Let’s take a look at the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe, a socket LGA1155 motherboard based on the Intel P67 chipset for the second generation Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs (Sandy Bridge architecture). The highlights of this motherboard include three PCI Express x16 slots, four USB 3.0 ports, four SATA-600 ports, BlueTooth 2.1 + EDR interface, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, and a high-end voltage regulator circuit.

The ASUS P8P67 Deluxe uses the standard ATX form factor.

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Figure 1: ASUS P8P67 Deluxe motherboard