Asus P8P67 Evo Motherboard Review

In the beginning of this review we asked the question of what makes an enthusiast motherboard and does product segmentation really play a big factor in what you can do.  Having used several P67 motherboards up to this review we have come to the conclusion that a little goes a long ways.

The P8P67 Evo is a very unique motherboard in that it comes from a line of mainstream motherboards with features normally reserved for higher end enthusiast models.  Features such as a digital PWM and hardware based system tuning are generally expensive and difficult to implement so most builders avoid using them except on the boutique level.  It is true that you won't find common enthusiast features like a PCI Express bridge chip or widely outrageous expansion slot layouts but if you think about it, most people don't need that stuff making the Evo almost the perfect combination for everyone.

Performance was what we had expected and in some cases somewhat higher than our reference systems.  These performance attributes extended into our overclocking results giving us 4.9Ghz with only a few minor tweaks.  Chances are you can have similar performance provided your cooling is good and you have some time to tune your voltage settings.

Easy to use UEFI BIOS
Extra space between video card slots
Digi+ VRM for stable power
Onboard Bluetooth
Gigabit Intel LAN

Lots of clicks to access to advanced BIOS menu
Chipset cooler not connected to PWM