ASUS Sabertooth P67 Motherboard

Main Specifications

The main specifications for the ASUS Sabertooth P67 motherboard include:

• Socket: 1155
• Chipset: Intel P67 Express
• Super I/O: Nuvoton NCT6776F
• Parallel ATA: None
• Serial ATA: Four SATA-300 and two SATA-600 ports controlled by the chipset (RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10), and two SATA-600 ports controlled by a Marvell 88SE9120 chip
• External SATA: Two eSATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB362 chip
• USB 2.0: 12 USB 2.0 ports, six soldered on the motherboard rear panel and six available through three headers on the motherboard
• USB 3.0: Four ports, two soldered on the motherboard rear panel and two available through one header on the motherboard, controlled by two NEC (Renesas) µPD720200 chips
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): Two ports, one available on the rear panel and available through a header on the motherboard, controlled by a VIA VT6308P chip
• On-board video: No
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC892 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 KHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 97 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs), on-board optical SPDIF connector
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by the chipset and using an Intel WG82579V chip for the physical layer interface
• Buzzer: No
• Infrared interface: Yes
• Power supply required: EPS12V
• Slots: Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (x16/x0 or x8/x8, supporting SLI and CrossFireX), three PCI Express x1 slots, and one standard PCI slots (ASMedia ASM1083 bridge chip)
• Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to DDR3-1866, 32 G
  B maximum)
• Fan connectors: One four-pin connector for the CPU cooler, one four-pin connector for an auxiliary fan, and three three-pin connectors for auxiliary fans
• Extra Features: POST diagnostics LEDs, “MemOk!” button, legacy serial port, thermal cover
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: One
• Programs included: Motherboard utilities
• More Information: https://usa.asus.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 200.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.