ASUS P8P67 PRO Motherboard

Conclusions

The ASUS P8P67 PRO is targeted to the user who is building a computer based on an Intel CPU and wants more features than “normal” socket LGA1155 motherboards can provide, such as a Bluetooth receiver, on-board optical and coaxial SPDIF outputs, two additional SATA-600 ports for a total of four, four USB 3.0 ports, two eSATA-300 ports, two FireWire ports, a third PCI Express x16 slot, more overclocking options, and a better-than-average voltage regulator circuit.

It is important to keep in mind that this third PCI Express x16 slot works, by default, at x1 speed. If you want it to work at x4, you will have to manually disable the eSATA ports, the internal USB 3.0 ports (USB3_34) and the PCI Express x1 slots on the motherboard setup. High-end motherboards based on the P67 chipset usually have a PCI Express switch chip to automatically switch the speed of the third PCI Express slot depending on the devices you are currently using.