Asus P45: P5Q-E, P5Q Pro

[gogos7]

Haven't see them around. Hope you have more info on them soon:

P5Q-E:




P5Q Pro:

[BulldogPO]

DDR2 or DDR3?

[Shintai]

The pro looks nice. But I must restrain myself till 2009!

[LuckyNV]

Can't quite comprehend those sata ports on either board tbh (5 drives here)

[adamsleath]

Originally Posted by Shintai

The pro looks nice. But I must restrain myself till 2009!

mm; all these nice looking boards, and no reason to buy one

[Gen]

The slanted heatsinks on the P5Q-E are a turn off, their much harder to mount a fan on. It also has awkward mounting on one of the Sata ports.

The Pro on the other hand looks nice, all the connectors along the bottom and the same heat pipe assembly as the P5K-E, i only wish they included a heatsink for the mosfets up top too.

[dinos22]

Originally Posted by BulldogPO

DDR2 or DDR3?

look at the RAM slots
DDR2

[TEDY]

p5q pro looks fine, but i already have p5k-e.

[BenchZowner]

I'd take the P5Q3 Deluxe

[naokaji]

Originally Posted by adamsleath

mm; all these nice looking boards, and no reason to buy one

buy a selection, bench them, sell them, no real reason required except the wish for some fun

[[XC] NetburstXE]

I don't like the placement of the PCIeX16 slots on the P5Q-E

[Richard Dower]

I prefer the E type...looks more professional....seems as if it has 9 SATA ports?, 1 ESATA and 8 normal, 6 by ICH10 so what is providing the other 3?...Silicon Image?, Jmicron?

[Metroid]

Originally Posted by Shintai

The pro looks nice. But I must restrain myself till 2009!

True and once more we lead the performance as we did with E6600 in Q2 2006, no reason to waste money on something that will have no future after 2008.

Metroid.

[dinos22]

i'm a little confused with product names
should their "Pro" version be the higher end board
isn't that what Pro tag should mean

[Richard Dower]

Originally Posted by dinos22

i'm a little confused with product names
should their "Pro" version be the higher end board
isn't that what Pro tag should mean

Indeed, the E-type jag looks higher end.

[Kai Robinson]

Well, the -E looks pretty good to me, and i'm digging the black...either would be a good replacement for my P5B-E, although i'm going to probably go for the -E again rather than the Pro - looks like 8-phase power to the CPU...

Although, there are three PCIe 16x slots, it'd be nice to know whether they auto switch between 8x/8x or if they're fixed at some really stupid 16x/4x like they were on the P5K...

[kiwi]

Originally Posted by BenchZowner

I'd take the P5Q3 Deluxe

Or asus ..... p45 extreme

However, I am more interested in DFI LP/Infinity P45. Should be killer boards if p45 is good

[trans am]

when?

[vengance_01]

Look nice, but unless you are wanting a Crossfire setup, P35 is fine with me. In fact I will keep rocking with my cheap Gigabyte P35 DS3L. I am thinking not alot people will jump to the P45. Also cost? I mean we are looking at X38 prices? Also with Intel's next generation tech comming really soon, I much rather save my money for this. Although this is XS Forums

[Kai Robinson]

Well i'm skipping from the P965 and going straight to the P45...PCIe2.0 is a serious draw for me, as well as ICH10. That and most P35 boards looked really bland

[Polizei]

Some reason the Pro doesn't have the second heatsink on the MOSFET's above the socket?

Finally an Asus product I might like.

[Kasparz]

Originally Posted by Polizei

Some reason the Pro doesn't have the second heatsink on the MOSFET's above the socket?

Same as P5K PRO versus P5K/EPU.

[71 (Bryan)]

the p5q-e looks nice
i want mine in m-atx pls

[003]

I'm still confused, P45 is supposed to be the consumer chipset, and X48 is the highend. But is P45 supposed to be better than x48?

[initialised]

Originally Posted by TEDY

p5q pro looks fine, but i already have p5k-e.

P5Q-E = P5K-E
P5Q-PRO = P5K-SE
Wonder if the P35 boards will soft mod to P45 like P5E/Maximus - Ramgage.

In my country a P45 is what you get when you leave a job, I'm guessing these boards are well named.