By the end of November ASUS will arrange an overclocking competition at DreamHack, Jönköping, Sweden, with some of the best overclockers in the world. We will be there covering the event and hopefully we will see some world class overclocking results. ASUS has revealed that it will be showing a new product there, a P55 motherboard that will be used in the competition.
Not surprisingly ASUS Maximus III Extreme is built for overclocking and satisfy enthusiasts with loads of interesting features. Intel’s P55 chipset supports the latest LGA1156 processors and judging from the list of specifications we’ve seen this board is something above the rest.
ASUS has designed a whole new power supply for the board, no less than 11 digital PWM phases. According to the manufacturer, this solution combines the best from both worlds, the digital and the analog. ASUS has taken ROG Connect to the next level by enabling overclocking via Bluetooth, which means now all you need to overclock is a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone. Perhaps all that userfriendly, but still pretty damn cool.
The motherboard also has a unique function with its LN2 Mode Header jumper that, when activated, optimize the performance of the board when cooled by liquid nitrogen. The jumper is said to trick the internal temperature diode of the CPU and reduce coldbug issues.
All the neat CPU features aside, Maximus III Extreme sports five PCI Express x16 slots, which means Quad SLI with x8 bandwidth with each card, or just SLI with full x16 bandwidth. The same of course applies to CrossFireX.
Other goodies include SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0 and 10 channel HD audio processor.
ASUS Maximus III Extreme will top of the line, but the price remains clouded. More information should surface in two weeks at the official launch.
