ASUS P8Z68-V PRO Review: Our First Z68 Motherboard
by Ian Cutress on May 11, 2011 3:13 AM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
- Asus
- Z68
Test Setup | |
Processor |
Intel i5-2500K ES—3.3 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo) 4 Cores, 4 Threads, 6MB L3 |
Motherboards | ASUS P8Z68-V PRO ($210) |
Cooling | Corsair H50-1 Water Cooler |
Power Supply | Silverstone 1000W 80 PLUS Silver |
Memory |
Patriot Viper Extreme DDR3-2000 9-10-9-27 2x4GB Kit, 1.65V Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600 9-9-9-24 2x4GB Kit, 1.50V G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3-2133 9-11-9-28 4x4GB Kit, 1.65V |
Memory Settings | DDR3-1333 9-9-9-24 1T 2x4GB |
Video Cards |
XFX HD 5850 1GB Sapphire HD 5850 1GB |
Video Drivers | Catalyst 10.12 |
Hard Drive | Micron RealSSD C300 256GB |
Optical Drive | LG GH22NS50 |
Case | Open Test Bed—CoolerMaster Lab V1.0 |
Operating System | Windows 7 64-bit |
SATA Testing | Micron RealSSD C300 256GB |
USB 2/3 Testing | Patriot 64GB SuperSonic USB 3.0 |
Power Consumption
CPU Temperatures
The ASUS P8Z68-V PRO doesn't do too badly in the temperature tests, but it is towards the bad end on our power consumption tests.
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cybersans - Saturday, June 4, 2011 - link
thats the idea of z68, to give you onboard graphic ports because sandy bridge processor has on-die GPU and asus give you that. not like gigabyte, using z68 because of "ssd caching", but not provide on-board vga ports. so how the user can take advantage of on-die GPU inside sandy bridge chips?!?!?!mikekieran - Friday, May 20, 2011 - link
Will the HDMI on the Z68 enable me to run my TV on the integrated graphics, while plugging 2 monitors onto the discrete GPU ? I want to run three monitors without going to ATI and without having to go SLI.Sorry if this is a stupid question.
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emilmuliadi - Friday, October 14, 2011 - link
hi dear, my my new computer to replace my old motherboard p8z68 pro-v ... with i7 processor, I work one transfer film ... I need a connection to the fire wire (camera input), is there a facility that ... if I need information where to connect the fire wire cable ... I beg ya info .. thank youggathagan - Sunday, October 16, 2011 - link
The p8z68 pro-v has a firewire header on the motherboard, but does not come with the bracket you need.You need to buy a bracket like this:
http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=605&a...