Advantages: Stable, Excellent BIOS options, Asus, Great for overclocking Disadvantages: Price, Sound
line of Intel's processors to reach very high clock speeds with very little effort.
Edit: (Adding info) This supports up to 4 gigabytes of memory, more than enough even for Vista or next-generation games. It allows for 1 IDE channel (2 hard drives and/or optical drives) and 7 SATA drives. Who uses this many drives? If you're one of them, then this is to your advantage, otherwise you will have more than enough.
With the new Bios update, you can now run Crossfire cards. That is when you have 2 identical ATI video cards and you run both for games. This increases the processing power by 40 to 60%. This is an interesting option for gamers who want to add to their gaming experience without necessarily buying a whole new graphic card.
One of the only weaknesses of this great motherboard; The onboard sound is a tad weak. It is strongly ...
Advantages: Good layout, Excellent overclocker, Good feature set. Disadvantages: On-board Wi-Fi and Sound are poor. Expensive
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You know that when you move house something is going to go wrong, On this occasion everything looked great until I went to switch the hub of my life on, POP! There went the power supply, motherboard and processor! Oh Joy!
Anyway my planned PC project was moved forward a few months.
I spent all of Christmas and some part of the New Year researching the components and selecting the best mix. For this new PC I decided to go with an Intel E6400 Core2-Duo processor as it lets you overclock it to a higher level.To go with this I obviously needed a compatible motherboard that was stable during normal operation and also allowed for a good degree of overclocking.
After much reading on the pros and cons of various Asus, Gigabyte and MSI boards I decided on the AsusP5B Deluxe. As I ...
Excellent motherboard. This is the first motherboard that I have installed in a computer before, and did ASUS make it easy for me!
The manual is very clear, and tells you where everything is. All the connectors matched up with my Akasa Zen Case connectors, which I thought was great, as since then I didn't have the same experience with a Thermaltake case.
The silent heatpipe, makes this a very quiet motherboard, whereas most normal motherboards would have a rubbish little fan that gets clogged with dust and ends up making a terrible noise. If you need to have a fan on the chipset heatsink, asus provide a fan that slots on to the top of the heatsink.
Aswell as the chipset fan, ASUS provide loads of other stuff. This includes USB expansion, firewire expansion, SATA cables, and more! Great if you need any of this stuff.
Overall I ...
4-pin ATX12V connector, 24-pin main power connector
Processor
Installed Qty (Max Supported)
0 ( 1 )
Memory
Supported RAM Technology
DDR2 SDRAM
Supported RAM Integrity Check
Non-ECC
RAM Installed ( Max )
0 MB / 8 GB (max)
Supported RAM Speed
PC2-4300, PC2-6400, PC2-5300
RAM Features
Unbuffered, dual channel memory architecture
Audio
Audio Output
Sound card
Audio Codec
AD1988B
Sound Output Mode
7.1 channel surround
Compliant Standards
High Definition Audio
Telecom / networking
Networking
Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Features
BIOS Features
DMI 2.0 support, WfM 2.0 support, Multilingual BIOS, ASUS MyLogo2, ACPI 2.0 support, SMBIOS 2.3 support, Hyper-Threading Technology, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS O.C. Profile
Manual Settings
CPU frequency, processor core voltage, memory voltage, memory bus frequency, PCI Express x16 slot frequency, chipset voltage
Sleep / Wake Up
Wake on LAN (WOL), wake on ring (WOR)
Hardware Features
Chassis intrusion detection, C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall), ASUS Q-Fan 2, ASUS AI NOS (Non-delay Overclocking System), Stack Cool 2, ASUS SATA on the Go, heat pipe chipset cooling, ATI CrossFire technology support, ASUS AI Gear, ASUS AI Nap, CrashFree BIOS 3, ASUS Q-Connector, ASUS AI Remote, ASUS AP Trigger, ASUS Accelerated Propeller (ASAP), ASUS ScreenDUO
Expansion / connectivity
Expansion Slot(s)
1 processor - LGA775 Socket
4 memory - DIMM 240-pin
1 PCI Express x16
1 PCI Express x16 ( x4 mode )
1 PCI Express x1
3 PCI
Storage Interfaces
Intel ICH8R : Serial ATA-300 - connector(s): 6 x 7pin Serial ATA - 6 Device(s) - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 10 / RAID 5
1 x storage - eSATA-300 - 7 pin external Serial ATA
1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - 6 PIN FireWire
2 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer) - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - line-out (rear) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (side surround) - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
Additional Connectors (Optional)
4 x Hi-Speed USB, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire), 2 x Hi-Speed USB
Miscellaneous
Certified for Windows Vista
Certified for Windows Vista software and devices have undergone compatibility tests for ease-of-use, better performance and enhanced security.
Compliant Standards
Plug and Play, RoHS
Software Included
Drivers & Utilities, ASUS Live Update, ASUS PC Probe 2
Cables Included
1 x floppy cable
1 x IDE cable
Serial ATA cable
Serial ATA power adapter
1 x USB panel
1 x IEEE 1394 panel
Manufacturer's product description
The P5B Premium Vista Edition motherboard features ScreenDUO, AI Remote, ASAP, AP Trigger and TPM Support, allowing you to fully enjoy the latest Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. This motherboard also gives you the advanced ASUS quiet thermal solution including 8-Phase Power Design, Stack Cool 2, Heat Pipe Design, Q-Fan 2 to build a cool and stable environment. With the exclusive AI NOS, AI Gear and AI Nap, the P5B Premium Vista Edition motherboard delivers extreme performance, minimum noise and maximum power saving under Windows Vista. AI Lifestyle Series motherboards bring lifestyle and personal computing together. They provide you better system performance to enjoy graphic-intensive games and applications. The cutting-edge audio feature dramatically enhances the quality of voice signal. Thoughtful design allows you to set up your system easily. To create a peaceful environment, several new and improved innovations are included to reduce noise and temperature. Don't change your way of life for a computer. Instead let the ASUS Lifestyle Series improve the quality of your life.
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