P6T6 WS Revolution

New Era Workstation Engine for Superior Graphic & Computing Choices On Demand

Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition / Core™ i7 Processor / Xeon® 3500 Series Processor
Intel® X58 / ICH10R
Nvidia® nForce 200
6 PCI-E Gen2 x16 IO onboard
True @16 3-Way SLI
True 16+2 Power Phase Design
ASUS EPU 6-Engine & TurboV
ATI CrossFireX & NVIDIA SLI Support
2 onboard SAS ports
G.P. Diagnosis Card Bundled
ASUS Express Gate
100% High-quality Japan-made Conductive Polymer Capacitors!
VRM 5000hrs lifespan @105°C, 500,000hrs @65°C

Specifications

CPU	Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processors Intel® Xeon® W5500/3600/3500 Series Intel® Xeon® X5600/5500 Series Intel® Xeon® E5600/5500 Series Intel® Xeon® L5600/5500 Series Supports Intel® Dynamic Speed Technology Supports CPU up to 6 cores * Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list
Chipset	Intel® X58/ICH10R/NVIDIA NF200
Memory	6 x DIMM, Max. 24GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz ECC, 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 user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). * ECC Un-buffered memory support requires Intel® Nehalem-WS 1S W3500 series or Nehalem-EP E5500 series processors.
System Bus	6.4 GT/s Intel® QuickPath Interconnect
Multi-GPU Support	Supports NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™ Technology Supports AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology Supports AMD CrossFireX™ Technology
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 ¹ 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x16, x8) ¹ 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x8 mode) ¹ 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode) ¹
Storage	Intel® ICH10R controller : 6 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), navy blue Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 Marvell 88SE6320 controller : 2 x SAS 3Gb/s port(s), black Support Raid 0, 1 Marvell 88SE6121 controller : 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s port(s), red Support Raid 0
LAN	Realtek® 8111C, 2 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s) Support Teaming Technology
Audio	AD2000B 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Supports : Jack-detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-retasking Audio Feature : - ASUS Noise Filter - Coaxial and Optical S/PDIF out ports at back panel
USB Ports	Built-in Controller : 12 x USB 2.0 port(s) (6 at back panel, black, 6 at mid-board)
Workstation Feature	6 x PCIe x 16 slot(s) G.P. Diagnosis Card bundled ASUS SASsaby series Cards support ASUS WS Diag. LED ASUS WS Heartbeat SAS Onboard
Overclocking Features	Overclocking Protection : - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Special Features	ASUS Power Design : - 16 +2 Phase Power Design - ASUS EPU-6 Engine TurboV ASUS Exclusive Features : - AI Nap - Express Gate ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution : - Stylish Fanless Design Heat-pipe solution - Stack Cool 2 - ASUS Fan Xpert ASUS EZ DIY : - ASUS Q-Shield - ASUS O.C. Profile - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 - ASUS EZ Flash 2 - ASUS MyLogo 2 ASUS Q-Design : - ASUS Q-Connector
Back I/O Ports	1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port(s) 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s 2 x LAN (RJ45) port(s) 6 x USB 2.0 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF out 1 x Optical S/PDIF out 6 x Audio jack(s)
Internal I/O Ports	3 x USB 2.0 connector(s) support(s) additional 6 USB 2.0 port(s) 1 x TPM connector(s) 1 x CPU Fan connector(s) 3 x Chassis Fan connector(s) 1 x Power Fan connector(s) 1 x S/PDIF out header(s) 1 x 24-pin EATX Power connector(s) 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector(s) 1 x Front panel connector(s) 1 x CD audio in(s) 1 x System panel(s) 1 x Chassis Intrusion connector(s)
BIOS	16 Mb Flash ROM AMI BIOS, Green, PnP, DMI v2.0, Wfm2.0, ACPI v2.0a, SMBIOS v 2.4
Manageability	WOL/WOR by PME,WOR by Ring,Chasis Intrusion,AI NET2
Support Disc	BIOS flash utility under DOS AI Suite ASUS Update ASUS PC Probe II Anti-Virus Software (OEM version) Adobe Acrobat Reader ver 8.0 Microsoft DirectX ver 9.0C Image-Editing Suite
Form Factor	ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )
Note	*1: True @ x16 3-Way SLI™ in slots 1, 3 and 5 when slots 2 and 4 are not occupied.

A Powerful Workstation Engine Essential in Your Professional Studio The ASUS Workstation Series is the ideal foundation for a powerful PC. It delivers awesome power, dependable performance and unparallel multiple I/O scalability for the most demanding tasks and future upgrades. Also, it provide extreme power saving experience with EUP 6 Engine function. The ASUS Workstation Series intelligently reduces operation noise and dissipates heat through advanced and environmentally friendly methods to accommodate user needs. Don’t change yourself for a computer. Instead, let ASUS Workstation Series improves the quality of your work and life.

ASUS Workstation Exclusive Features

True @16 3-Way SLI

indel cpu The Best Graphic Performance you EVER have
The True @16 PCI-E Gen2 3-Way SLI will present you the fastest and the most reliable graphic performance you ever have when you are engaged in Mechanical/Architecture/Interior/Aircraft/Audio/Video Design or when you are playing games in leisure time.

Diag. LED

indel cpu Diag. LED checks key components (CPU, DRAM, VGA card, and HDD) in sequence during motherboard booting process. If an error is found, the LED next to the error device will continue lighting until the problem is solved. This usr-friendly design provides an intuitional way to locate the root problem within a second.

G.P. Diagnosis Card (bundled)

indel cpu Bundled with the P6T6 WS Revolution motherboard, the G.P. Diagnosis card assists users in system checking by effortlessly and quickly providing precise system checks right after they switch on their PCs.

