Asus P5Q Pro (P45 chipset)

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What do you guys think about this motherboard?Asus P5Q Pro (P45 chipset)

I have a dfix38 motherboard right now but its giving me loads (I am truly sorry for the slang word) of problems with my system.Every g92 graphics card i tried , 8800gtx,9800gtx, all performed bad on my two dfi motherboard systems.

For the same price i can get this board.When trying my video card on my friend asus mobo its preformed really well.Also dfi ruins your cpu and ram clock from the start so you have to arrange the clocks yourself in order to get them right.

Very disappointed with dfi motherboards and i will never ever buy one of there motherboards again.

System , q6600 2.4ghz go ,4gb 800mhz reaper,9800gtx ocx, 750w power and cooling psu.

I am not going to need much overclocking.I may overclock the cpu to 2.8ghz when winter kicks off.
 
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Can anyone tell me whats the differences between these 3 Asus P5Q boards please?

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£105.74)

Asus P5Q Pro Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£93.99)

Asus P5Q Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£88.11)



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Can anyone tell me whats the differences between these 3 Asus P5Q boards please?



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It was mention in a thread before, but it boils down to amount of PCI/PCIE slots, motherboard cooling solutions, and the power circuits used on the board, the higher end ones also have wifi/dual lan stuff too but you didn't list those.

I found a review with a very handy comparison table but dont have the bookmark any longer, check the asus website?

it's wroth splashing out for the P5Q-E version IMHO
 
Should i go for this Asus P5N-T Deluxe , instead of this Asus P5Q delux (P45 chipset)


The 1st one seems to have a 780i chipset and done for nvidia cards.I am using a 9800gtx ocx atm.I may buy another 9800gtx in the future but i may also just ditch out my 9800gtx and buy an ati.
 
Unless you are planning on SLI, the P5N is a pretty bad choice - the 780 chipset is quite old, and is not as likely to give such a good clock. Lots of people have had problems with nvidia chipsets, and they seem to be a bit hit or miss. The nVidia 790 chipsets are a lot better, but are more expensive and only use DDR3. The p45 boards are your best bet for a single GPU solution - you can run a single nvidia card on them fine (i am), but not two in SLI. The p45 boards have the added bonus of letting you use crossfire - however, if you plan on a multi gpu setup with ATI cards, you are better off with an X38/X48 board.
 
I will most likley stay stay with a single card and then upgrade to an x2hd ati later on.Will the p 45 still be good with example and hd4870x2?

780i had pretty ****** reviews and now i am really not into buying them.I do not have the money to spend for a 790i.

As for the x38 and x 48 i had problems with my dfix38 running on a 9800gtx.so its better if i stay away from them forever.

I heard that multi gpu n p45 boards is not bad.It can handle most hd4870 on crossfire. X8 , x8 pci-e 2.0 should be enough to run those babys at full power right?

Also is there a big difference between The asus p5q Pro and asus p5q Deluxe
 
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The P5Q Pro (I use this) has really on board positions for all the connectors in that graphics cards won't be over the top blocking them and you won't have as much cable clutter.
 
So i should not be botherd with the delux version and go for the pro?.

I also think that my cpu cooler may not fit if i buy the delux version.I doubt that a tuniq tower cooler will fit around all those heatsinks.
 
There will be a slight loss in frame rate running crossfire 4870s on a p45 as opposed to an x series board. However, i understand it to be a few frames at the most. If you are serious about a multi gpu ati solution, then it is best to stick with x38/48. A lot of DFI boards seem to be quite picky - their very nature of being very 'tweakable' seems to be their undoing in some cases. Some of the other makes like asus (Rampage formula) and gigabyte get good reviews. The p45 board will run the 4870X2 fine (and will be good), but you may loose a few frames running 2 4870s.

Im not sure on all the differences between the pro and the dlx. I think the main features are the onboard solid state express-gate disk, a larger array of heatpipes for (potentially) better cooling and 16 phase power, which is said to be better for clocking quads. I have the dlx and can confirm that that a very long gfx card will block 1 sata port of 8 - not really a big deal (for me at least). However, im not sure how true this is. Hope this helps.
 
Emm i think i am going to the pro then.I am not much of an overclocker.

At summer i leave my q6600 go at 2.4 ghz since ambient temperature is very hot in here.At winter i may clock my q6600 to 2.8ghz or 3.0ghz.The p5q-pro should be enough.

I read in some forums that the 16 phase thing is hyped to much and there is not much difference between the delux and pro version.Only the extreme overclocker would benefit from getting the delux version. Is this true?
 
Yeah that correct. The 16 phase power only really benefits those running quads on very high FSB.
 
I see no good reason for using an nVidia motherboard with an Intel® Processor. . .

As already stated the ASUS P5Q Series are real nice, P5Q-Pro, P5Q-E and P5Q-Deluxe :cool:
 
just setup the P5Q Pro, looks like plenty of settings in the bios to have a fiddle with should you need.

The cooling on the board seems fine and not too many blobs of copper randomly spattered around it.

Nice Layout altho the P4 Connector is a bit awkward, Route the cable behind ya mobo (I forgot to).

The little blocks for the front panel stuff that are included make it waay easier to connect these up rather than fiddlin about with tweezers, dropping them, throwing things because they wont connect properly :P Very easy install.

If yer using RAID hook the drives upto the Red SATA Ports ;)
 
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