With the coming of September, the latest Intel LGA 1156 platform of high-intermediate level is also coming.
On this platform, Intel recently added the support of Core i7 processor, so in future both Core i5 and Core i7 processors can be used,
the successful development that can improve the efficiency more effectively.
At present, the sale of LGA 1156 platform is not available before September,
but, despite of the fact that the economic is still depressed,
there have been a lot of MB manufacturers planning promotion for more attractive products based on this new platform.
Currently, the price of X58 is at US$ 200~300; the price of P55 motherboard of LGA 1156 is expected to be sold at about US$ 100~300;
and the price of most products of P55, at about US$ 120~200, the same product level as P35 and P45 before.
Why is the price of P55 as almost high as that of X58? Actually, X58 is deemed as a high level product;
P55, higher than intermediate level and lower than high one.
Therefore, the price of P55 and of X58 is nearly the same; as for X58, for several months there have been many product series based on this chipset,
and they are priced at about US$ 200. At first, the price of P55 should be probably the same as that of P45,
with intermediate level at US$ 150~200, or with high level at nearly US$ 300.
We are going to introduce BIOSTAR P55 product, the highest level version, the price of which is at about US$ 200.
The most important feature of BIOSTAR products is easy to overclock, and supplies at reasonable prices.
The price of highest-level P55 is the same as that of elementary-level X58.
Full view of BIOSTAR TPOWER I55
BIOSTAR’s design and material are much better than ever. It is also one of the best MB manufacturers.
My favourite blue and big heat pipe make the quality excellent.
Down-left of the motherboard
2 X PCIE X16(support ATI CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI technology， X8+X8 bandwidth)
1 X PCI-E X4
2 X PCI-E X1
2 X PCI
Dual LAN Intel 82578/Realtek RTL8111DL, support 2Gb LAN Teaming
For multi VGAs, X series chipset uses X16+X16 bandwidth,
but P series chipset, limited X8+X8 bandwidth.
Down-right of the motherboard
6 X SATAII(ICH10R，support Raid0，1，5)
Power/Reset button and debug LEDs
1394a uses LSI chipset
Up-right of the motherboard
4 X DIMM DDR3，support 800/1066/1333/1600/2000+
1 X IDE
24PIN power input，DDR3 uses 2phase
Power supply uses 8 phase CPU Power，4 phase CPU NB
IO
8 X USB 2.0
2 X eSATA
2 X Gigabit LAN
1 X 1394a
Although north and south bridge are combined in P55, BIOSTAR still add a big heat sink on the traditional north bridge location,
the design that makes not only the appearance more attractive, but also cooler area bigger.
Picture of LGA 1156 with Core i7 870
On this platform, Intel recently added the support of Core i7 processor, so in future both Core i5 and Core i7 processors can be used,
the successful development that can improve the efficiency more effectively.
At present, the sale of LGA 1156 platform is not available before September,
but, despite of the fact that the economic is still depressed,
there have been a lot of MB manufacturers planning promotion for more attractive products based on this new platform.
Currently, the price of X58 is at US$ 200~300; the price of P55 motherboard of LGA 1156 is expected to be sold at about US$ 100~300;
and the price of most products of P55, at about US$ 120~200, the same product level as P35 and P45 before.
Why is the price of P55 as almost high as that of X58? Actually, X58 is deemed as a high level product;
P55, higher than intermediate level and lower than high one.
Therefore, the price of P55 and of X58 is nearly the same; as for X58, for several months there have been many product series based on this chipset,
and they are priced at about US$ 200. At first, the price of P55 should be probably the same as that of P45,
with intermediate level at US$ 150~200, or with high level at nearly US$ 300.
We are going to introduce BIOSTAR P55 product, the highest level version, the price of which is at about US$ 200.
The most important feature of BIOSTAR products is easy to overclock, and supplies at reasonable prices.
The price of highest-level P55 is the same as that of elementary-level X58.
Full view of BIOSTAR TPOWER I55
BIOSTAR’s design and material are much better than ever. It is also one of the best MB manufacturers.
My favourite blue and big heat pipe make the quality excellent.
Down-left of the motherboard
2 X PCIE X16(support ATI CrossFireX and Nvidia SLI technology， X8+X8 bandwidth)
1 X PCI-E X4
2 X PCI-E X1
2 X PCI
Dual LAN Intel 82578/Realtek RTL8111DL, support 2Gb LAN Teaming
For multi VGAs, X series chipset uses X16+X16 bandwidth,
but P series chipset, limited X8+X8 bandwidth.
Down-right of the motherboard
6 X SATAII(ICH10R，support Raid0，1，5)
Power/Reset button and debug LEDs
1394a uses LSI chipset
Up-right of the motherboard
4 X DIMM DDR3，support 800/1066/1333/1600/2000+
1 X IDE
24PIN power input，DDR3 uses 2phase
Power supply uses 8 phase CPU Power，4 phase CPU NB
IO
8 X USB 2.0
2 X eSATA
2 X Gigabit LAN
1 X 1394a
Although north and south bridge are combined in P55, BIOSTAR still add a big heat sink on the traditional north bridge location,
the design that makes not only the appearance more attractive, but also cooler area bigger.
Picture of LGA 1156 with Core i7 870
Wish they bring similar product for 790 or upcoming 880 Am3