ASUS has just launched ROG Maximus II Formula, a motherboard targeted to gamers based on Intel P45 chipset. This motherboard comes with an add-on sound card called SupremeFX X-Fi based on an Analog Devices ADI2000B codec, which is connected to a PCI Express x1 slot. The ROG Maximus II Formula MSRP is USD 289. See the specs for this new ASUS motherboard below.

• CPU Support: Intel Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo/Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron 400 Series/Celeron D Processor
• FSB Support: up to 1,600 MHz
• Chipsets: Intel P45/ICH10R
• Socket: LGA 775
• Memory: Four DDR2-DIMM sockets up to DDR2-1200 MHz (max. 16 GB)
• PCI-E x16 2.0 slots: 2
• PCI-E x1 slots: 3
• PCI 2.2 slots: 2
• SATA-300 ports: 8
• e-SATA ports: 2
• Parallel IDE ports: 1
• On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports
• USB 2.0 ports: 12