Introduction

ASUS is one of few top tier computer component manufacturers with a history spanning decades for delivering some of the most robust and high performance products in the component space. The company is most revered among the enthusiast circle's, outlasting and outperforming many of their competitors in this highly lucrative product market. ASUS has mastered the art of combining cutting edge technology and board design to synthesize remarkable products. Their TUF series of boards is the latest incarnation of this trend, with their newest Intel P67 based board one of their most unique designs yet.

The ASUS Sabertooth P67 board utilizes the Intel P67 Express chipset, offering support for the following technologies: the Intel LGA1155 Core i3, i5, and i7 processor lines; DDR3 memory operating in Dual Channel memory mode up to 1333MHz officially; and either NVIDIA SLI or ATI CrossFireX graphics mode using matched video cards. ASUS chose to integrate several onboard devices in to the Sabertooth P67's design: 4 SATA II 3Gb/s ports and 2 SATA III 6Gb/s ports (RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5 capable) on the Intel P67 controller; 2 SATA III 6Gb/s ports on the Marvell controller; 2 e-SATA ports on the JMicron JMB362 controller; 14 USB 2.0 capable ports (8 in rear panel, and 3 onboard header supporting 2 ports each); 4 USB 3.0 capable ports (2 in rear panel, and 1 onboard header supporting 2 ports each); 2 IEEE 1394 ports (1 in rear panel, and 1 onboard header supporting 1 port each); 1 Intel GigE Ethernet port in the rear panel; Realtek 8-channel HD audio codec with integrated S/PDIF optical output port; and a PS/2 keyboard / mouse port in the rear panel.

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