Asus from now on....

simply the best....

Best Boards
Best Docs
Best Support
More BIOS updates than ANYONE (well---maybe not more than DFI---NOBODY throws more BIOS versions out there faster than DFI!)

You truly get what you pay for.....

Good Luck Jim!!

Looks like you got yourself a speed pony!!

mcfoo · 10-19-2009, 10:55 AM

I am in the process of selecting components for this board So far an i5, ASUS 5750 video and 8GB of RAM as you did. However, I've been reading about this board's inability to show all the RAM, and the RAM manufacturers recommend only triple channel sets. Can you comment on this?

10-09-2009, 09:21 PM	#1
JimTram Seabees, USN-Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,237	Asus p7p55d Any comments on this board? I have it in hand now and will configure it with an i7860, and 8G 1333 RAM. This was unplanned so I am scurrying around the net concerning this board. All I read is good. Will build with my new 5850 and other existing periphs. Waiting for W7 retail to arrive. TIA Jim __________________ ASUS P7P55D, Intel i7-860, KVR 1333 4x2G, Corsair HX 620W PSU, Sapphire 5850, Sony Optiarc DVD/RW AD7240S, Pioneer DVD/RW 218L, WDC640 Caviar Black, Seagate 3300620AS, SB X-FI Titanium, Antec 300 Gamer, Scythe 120 Fans (1x3), Antec 140 Fan (1x1), Win7 Home.
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10-10-2009, 07:29 AM	#4
WolfSoul Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Belgium Posts: 325	Re: Asus p7p55d lol guess that solves your W7 dilemma __________________ Antec 900/6 TRiCool fans - Antec Truepower Trio 650 Watt -Intel DP45SG - Q9550 - 2 X 2 GB Kingston -Valueram DDR3-1333 - Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 285 1024 MB GDDR3 - Creative Soundblaster Titanium PCI-E -1 X 500 GB Samsung systemdrive -3X 1 TB Samsung (2 X Spinpoint F2 and 1 X Spinpoint F3) - Samsung Super Writemaster - Logitech X-540 5.1 System - Acer 24 " H243H --------------------------------------------------------------------- Spare Red case (cheap brand) - Antec Earthwatts 500 W - Asrock Wolfdale Glan R2.0 - E5200 changing to E7400 not delivered yet.. - 2 x 2 GB DDR2 667 (Corsair & Aeneon) - Club3D 8500 GT - Samsung 500 GB & WD 500 GB & Hitachi 750 GB in spare - Crap compaq crt monitor
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10-10-2009, 10:47 PM	#6
Eagle Rock Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 47	Re: Asus p7p55d Is your Asus P7P55D the Deluxe or Premium model? I looked it up on Newegg and they have about 6 models listed. I am curious as how this will work out for you. Good luck! __________________ Intel BX97520J.86A.2618.2007.0212.0954 EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB 4 GB Patriot Memory PDC22G6400LLK I'm trying to watch the car in back of the one in front of me but the car in front of the one in back of me keeps getting in the way.
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10-11-2009, 03:36 AM	#8
wonderwrench ABXpert Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mpls MN Posts: 1,728	Re: Asus p7p55d I see most of the Asus boards are using Via sound. Does anyone have any experience with Via on board sound solutions? Seems like everyone was using Realtek on board sound and some have switched to Via. I sure like the Realtek on board on the rig in my sig and good driver support to boot. __________________ C2Q Q6600 @ 3 GhzMSI P35 Neo2-FR bios 1.104 x 2 gig Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 ramEvga 8800GT SSC SATA HD's 1 Seagate 320 gig, 1 Samsung 320 gig LiteOn sohw-1693sPlextor PX 716aTeac FloppyOCZ 700GXSSLI PSU* Rosewill R6AR6-BK case* Windows 7 pro 64 bit Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. Last edited by wonderwrench; 10-11-2009 at 03:23 PM.. Reason: Realtek not Marvell
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10-11-2009, 06:19 PM	#11
JimTram Seabees, USN-Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,237	Re: Asus p7p55d Onboard audio was of great interest to me. I did not want to spent monies on the alternative. As a result of listening, (on other than this board) I subsequently went with a discrete solution. I have not listened to the onboard sound for this board, but'll I'll give it a try, audio card or not. __________________ ASUS P7P55D, Intel i7-860, KVR 1333 4x2G, Corsair HX 620W PSU, Sapphire 5850, Sony Optiarc DVD/RW AD7240S, Pioneer DVD/RW 218L, WDC640 Caviar Black, Seagate 3300620AS, SB X-FI Titanium, Antec 300 Gamer, Scythe 120 Fans (1x3), Antec 140 Fan (1x1), Win7 Home.
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10-13-2009, 06:48 PM	#12
JimTram Seabees, USN-Retired Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,237	Re: Asus p7p55d Motherboard Bench Test with Radeon 5850. Memtest 400 ok! http://content.glidesociety.com/imag...e-bc4819df8587 Very easy to configure. Booted up at first try. As you can see - the GPU is not exceptionally long, its heavy though. i7-860 KVR 4x2G 1333 Corsair 620 Modular PSU Will install into case when W7 arrives. __________________ ASUS P7P55D, Intel i7-860, KVR 1333 4x2G, Corsair HX 620W PSU, Sapphire 5850, Sony Optiarc DVD/RW AD7240S, Pioneer DVD/RW 218L, WDC640 Caviar Black, Seagate 3300620AS, SB X-FI Titanium, Antec 300 Gamer, Scythe 120 Fans (1x3), Antec 140 Fan (1x1), Win7 Home. Last edited by JimTram; 10-13-2009 at 10:20 PM..
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10-13-2009, 10:15 PM	#13
johnrr6 Lucky Amateur Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,934	Re: Asus p7p55d After my wonderful experience with my Asus X-58 board----I will not do anything but Asus from now on.... simply the best.... Best Boards Best Docs Best Support More BIOS updates than ANYONE (well---maybe not more than DFI---NOBODY throws more BIOS versions out there faster than DFI!) You truly get what you pay for..... Good Luck Jim!! Looks like you got yourself a speed pony!! __________________ i7 920 @ 3.5 Ghz Win 7 Ultimate Edition 64 Bit Asus P6T Deluxe, BIOS 1701 Vigor Monsoon III LT 6 x 2 Gig Mushkin PC12800 ATI HD 4870 X2 2 x 500 Gig Seagate SATA II HDs in RAID 0 Samsung SATA TruDirect DVD Burner w/Lightscribe Seasonic 600W PSU Creative X-Fi Titanium sound Lian Li AO5B Black Case Hauppage 1800 TV Card Last edited by johnrr6; 10-14-2009 at 02:41 PM..
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10-19-2009, 10:55 AM	#15
mcfoo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 158	Re: Asus p7p55d I am in the process of selecting components for this board So far an i5, ASUS 5750 video and 8GB of RAM as you did. However, I've been reading about this board's inability to show all the RAM, and the RAM manufacturers recommend only triple channel sets. Can you comment on this? __________________ John
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