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ASUS releases new motherboard for the TUF crowd

by Pete Mason on 8 October 2010, 11:29

Tags: X58 Express chipset, ASUSTeK (TPE:2357), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)

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The ASUS TUF series components - standing for The Ultimate Force - are all about reliability and durability. Built using the highest quality parts and tested under extreme conditions, these motherboards can take almost anything you can throw at them.

After introducing a P55-based model last year, the company is applying the same rigorous standards to an LGA1366 board with the all-new SABERTOOTH X58.

ASUS is claiming that the motherboard is as durable and reliable as any server or mainframe component, capable of surviving round-the-clock use without giving up. This is made possible by a focus on thermal management that involves using ceramic heatsinks on key components. The circuitry has also been tested against military standards to withstand extremes of temperature and humidity.

Of course, opting for reliability doesn't mean that you need to sacrifice features. The new board supports USB 3.0, SATA 6Gbps, eSATA, and two-way SLI or four-way CrossFireX multi-GPU set-ups. However, the fact that the fourth GPU would be limited to a PCIe x1 slot makes using more than three graphics-cards less than ideal.

While the extreme reliability will make this motherboard perfect for mission-critical and long-life uses, its focus on thermal performance and extreme conditions could also make it an excellent option for overclockers. Rock-solid reliability should ensure that the SABERTOOTH X58 keeps running even under pressure.

While you'd expect the high-grade components to come at a price, ASUS' latest is far from the most expensive X58 board on the market. It may not include some of the more specialist features of consumer-focused models, but at a hair over £150 (inc VAT), the latest TUF motherboard looks like a good option for anyone who expects their system to go through the wars.

Full specs are available here.



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Looks very nice - would have been tempted if the PCI slot had been in a better position!
Looks kinda like a P6X58D-E special edition. That's no bad thing, I am guessing it wouldn't be to hard to put a military styled PC for that shooter fan mate you might have. Not saying its my taste, but combined with some of IN-Wins's similarly styled stuff and those KFA2 GTX 460s or Asus's GTX 460s I think it would be doable.
Ugliest motherboard I have seen. Whatever happended to the green and orange colour for PCIE slots and memory banks?
OilSheikh
Ugliest motherboard I have seen. Whatever happended to the green and orange colour for PCIE slots and memory banks?

Really? I thought the ugliest was the DFI LANParty boards, with Chaintech's gold themed boards after that.
OilSheikh
Ugliest motherboard I have seen. Whatever happended to the green and orange colour for PCIE slots and memory banks?

I love the colour scheme in this and at Ā£150 for all the features and heatsink design is quite good.

I wonder if this would be stable in a system with little or no air flow over the motherboard.

Also I wonder if they will produce a AMD version based on the 880gx or fx chip.