Truth be told, Asus did say it will be the first to offer Core i7-ready motherboards so it shouldn't come as a surprise that it has already sent out a few samples of its X58-powered P6T Deluxe board. Pictured below, the upcoming motherboard is one of Asus' LGA1366 high-end offers that lacks SLI support but is CrossFireX ready.

Equipped with six DDR3 memory slots for triple-channel configurations, the P6T Deluxe has three PCI-Express x16 slots, a rather intricate copper-boasting cooling system and a passion for Bloomfield processors. In addition, the board has six SATA 3.0 Gbps ports and two SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) connectors, an IDE port and eSATA, dual Gigabit Ethernet and 7.1 channel audio. Offering something for everyone with the exception of SLI enthusiasts, the P6T Deluxe should reach stores in the next couple of months, with the date depending on when Intel decides to launch the Core i7 CPUs.

The P6T Deluxe in all its glory


The new LGA1366 socket



The northbridge (X58) cooling system


SATA and SAS working together for the good of mankind


A little bit of everything



Photos courtesy of PCGH.