ASUS P5K Deluxe/WiFi-AP Intel Duo Mother Board Motherboard Reviews

This motherboard has all the features of many other motherboards, but with the addition of built in wireless. Its equipped with some of the latest technology, which makes it a winner all round.

The motherboard has support for 45nm Intel CPUs, so it can run the latest generation of processors from Intel. This includes Dual and Quad Core.

It also has support for up to 8GB DDR2 Memory, which goes right up to 1066MHz. Although this might not be the latest in memory technology, it proves a very good speed-to-price ratio.

The motherboard also has dual heatpipe technology, which keeps all the important parts cool under load. It also increases the surface area of the each component, and takes the heat to the heatsinks around the board.

It has support for ATI Crossfire, as well as 6 SATA II drives. It also has built in RAID, so you can map all the drives together into one big storage area.

But the best thing about the board, is the overclocking options it provides. This has to be one of the best boards Ive ever used to overclock a computer. The voltages go up in the smallest possible steps, the FSB can be altered in steps of 1MHz, and there are dividers and CAS timmings for the memory. There is also an option to save working settings to the CMOS, so you can easily revert should you go too far. Thats just the major functions of the board and BIOS, there are loads more I could go into.

Overall, this board is excellent for everyone, but especially if you need the wireless (54g/b). This means you dont have to buy another card, it is all ready to go, out of the box.

The ONLY downside I can think of, is the battery is hidden should you install a graphics card with a dual slot cooler. It means to reset the BIOS, you have to take the graphics card out, although you shouldnt be doing that too often.