Between the P7P55 series and ROG models, Asus will have a pretty large LGA 1156 offering this year but don't think that will be enough for the Taiwanese manufacturer as it is also preparing one P55-powered SaberTooth 55i.

Seen below, SaberTooth 55i is the first motherboard of the new TUF series and seems to have been inspired by the Marine Cool concept. The board has a 12+2 phase power design and supports LGA 1156 processors, comes with four DDR3 memory slots, two PCI-Express x16 slots (SLI and CrossFire are supported), and uses a CeraM!X coating for the chipset and MOSFET heatsinks in order to provide more efficient air cooling.

The upcoming P55 board also features one eSATA and eight SATA ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 7.1 channel audio, a T.Probe chip, and is bundled with the CoolMem! frame which enables the installation of a fan to cool off the RAM modules.

The TUF series SaberTooth 55i doesn't have a release date or price tag yet.








Pictures courtesy of Coolife.