6 PCI-E Gen2 x16

indel cpu No matter what your preference is, six PCI-E Gen2 x16 Slots gives you the sufficient I/O interfaces to fulfill your demand for graphic or computing solution. You’ll be able to run both multi-GPU setups. The board features SLI/CrossFire on Demand technology, supporting up to three graphics cards in a 3-Way SLI or CrossFireX configuration. Whichever path you take, you can be assured of jaw-dropping graphics at a level previously unseen.

ASUS Heartbeat

indel cpu Brightly and vividly lighting LEDs shine around the ASUS brand name on the motherboard after successful booting process. With the breath-like deep blue lighting shining in regular tempo, ASUS Heartbeat makes the motherboard as vivid as life.

SAS Onboard

indel cpu P6T6 WS Revolution provides users with onboard SAS ports to support for hard drive upgration flexibility. SAS hard drive has safer, faster and more reliability for data trasfer and storage.

ASUS SASsaby Card Support

indel cpu This motherboard is fully compatible with ASUS SAS card (the SASsaby card series, optional). Faster, safer and more stable, SAS will provide users with a better choice for storage expansion and upgrade needs.

CPU, Chipset and Graphics features

LGA1366 Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor

indel cpu This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™7 processors in LGA1366 package with integrated memory controller to support 3-channel (6 DIMMs) DDR3 memory. Supports Intel® QickPath Interconnect (QPI) with a system bus of up to 6.4GT/s and a max bandwidth of up to 25.6GB/s. Intel® Core™7 processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.

LGA1366 Intel® Xeon® processor

indel cpu This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Xeon processors in LGA1366 package with integrated memory controller to support 3-channel (6 DIMMs) DDR3 memory. Supports Intel® QickPath Interconnect (QPI) with a system bus of up to 6.4GT/s and a max bandwidth of up to 25.6GB/s. It can support DDR3 ECC un-buffered memory.

SLI Technology

indel cpu NVIDIA SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware and software that allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. For some applications nearly 2X performance! (From www.NVIDIA.com)

X58 Chipset

PCI2 The IntelR X58 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support latest IntelR Core?7 processors and Intel’s next generation system interconnect interface, IntelR QuickPath Interconnect (QPI), providing improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. It also supports to 36 PCI Express 2.0 lanes providing better graphic performance.

PCIe 2.0

indel cpu This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth which enhances system performance.

ATI CrossFireX Technology

PCI2 ATI’s CrossFireX boosts image quality along with rendering speed, eliminating the need to scale down screen resolutions to get the high image quality you want. CrossFire ignites with the higher antialiasing, anisotropic filtering, shading, and texture settings you desire. Adjust your display configurations, experiment with your advanced 3D settings, and check the effect with a real-time 3D-rendered preview within ATI’s Catalyst? Control Center to rule your CrossFireX system.

Memory Features

Triple-Channel DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066

indel cpu The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest operation system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The triple-channel DDR3 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 25.6 GB/s. Furthermore, the supply voltage for the memory is reduced from 1.8 V for DDR2 to just 1.5 V for DDR3. This voltage reduction limits the power consumption and heat generation of DDR3 which makes it an ideal memory solution.

ASUS Power Saving Solution

AI Nap

Minimize noise and power consumption when temporarily away!
With AI Nap, users can instantly snooze your PC without terminating the tasks. System will continue operating at minimum power and noise when user is temporarily away. It keeps downloading files or running applications in quietest state while you´re sleeping. Simply click keyboard or mouse, you can swiftly wake up the system in few seconds.

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

ASUS True 16+2 Phase Power Design

indel cpu The breakthrough technology of 16+2 phase VRM design is bringing to the ASUS motherboards. 16+2 phase power design (16-phase to vCore; 2-phase to vDRAM/QPI controller inside CPU) can reach high power efficiency, dispel heat generated by VRM module effectively, and lower more temperature compared to other VRM solution. With the high quality power components such as low RDS (on) MOSFETs, Ferrite core chokes with lower hysteresis loss, and 100% Japan-made high quality conductive polymer capacitors, ASUS 16+2 phase VRM design also ensure longer component life, minimum power loss, and help to reach the superior overclocking score ever than before. PCI2

ASUS TurboV

indel cpu System Level Energy Saving
Feel the adrenaline rush of real-time OC - now a reality with the ASUS TurboV. This extreme OC tool lets you set new ambitions on the OC stage with an advanced and easy-to-use interface - allowing you to overclock without exiting or rebooting the OS. With micro adjustments of the CPU PLL, NB, NB-PCIe, and DRAM voltages in 0.02v intervals, there are no limits - only extreme results to break new OC records!

ASUS EPU-6 Engine

indel cpu The new ASUS EPU - the world´ s first power saving engine, has been upgraded to a new 6 engine version, which provides total system power savings by detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power in real-time. With auto phase switching for components (which includes the CPU, VGA card, memory, chipset, drives and system fan), the EPU automatically provides the most appropriate power usage via intelligent acceleration and overclocking - helping save power and money.

ASUS Express Gate

PCI2 5 Secs Bootup to online
Taking only 5 seconds to go online from bootup, Express Gate is the one-stop gateway to instant fun! It´s a unique motherboard built-in OS. You can utilize the most popular Instant Messengers (IM) like MSN, Skype, Google talk, QQ, and Yahoo! Messenger to keep in touch with friends, or quickly check on the weather and e-mails just before leaving your house. What´s more, the user-friendly picture manager lets you view your pictures without entering Windows at anytime!

Best Quality Power Components

indel cpu 100% High-quality Japan-made Conductive Polymer Capacitors!(5000 hrs VRM)
Low RDS (on) MOSFETs with min. switching loss & lower temperature, Ferrite Core chokes with lower hysteresis loss, and 100% Japan-made high quality, long life conductive polymer capacitors.