ASUS P5K series motherboards
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Date: 20.08.2007
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ASUS P5K Premium
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| Chipset |
Intel P35 |
| CPU |
LGA775 Pentium 4 FSB 1066/800/533 MHz
Celeron Prescott FSB 533 MHz
Dual-Core Pentium4
Yorkfield, