Asus P5Q Standard or Pro?

drunkenmunky · 14 Jul 2008 at 10:58

Is there much difference between the Asus P5Q and the P5Q Pro board? I'm undecided on which one to get. It will be for gaming and some overclocking, with a Q6600 and a Radeon 4870.

Kelt · 14 Jul 2008 at 11:27

drunkenmunky said:
Is there much difference between the Asus P5Q and the P5Q Pro board? I'm undecided on which one to get. It will be for gaming and some overclocking, with a Q6600 and a Radeon 4870.

Pay the extra and get the P5Q-Deluxe!

drunkenmunky · 14 Jul 2008 at 11:50

But it's £40 more expensive. And do I really need the deluxe version?

bru · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:00

the question you need to ask yourself is do you need to have crossfire support, if not then the P5Q is a excelent board.

i have my q6600 running in one at 3.6GHz easily.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17891194

Kelt · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:13

bru said:
the question you need to ask yourself is do you need to have crossfire support, if not then the P5Q is a excelent board.

i have my q6600 running in one at 3.6GHz easily.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17891194

Salient point; for me, I like a mobo to last at least 12 months, so for the extra £40 odd was worth it to get CrossfireX support, 16-phase power <insert Tim the Tool-Man "more power" snarl here>, better heat-pipe cooling, and lst but not least, an extra fan!

drunkenmunky · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:27

Thanks for the replies. I have no intension of using crossfire so I have gone for the standard one.

bru · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:31

KelticDaz said:
Salient point; for me, I like a mobo to last at least 12 months, so for the extra £40 odd was worth it to get CrossfireX support, 16-phase power <insert Tim the Tool-Man "more power" snarl here>, better heat-pipe cooling, and lst but not least, an extra fan!

sorry maybe its me just being thick

but but are you sugesting that the standard P5Q wont last 12 months also what extra fan all the p5q range are fanless.

bru · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:33

drunkenmunky said:
Thanks for the replies. I have no intension of using crossfire so I have gone for the standard one.

good choice happy clocking.

Tooks · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:39

bru said:
...also what extra fan all the p5q range are fanless.

I think I read on some of the reviews that the higher end P5Q range have some kind of optional clip on chipset/mosfet fan?

I might have imagined it though!

foxbat · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:42

Maybe he means an extra motherboard fan header.

Kelt · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:44

bru said:
sorry maybe its me just being thick but but are you sugesting that the standard P5Q wont last 12 months also what extra fan all the p5q range are fanless.

Lol no, I'm saying that for ME, 12 months is a minimum I like mobo's to last, so £40 extra over 12-15 months isn't that much extra.

The extra fan is to provide extra cooling for the gubbins near the rear i/o port. Blows air out the back of the case, not a dealbreaker, hence the smiley.

Kelt · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:46

Tooks said:
I think I read on some of the reviews that the higher end P5Q range have some kind of optional clip on chipset/mosfet fan?

I might have imagined it though!

Correct!

bru · 14 Jul 2008 at 12:56

KelticDaz said:
Lol no, I'm saying that for ME, 12 months is a minimum I like mobo's to last, so £40 extra over 12-15 months isn't that much extra.

The extra fan is to provide extra cooling for the gubbins near the rear i/o port. Blows air out the back of the case, not a dealbreaker, hence the smiley.

hehe fair enough.....i thought it was a bit strange ....im glad it was just me missunderstanding

Big.Wayne · 14 Jul 2008 at 13:29

Just for anyone else who wanders into the thread.

setter · 14 Jul 2008 at 13:54

KelticDaz said:
Correct!

Apparently the optional fan is only required if your watercooling. Its been supplied with most high end asus boards for the past few years.

Big.Wayne · 14 Jul 2008 at 14:17

Yeah the optional fan is nothing to write home about, never used it myself as it's aimed at users who water-cool and need some extra airflow running over the PWM heatsink. From what I've seen most people who watercool still use a (120mm) fan to cool the mosfets and stuff.

setter · 14 Jul 2008 at 14:30

Big.Wayne said:
Yeah the optional fan is nothing to write home about, never used it myself as it's aimed at users who water-cool and need some extra airflow running over the PWM heatsink. From what I've seen most people who watercool still use a (120mm) fan to cool the mosfets and stuff.

Yeah ive got four of them lying about here now. 1 from my p5q dlx and 3 from various 939 sli boards that my brother went through.