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I am not a fan of the blue heatsink guards, however. The silver ones used on the Deluxe version of the board look far better.

But ASUS had to differentiate the two somehow. Page List: Top 1. Checking out the BIOS 4. SYSmark Preview 6. SplashTop Embedded Linux With ad revenue at an all-time low for written websites, we're relying more than ever on reader support to help us continue putting so much effort into this type of content.

You can support us by becoming a Patron , or by using our Amazon shopping affiliate links listed through our articles. When a new Intel chipset launches the initial motherboards are often mainstream offerings. It's then only a matter of time till a board that really stands out from the crowd is released. N motherboard. The name doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, but this board has many features that certainly aren't found on typical Intel X48 platforms. This means ASUS' Express Gate, the system-on-a-chip that lets you boot up in 5 seconds and surf the web, check your email and watch Youtube clips without having to boot into Windows, let alone access a hard drive, is there.

Expansion slots come in the form of three physical PCI express x16 slots. The third physical x16 slot only provides x4 lanes of PCI express 1. Firewire, 7. ASUS has given us everything enthusiasts ask for in a motherboard and then multiplied that by pixie dust and a kitchen sink factor with the P5E3 Premium.

Sure, other motherboards have dual gigabit lan ports, but how many have dual eSATA? Or dual firewire? In addition to a dual antenna wireless-N integrated network adapter? Pros: Looks trick, performs even better! Fired up into bios on first try. I dont use them, but Auto settings work great even when OC'ing! Board is nice and cool even when pushing it real hard. CPU voltage can go up to 2.

Overall Review: Very Stable platform. Havent built an Intel rig since pre-P4 days But I expect nothing less after spending double New Rig: E Wolfdale 3. Pros: Crash Free - Very stable board! The best I've owned to date. Installed without a hitch and booted on 1st try. Read other thoughts. Support for the fastest memory available, DDR3. Cons: Very bad compatibility with OCZ memory. Spent 2 weeks trying to troubleshoot with no luck. ASUS support is the absolute worst I've ever encountered.

I've been building systems for over 19 years and I would say without a doubt most of the problems I've had has been with ASUS. There are too many other GOOD manufacturers out there to put up with this type of product. Cons: I took a hudge hit on this board. From the day I built the system I would get random crashes. I could not play a video game or everything would just freeze. No luck ther either.

After replacing the mouse and keyboad for good measure i finally bought a intel Motherboard and eveything has worked perfect. I sold the two cards for 75 dollars taking a dollar hit on each one. ASUS is only willing to repair the old one so I will endup trying to sell a dollar referbished motherboar be luck to get 50 bucks. Newegg won't give me a refund because it took over 1 month to troubleshoot the proble by 10 days.

Pros: Got to be one of the best Intel motherboards available. Loaded with features. Granular settings for overclocking. Express Gate allows you to surf the internet or use Skype without booting the OS. Works perferctly with Vista bit. Cons: Express Gate does not appear to support WiFi networking.