The layout of the motherboard looks really good, considering that it has some extra components compared to the non “3” model; the VRM cooling system is efficient enough even for some overclocking, as I have observed in the past while testing out their P55 Extreme board; the two PCI-Express slots are placed with a lot of space between each other to allow mounting without problems two video cards in SLI, even dual-slot models:



The audio chip that can be found on the motherboard is a VIA VT2020, which is a 10-channel high definition audio codec:



The Nuvoton NCT6771F is the Super I/O chip. Nuvoton is a Winbond company:



The Realtek RTL8111DL is the Gigabit Ethernet controller on this motherboard:



NEC D720200F1 is a PCIe to USB 3.0 Controller and can be found on many other motherboards or add-on cards:



The ICS 9LPRS140CKLF represents the clock generator on this motherboard:



The ExpressLane PLX PEX8608-BA50BC low power switch offers 8 PCI Express Gen 2 lanes, capable of configuring up to 8 flexible ports:



On the board we can also find a VIA VT631N PCI-Express 1394 Host Controller:



The Marvell SATA 6GB/s controller can be found hidden right under the chipset cooler:



For expansion, we have available two PCI-Express x1 slots, two PCI-Express x16 ones and also two PCI:



On the bottom of the board, we can find a CD_IN header, the HD_AUDIO and HDMI_SPDIF headers, but also a Floppy, COM and 1394 header: