ASUS P5WDG2 i975x Testing @ XS

[perkam]

XS Member AndreYang has gotten his hands on an Unreleased Asus Intel motherboard based on the upcoming i975x Chipset from Intel.

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/2053/11fx1.th.jpg (http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?image=11fx1.jpg) http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1692/20vt.th.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20vt.jpg) http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7534/216xe.th.jpg (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=216xe.jpg)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1192269

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[[XC] leviathan18]

wtf is the bios doing in that place :S

[perkam]

wtf is the bios doing in that place :S Whoa ?? Whaddaya Mean ?

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[Cybercat]

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7534/216xe.th.jpg

is that the stock cooler for the 955XE? :p:

[perkam]

Ha ha :p: Actually the 955XE ... and all the Presler's are a godsend clock wise...with 4.5 on an EE on air possible, along with 5ghz on the single core cedarmills...its a far more convincing reason to stay intel if you already have a ddr2 rig.

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[Bar81]

Although if you're on air your system will sound like a jet engine. These will be nice to pair up with Merom when they finally hit though.

[[XC] leviathan18]

the bios is in the middle of the pci e 16x well at least the battery a nightmare if you want to remove it

[Charles Wirth]

I have never needed to pull the battery in years and that was to clear bios password.

[mr_knowitall15]

holy crap, i counted 8 SATA ports! but looks like 1 ide(???) and 1 floppy, and what a stupid place for that 4 pin molex supplement power thing being RIGHT by the memory slots. I'd also like to see that black floppy lookin connector switch places with the 24 pin power.

[MaxxxRacer]

The wierdest thing about this board is that it has PCI-X.. not a very commonly used item for enthusiasts. I know that it says workstation, but still its very wierd.

And I guess Intel/Asus has declared death to IDE.. If that is the case, where are my 16x dual layer SATA dvd burners...