Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i Motherboard Preview

[sxs112]

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hardwarexl.com (http://www.hardwarexl.com/reviews/mainboards/asus_p5n-t_deluxe_nforce_780i_motherboard_preview/)

[G.Foyle]

Nice! but what happened to Dual LAN 780i should have? I hope its stability and reliability are NOT on Striker or P5N32-E levels.

[The0men]

Nice! but what happened to Dual LAN 780i should have? I hope its stability and reliability are NOT on Striker or P5N32-E levels.


Hey I have absolutely no issues with my P5n32-E... Although I must admit when first getting used to the board it is easy to make not POST. And it was only fine after replacing the useless heatpipe solution.

I think this looks good. Yer what did happen to dual LAN? The cooling looks slightly better to.. although i wish they would get rid of heatpiping altogether.

[G.Foyle]

I had 3 P5N32-Es and it was good board, but there was no good bios for it :( And lots of memory wouldn't work (Patriot LLKs for example); I hope 780i is free of those bugs.

[mrlobber]

If they released a "workstation" board with this chipset, would it be named P5WN-T? (sounds best if that "-" is removed :D)

[zanzabar]

is that a heatsink for the pci-e2 controller next to the nb

[Rovtar]

nice cooling system

[K404]

is that a heatsink for the pci-e2 controller next to the nb

yup.

AFAIK, 790I has that built into the NB, so should be slightly more elegant.

[Origin_Unknown]

looks like there is plenty of room between the two blue pci-e slots

[LuckyNV]

Asus should replace the yellow slots for blue or white, I think the majority of people don't need dual LAN which is why its gone

[Natalia]

This still doesn't look like it solves the issue of tri-sli and having a soundcard.

I suppose it would be possible with only the GT, since it is single slot. But it does elimate the idea of waterblocks or any dual-slot cooling setups.

[jabski]

hope its out before xmas :)

[nemrod]

look nice but does that thing support penryns?

[Zytek_Fan]

Hmmm...I'd much rather have 790i since it won't have the stupid PCIe 2.0 bridge...

[sxs112]

look nice but does that thing support penryns?

Here are some specs;
- Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU*
- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready*
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo Ready
- NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI™ plus PCIe 2.0 bridge
- NVIDIA Triple-SLI™ Ready
- Dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
- 1333/1066/800/533MHz
- Stack Cool2 and Heat-pipe Thermal Solution
- 8 Phase Power Design

[Nanometer]

Not bad, I'll wait for the 790 or Intel's offering though. I think the layout is decent. I still want 8 sata ports, however.

[Kunaak]

wow, theres literally no option for a sound card in that board, if you choose SLI.

[hstuehmeyer2000]

wow, theres literally no option for a sound card in that board, if you choose SLI.
just get this, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130080 , it has onboard x-fi

[rabor]

It'll be coming very soon I guess.. Official specs at Asus Global (http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=610&l4=0&model=1981&modelmenu=1)

[GAR]

just get this, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130080 , it has onboard x-fi

did you just recommend him to buy an MSI??? :doh: