Review-Z68 Chipset (ASUS P8Z68-V Pro): The Best Match for Your Sandy Bridge!

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Oik Yusuf Araya

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Motherboard

May 19, 2011

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The VRM heatsinks appear to be short enough to not become obstructive during component installations.

Some solid capacitors line up along the processor socket, working together with the Digital VRM in supplying power to the CPU.

A power and reset button are also provided, in case you want to use the motherboard outside of the casing.

A number of additional switches, including the MemOk! Button, can be found on the upper right corner of the motherboard, just next to the memory slots. You can use the MemOK! Button to maximize compatibility when using memory modules from different brands. There is also a switch that can be used to activate the EPU feature. This particular feature will help maximize the efficiency of your system’s power consumption. The last switch activates TPU feature that increases the performance of your processor and integrated graphics core (on the Sandy Bridge CPU) by automatically overclocking them both.

Unlike most other motherboard manufacturers who employs USB 3.0 controller chip from NEC on their products, ASUS P8Z68-V Pro uses a controller chip from Asmedia, a company recently acquisitioned by Asus. This helps lowering the production cost.

The TurboV Processing Unit chipset allows manual parameter tweaking for overclocking. It can also execute an auto-tuning mechanism to maximize the performance of your CPU and its integrated graphics core.