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The only negative I have about it is ASUS themselves. Their website is slow and not very friendly, but once you've got the idea of it, nothing stops you from getting all the latest drivers and kit.... Read review
Advantages: Cooling, Upgrades, BIOS updates, Stability Disadvantages: ASUS website is cumbersome at times
...the perfect motherboard for gamers and graphic designers alike.
The only negative I have about it is ASUS themselves. Their website is slow and not very friendly, but once you've got the idea of it, nothing stops you from getting all the latest drivers and kit. ... more
I have now owned this motherboard for over a year. I have upgraded the CPU from a dual core to a quad core pentium, I have doubled the ram from 2 to 4Gb, I am currently running 4 SATA HDD's 2 in a RAID0 configuration and I am about to upgrade the graphics card to a dual crossfire X1900.
All in all this PC runs everything I have ever thrown at it and has never failed me. It has been a joy to setup, easy to configure and simple to run and update.
Don't listen to people who complain about unstable bios. The bios on my PC has been faultless.
I am seriously considering getting another of these and building a second PC with the bits from my first, then upgrading my main PC again.
All in all, the perfect motherboard for gamers and graphic designers alike.
The only negative I have about it is ASUS themselves. Their website is slow and not very friendly, but once you've got the idea of it, nothing stops you from getting all the latest drivers and kit.
WhyDoINeedAnotherName 08.01.2009 (08.01.2009)
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Review of ASUS P5W DH Deluxe Digital Home Series - motherboard - ATX - i975X
Advantages: very powerful with lots features Disadvantages: expensive
The P5W DH DELUXE is packed with loads of features and accessories. It also supports i think every 775 socket cpu at the moment giving you a better choice of cpu when buying this motherboard. It is equipped with the intel 975x chipset for ultimate processing capabilities. Features built in 54g wifi card, dual gigabyte lan ports, 6 SATA ports, 2 pci-e x1 slots,2 pci-e x16 slots ( crossfire ready ), 3 pci slots and remote control. All these features ... ...the future.
This Motherboard was built with gamers and media centre lovers in mind. The main reason is that all the accessories and features you get with it. The remote control is great as you can turn off the pc, put it to sleep, silent mode (where all the fans are put to minimum speed), adjust the volume and switch through windows. The easy Raid Feature means you can plug in 2 SATA hard drives into the two specific slots on the motherboard and ...
smash_3000 24.03.2007 (25.03.2007)
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Advantages: none Disadvantages: very unreliable BIOS
This is the worst motherboard I have ever used. It is very unreliable. Every so often, the BIOS gets in a mess and the PC won't start up, requiring a reset of the BIOS settings. This entails removing the battery from the motherboard which unhelpfully is sited under the graphics card, so you have to remove that too.
Worse, as of today, the BIOS is steadfastly refusing to start at all, despite all my attempts to persuade it to. So now it is a completely ... ...I'm not sure how I can recover my data - my last backup was a couple of weeks ago, and I've done a lot of important work since then.
All in all, I would strongly recommend you don't buy this motherboard. For the money, it's a big mistake. ...
nmwo 12.11.2008
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DMI 2.0 support, WfM 2.0 support, Multilingual BIOS, ASUS MyLogo2, SMBIOS 2.3 support, ASUS EZ Flash 2
Manual Settings
Processor core voltage, memory voltage, FSB ratio (CPU:memory), PCI Express x16 slot frequency
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, heat pipe chipset cooling, ASUS Hyper Path 3, ATI CrossFire technology support, CrashFree BIOS 3, Asus DH Remote, ASUS MP3-In, ASUS WiFi-AP Solo
Expansion / connectivity
Expansion Slot(s)
1 processor - LGA775 Socket
4 memory - DIMM 240-pin
2 PCI Express x16
2 PCI Express x1
3 PCI
Storage Interfaces
Intel ICH7R : ATA-100 - connector(s): 1 x 40pin IDC
Intel ICH7R : Serial ATA-300 - connector(s): 2 x 7pin Serial ATA - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 0+1 / RAID 5
JMicron JMB363 : ATA-133 - connector(s): 1 x 40pin IDC
JMicron JMB363 : Serial ATA-300 - connector(s): 1 x 7pin Serial ATA, 1 x 7pin external SATA - RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD
Serial ATA-300 - connector(s): 2 x 7pin Serial ATA - RAID 0 / RAID 1
2 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
6 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x storage - floppy interface - 34 PIN IDC
2 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm
1 x audio - line-In - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-In - 4 PIN MPC
Additional Connectors (Optional)
2 x Hi-Speed USB, 4 x Hi-Speed USB, 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
RAID Features
Intel Matrix RAID Technology
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories
External antenna, IR remote control and receiver
Cables Included
2 x Serial ATA cable
1 x Serial ATA power adapter
1 x IDE cable
1 x floppy cable
1 x USB panel
1 x IEEE 1394 panel
Software Included
Drivers & Utilities, ASUS Live Update, ASUS PC Probe 2, ASUS AI Booster
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
ASUS - Innovative Solutions for a Limitless Tomorrow. ASUS is devoted to providing leading-edge technologies, and best-value solutions of the highest quality to all its customers. ASUS provides innovative technology solutions to consumer, corporate and top-tier OEM customers. PRODUCT FEATURES: LGA775 socket for Intel Core2 Duo, Core2 Extreme and next generation Multi-Core CPU; Intel 975X +Intel ICH7R; 1066/800MHz; Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/ 533 max 8GB; 2 x PCI-E x 16 / 2 x PCI-E x 1/ 3 x PCI; Support ATI CrossFire graphics cards; Intel Matrix Storage technology; Dual Gigabit LAN; Dolby Master Studio technology; ASUS EZ-Backup; ASUS Digital Home features.
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