Superb mid-price motherboard and I'm very glad I opted to buy this. I became a bit of an E-pox fan a while back and went to a Sapphire pure advantage when they came out. The current state of play though suggests us first-person-shooter fanatics should opt for intel/nvidia systems so this was ... Read review
Advantages: Quick connectors, built in bios recovery, overclocking features Disadvantages: No port 80 (LED diagnostics) display, angled IDE sockets
Superb mid-price motherboard and I'm very glad I opted to buy this. I became a bit of an E-pox fan a while back and went to a Sapphire pure advantage when they came out. The current state of play though suggests us first-person-shooter fanatics should opt for intel/nvidia systems so this was my choice.
The board itself has some innovative features I've not come across on other boards before. Quick connector blocks for the front panel ... ...in. There's a built in bios recovery program which will attempt to restore the boards bios from the supplied driver CD. Nice touch although the instructions still warn you about turning off during bios updates so maybe this is not unbreakable. The bios also features hardware monitoring for cpu & board temps, PSU voltages and fan speeds and loads of options for overclocking.
The onboard lan is 1000 Mbps as you would expect. The two ... more
Superb mid-price motherboard and I'm very glad I opted to buy this. I became a bit of an E-pox fan a while back and went to a Sapphire pure advantage when they came out. The current state of play though suggests us first-person-shooter fanatics should opt for intel/nvidia systems so this was my choice.
The board itself has some innovative features I've not come across on other boards before. Quick connector blocks for the front panel & front USB connectors make them less fiddly to plug in. There's a built in bios recovery program which will attempt to restore the boards bios from the supplied driver CD. Nice touch although the instructions still warn you about turning off during bios updates so maybe this is not unbreakable. The bios also features hardware monitoring for cpu & board temps, PSU voltages and fan speeds and loads 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 temps of 51c max under load (using prime95 & coretemp downloaded from the net). This has been one of the easiest set-ups I've done in a while and is a great choice for the budget gamer.
cport80 28.02.2008 (28.02.2008)
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Review of ASUS P5N-E SLI - motherboard - ATX - nForce 650i SLI
Advantages: cheap overclocking abilities gd looking build quality highly upgradable Disadvantages: asus wbsite very slow when wanting to dl updates
...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 the latest intel dual and quad core ... ...more than a basic cheap asus board as asus spend more money on it and it looks alot better especialy if you have a side window on your case specs and connections
Manufacturer: Asus
Form Factor: ATX
CPU Socket: 775
FSB/HT Speed: 1333 MHz
Chipset: NF650i SLi
Memory Type: DDR2
Memory Type (ECC): Non-ECC
Memory Type (R/U): Unbuffered
Memory Speed (Mhz): 533 667 800
Memory Capacity: 8GB
Graphics Interface: PCI-E (x16)
Expansion ...
jontiff 19.10.2007
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Advantages: Runs great, very cheap Disadvantages: BIOS may need updating
...crashing after installing this board you will need to update your BIOS. There are instructions on how to do this on the Asus website at http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us. Also I have noticed that the southbridge chip seems to be running quite hot so it may be worth buying a heatsink for it. ...
greatgreeny 23.10.2007
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The motherboard overall isn't too bad, but does have some compatibility issues with Creative Labs X-FI when using SLI, this is the only problem I have with it. ...
meman887 25.03.2008
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Advantages: Future Proof, Plenty of Upgrade allowance Disadvantages: Large Components
every so often, say once every few days my computer crashes onto a large blue screen forcing me to reboot. I cannot be certain that the motherboard is causing this, and in my opinion its most likely the RAM thats causing the crash, however until I buy some extra parts to test what is causing this I can not say for certain what is causing it.
(Once i've tested I shall update the review to let you all know)
Finally the only other drawback i could possibly think of is the space available for new cards when upgrading. Due to the size of the heatsink in one area, it effectively makes the slot a smaller sapce.
Therefore it means I'm going to physically have to look at my upgrade before I buy to confirm it will fit. Howver I do not see this as a Major problem as with a little moving about of components it won't pose much of a problem ...
DMI 2.0 support, WfM 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, PCI Express x16 slot frequency, chipset voltage
Sleep / Wake Up
Keyboard wake up, wake on LAN (WOL), mouse wake up, wake on USB port, wake on ring (WOR)
Hardware Features
Chassis intrusion detection, C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall), CrashFree BIOS 2, ASUS SATA on the Go, heat pipe chipset cooling, NVIDIA SLI Technology Support, ASUS Q-Connector
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
6 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x storage - eSATA - 7 pin external Serial ATA
1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (rear)/line-in - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer)/microphone - mini-phone 3.5mm
Additional Connectors (Optional)
2 x Hi-Speed USB, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire), 4 x Hi-Speed USB, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Miscellaneous
Cables Included
1 x floppy cable
2 x IDE cable
1 x SLI bridge
1 x USB panel
Serial ATA cable
Software Included
Drivers & Utilities, ASUS Live Update, ASUS PC Probe 2
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
Manufacturer's product description
This motherboard supports the latest Intel Quad-core processors in LGA775 package. It's excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1066/800 MHz FSB. Intel Quad-core is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world. NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express bus architecture and features intelligent hardware and software that allows two GPUs to efficiently work together to deliver earth-shattering, scalable performance. For some applications nearly 2X performance! The NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface (SLI) technology that allows two graphics processing units (GPUs) in a single system. It is a highly integrated, high-performance, cost-effective processor.
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