The P5K Premium was the first motherboard I considered buying when I decided it was time to upgrade my CPU to a Core 2 Quad Q6600. I was very happy with the results - the P5K allowed me to overclock my processor by 1.2GHz to a stable 3.6GHz on air cooling alone. I'm sure that this stability is partly due to the large heatpipes seen on the board, keeping key components cool without the need for more noisy fans. However, these heatpipes may block larger HSFs from being used, although my rather large Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme did fit. The BIOS is, as BIOSes go, not exactly revolutionary, but still easy to use and overclock with. I'm sure that the option to instantly save settings to a USB stick will come in handy, although I haven't needed it yet due to the stability of the board. The board also allowed me to overclock my PC2-6400 RAM to 1066MHz, which increased speed a little in some applications, and gave a drastic improvement in certain performance benchmarks. The board comes with on-board Wi-Fi, which reduces the need to buy and install another expansion card. The board certainly isn't one of the cheapest available, but the little touches and the on-board Wi-Fi that Asus has included somewhat justify this price. If you plan to overclock a Core 2 Duo/Quad a lot, this board is perfect, but if you're content with stock speed or small overclocks, you can find motherboards that are more economical for you. The P5K series has many cheaper variants, lacking some of the high-end features of the Premium, such as the P5K-E, which is cheaper and will suit less demanding consumers, or those who don't need on-board Wi-Fi. Inevitably, the cheaper boards are outperformed by the P5K Premium, and so the cheaper variants do have their drawbacks. Furthermore, for those for whom money is no object, there are slightly better overclocking boards out there, but often for double the price of the P5K Premium. This edition of the motherboard is also very good looking if you have a case window and adequate lighting. The coloured ports and heatsinks stand out on the black background to look very stylish, as motherboards go. I would recommend this board to the high-performance user who will overclock, as it is the best option available in this price range right now.
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