Advantages: cheap overclocking abilities gd looking build quality highly upgradable Disadvantages: asus wbsite very slow when wanting to dl updates
if you are looking to upgrade your pc for gaming on a tight budget this is the best place to start for £70 you deffinatley get your moneys worth with all the features included
i bought mine when they was first released it was buggy but once the bios was updated all was fine
this board is the heart of one of my kick ass machines and that is exactly what it will do
This Motherboard is certified for SLI use
my only bad point
asus website very slow when wanting to download updates
why pay £150 for a striker extreme when this is half that
p.s my freind has the striker and i dont feel a diference at all apart from the striker boots up slower too much junk in its bios
the p5n is stripped to the core for performance all unneeded removed
it is easy to install and set up with good istructions to do so
and will even fit ...
Advantages: cant fit them all here theres a big list in the review Disadvantages: nope none
sli ready memory as i have 2gig of corsairs sli ready memory installed and works perfect which enables the sli ready menu in the bios
nice red boot screen
fast
good overclocking
optical out put for sound
exelent packaging makes feel apreciated as a customer
exelent helpfull manual
all screws needed included unlike others
highly upgradable
68 quid the cheapest boards around are what 25 quid yeh aload of crap too got nothing on this board
designed for champions
easy intalation
ethernet socket optimized for online gaming also helps for web bowsing and downloading lower pings
abit are now peeing all over asus at the moment and as a asus user for may years i have now been converted to abit
specs
Manufacturer: Abit
Form Factor: ATX
CPU Socket: 775
FSB/HT Speed: 1333 MHz
Chipset: NF650iSLi
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory ...
Advantages: Quick connectors, built in bios recovery, overclocking features Disadvantages: No port 80 (LED diagnostics) display, angled IDE sockets
of options for overclocking.
The onboard lan is 1000 Mbps as you would expect. The two IDE sockets face forward at 90 degrees to the board which actually made them more fiddly in my Antec superlanboy case. Also the cpu socket protector felt as though I might break the board when I removed it to fit the cpu.
Still, once the Zalman cooler clip was fitted underneath and the Q6600 cpu and cooler were in place, I stuck some memory in, connected the PSU and decided to fire it up. I noticed there was no port 80 card on the board but it turned out I didn't need it as the system came to life first go.
The motherboard comes with a full instruction manual and quick set-up guide, driver cds, SLI connector cable, 2 sata cables, an IDE and floppy cable and a molex to sata-power adapter.
I haven't overclocked this system yet but I'm getting core ...
