Asus P5Q E OR PRO ?

chippy08 · 28 Oct 2008 at 22:06

Hi guys should i buy the p5q e or the pro ? i dont play games so dont need sli but which should i go for

RJC · 28 Oct 2008 at 22:12

The boards only support crossfire

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It depends if you need external SATA on the motherboard and dual lan connections.

I do like the larger heatsink design though.

Edit: The P5Q Pro has the ESATA on a bracket which will take up a PCI slot on your case.

chippy08 · 28 Oct 2008 at 22:25

RJC said:
The boards only support crossfire .

It depends if you need external SATA on the motherboard and dual lan connections.

I do like the larger heatsink design though.

Edit: The P5Q Pro has the ESATA on a bracket which will take up a PCI slot on your case.

Rjc i have plenty of room in my case as i only have graphics card i will be using my e8400 chip on which ever board i get but i do prefer plenty of sata connections on board for my 6 hard drives i would prefer 8 connections so i could use sata writer and reader but i dont think they do one with 8 connections in this range

rjk · 30 Oct 2008 at 00:18

a standard p5q would be ok unless you need the extra features

you dont need sli for games

Tetsu · 30 Oct 2008 at 08:21

With the standard be aware that the 24 pin is on the left side of the mobo.

steve258 · 30 Oct 2008 at 08:24

depends what features you need. if you don't need the fancy features like firewire, esata, raid, crossfire...etc you can just go for the vanilla version of P5Q.