P67/H67 motherboards sold together

While Sandy Bridge was released late at night, the supporting P67 and H67 motherboards also made their debut, and the number of manufacturers and models was absolutely unprecedented.

In Akihabara, Japan alone, there were 46 different models of nine major manufacturers that put on retail counters for the first time, namely Asus 8, Gigabyte 10, Intel 7, ASRock 7, and MSI. Foxconn four, Biostar four, Jetway two, Sotec one.

According to the chipset, including P67 24 models, H67 22 models; according to the plate type, P67 motherboard ATX 23, Micro ATX 1, H67 motherboard ATX 3, Micro ATX 16, Mini-ITX 3 models .

In the aspect of price, P67 7 models 1 - 15,000 yen (Â¥800-1200), 10 models 1.5 - 20 thousand yen (Â¥1200-1600), 7 models 20,000 yen or more, H67 6 models 10,000 yen or less , 13 1 - 15,000 yen, 3 15,000 yen or more.

Different from previous generation H55, which is less respected, this time P67 and H67 are basically court-accepted. Among them, the former is mostly a standard plate type, with more functional features and slightly higher prices. The latter is mainly based on small plates. There is a mini-plate type and the price is also cheaper.

It is worth mentioning that, P67, H67 native support SATA 6Gbps, but they are not native USB 3.0, but the vast majority of new motherboards are equipped with a third-party controller, provides two to eight USB 3.0 interface, many also Support chassis front panel connection. In addition UEFI BIOS has become the standard configuration, most models have integrated this graphical configuration interface, but the specific name is different.