EVGA's P55 Motherboard Lineup Revealed + P55 FTW Preview

P55 LE

The P55 LE takes up the rear of the EVGA P55 line-up and provides users most of the functionality from the higher-end boards but without SLI or Crossfire capabilities. Everything from the chipset heatsink to the rear I/O connectors has been cut back to lower the price but some of the more interesting features from the non-LE boards remain. CPU power is handled through a 6-phase design while the memory gets a 2-phase setup and the capacitor selection moves from an all-solid affair to a mixed bag of solid and standard caps. Not all is doom and gloom though since features like the on-board debug / CPU temp LED, 1156 / 775 heatsink mounting holes and PCI-E Disable Jumpers remain.

P55 Micro mATX

They say good things come in small packages and it looks like EVGA has followed this mantra when it comes to their pint-sized P55 mATX board. Features that you normally only see on higher-end boards like SLI / Crossfire-ready PCI-E x16 slots (which run at x8 / x8 when running dual cards) and Double Play Heatsink Support make an appearance as well. Naturally, in order to cut down on costs, CPU / VTT power is handled by a 6+2 phase analog power design while the memory gets two dedicated phases.

There will be an additional, lower-end EVGA P55 mATX board announced in the coming weeks.