Intel P45 Chipset-based P5q Premium Board Tested |
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Intel P45 Chipset-based P5q Premium Board Tested |
 Sep 21 2008, 08:29 PM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
OCC tests Asus' top-end P5Q Premium motherboard based on the Intel P45 chipset - http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/p5q_prem/
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Sep 21 2008, 10:37 PM
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 Old fart and still learning! Posts: 1,935 Joined: 31-October 06 From: N.W. England Member No.: 32,188 |
Nice review!
If my P5Q-E performs anywhere near this, when I have time to install it, I'll be happy. Regards Paul This post has been edited by paulktreg: Sep 21 2008, 10:38 PM --------------------  <E8500+Zalman 9500>||<GA-EP45-DS4>||<Corsair 4GB (TWIN2X2048-6400C4 X 2)>||<2 x Asus 9600GSO>||<2 x WD320GB>||<Antec Signature 850W>||<Win XP Pro>||<Samsung 2032BW & Acer AL1916W> Folder:<E6600>||<DFI Infinity 975X/G>||<2GB Buffalo Firestix>||<XFX 8800GS>||<WD200GB>||<OCZ 600W>||<Win XP Pro>||<Iiyama Prolite E380S> |
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Sep 22 2008, 04:58 AM
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 OCC AMD Reviewer Posts: 1,623 Joined: 21-May 07 From: Queen Creek, AZ Member No.: 21,421 |
Thanks for the nice comments
 This is a very good board. Definitely a keeper for me. -------------------- 1U Server Project 0% |||||||||||||||| 100%
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Sep 22 2008, 06:13 AM
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Member Posts: 93 Joined: 2-March 08 Member No.: 31,541 |
excellent Review
bro can you tell me what are differences between P5Q pro version & this Deluxe version ? |
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Sep 22 2008, 07:18 AM
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 Free yourself from yourself Posts: 2,262 Joined: 29-April 08 From: Texas Member No.: 32,050 |
QUOTE (Blackfire @ Sep 22 2008, 09:13 AM)  excellent Review bro can you tell me what are differences between P5Q pro version & this Deluxe version ? Well one thing i know is the P5Q pro has an 8 phase power design while the Deluxe has a 16 phase power design, plus different features. This post has been edited by damian: Sep 22 2008, 07:24 AM -------------------- Antec 300
Acer AL2216 AMD Phenom II X4 965 Corsair XMS DDR3 2x1gb HIS Radeon HD4850 250gb Seagate 7200.10 500gb Hitachi Desktar Windows Vista Premium 64bit |
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Sep 22 2008, 07:45 AM
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OCC AMD Reviewer Posts: 1,623 Joined: 21-May 07 From: Queen Creek, AZ Member No.: 21,421 |
Actually this is the Premium version not the Deluxe one reviewed here. There are several variants of the P5Q.
Damian is correct the Pro has an 8 Phase vs the 16 Phase on the Premium and Deluxe boards. A lot of the differences are minor as far as hardware is such as number of ports like USB and LAN, and port placement like the SATA ports, which the Premium has 10 (with 2 sets for drive expert) vs the 8 on the Pro version. Also the ExpressGate on the Pro version is (as far as I know) not SSD based which means you have to install Windows to the drive first then install the ExpressGate program to the harddrive. It will only work if Windows is installed however on the P5Q Premium there is a little flash chip which has the ExpressGate program so you can boot it without even having a hard drive connected or even running another OS such as a Linux Distribution. Lastly the P5Q Premium has 4 PCI Express X16 slots for QuadFire of single-GPU cards like the HD 4850's as well as a lot of security features with the TPM included. On a final note having the 16 Phase regulation on the higher end boards will allow for higher and more stable overclocks if you like push your hardware like we do Here is some reference for you: ASUS P5Q Premium ASUS P5Q Pro -------------------- 1U Server Project 0% |||||||||||||||| 100%
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Sep 22 2008, 08:16 AM
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 Geek Posts: 810 Joined: 11-August 06 Member No.: 18,473 |
i love my P5Q-Pro...
 it got my E8600ES to 5 GHZ on air. -------------------- Stacker 830-Coolermaster 1000W PSU-ASUS Maximus Formula-QX6800ES+ Xeon E3110 Ultra 120 Extreme-6GB Dominator PC8500-(2)150 GB Raptors RAID0-Seagate 250GB-HITACHI 1TB 3870X2 1000MB-3870 Toxic 512MB-XP-Pro-Vista 64 Premium ---- ASUS P5Q Pro-E6800 ES -TRUE 120 W/Dual Panaflo 120X38-2x1G Corsair Dominator PC8500 (5-5-5-15-2T) (2) 74G Raptors RAID0-Radeon HD 3870X2-OCZ GSX700 -Windows XP Pro x86, SP2-Top Deck Tech Station |
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Sep 22 2008, 08:23 AM
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Posting Nut Posts: 9,389 Joined: 6-January 06 From: Potosi, MO USA Member No.: 32,146 |
I'd let other things be the deciding factor between the two boards other then the claimed number of phases. Asus has found a new meaning of the word "true" evidently. Anyone that can gain access to the the datatsheet of the controller will find it's still only 8 phase capable. A slave chip phase shifts the output to the second set of FETs. Slightly cleaner power output with a resultant increase in stability may be a side effect of this but hasn't been proven one way or the other.
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Sep 22 2008, 08:51 PM
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Member Posts: 93 Joined: 2-March 08 Member No.: 31,541 |
oops... sorry my mistake.
thank for the information dude |
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Jan 6 2009, 08:34 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 6-January 09 Member No.: 65,692 |
Hi all,
I am a bit lost regarding the additionnal Silicon Image SATA controller and the ASUS Drive Xpert feature: is it possible to attach 10 independant SATA drives to this motherboard or is it limited to 6 independant drives on the Intel controller and 2x2 RAID0/1 SATA drives on the Silicon Image controller? I am a user of Windows Home Server PP1 based on a MSI motherboard (4 SATA ports) + 2 Promise SATA controllers (2x4 SATA ports) but have a lot of issues with these latters (time out at driver level). So I am searching for the best replacement solution while maximizing the number of SATA ports... Thanks for your help and happy new year... FDT |
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