Cpu:
Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor Supports Intel® Dynamic Speed Technology

Chipset:
Intel® X58 / ICH10R

Memory:
6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)*/1866(O.C.)*/1800(O.C.)*/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Triple channel memory architecture
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
*Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs.
*Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL(Qualified Vendors Lidts).

Expansion Slots:
3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (at x16/x16/x4 mode)
1 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI

Multi GPU support:
Supports ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

LAN:
Realtek® 8111C PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2

USB:
12 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)

Overclocking Features:
Precision Tweaker 2
- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.00625V increment
- vChipset (N.B.): 31-step chipset voltage control
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 180MHz at 1MHz increment
- Internal Base Clock tuning from 100MHz up to 500MHz at 1MHz increment
Overclocking Protection
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Back panel I/O Ports:
1 x External SATA
1 x IEEE 1394a
1 x LAN(RJ45) port
6 x USB 2.0/1.1
8 -Channel Audio I/O
1 x PS/2 Keyboard (Purple)
1 x PS/2 mouse port (Green)
1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
1 x Optical S/PDIF Output

Internal I/O Connectors:
3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports
1 x IDE connector
6 x SATA connectors
System Panel(Q-Connector)
1 x Power on switch

Support CD:
Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS AI Suite
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS Update
Image-Editing Suite

Form Factor:
ATX Form Factor
12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )

Despite being at the budget end of the Core i7 range it is quite well specced with multi GPU support, gigabit lan and support for up to 24gb of DDR3.

The X58 isn’t the newest chipset from Intel but it is one of the (if not THE)best on the market. It’s performance when married to a Core i7 chip is nothing short of astonishing with nothing on the market at the time that could compete.

It seems silly to say but in all honesty the P6T-SE is more of an ‘introductory’ level motherboard. Compared to it’s much more expensive ‘Deluxe’ and ‘RoG’ siblings it carries a much leaner specification. For example it only has an 8+2 phase power system compared to the P6T Deluxes 16+2 system.

As mentioned before though – it is still a Core i7 motherboard so ‘introductory’ level is really only a figure of speech at this point! Let’s take a look...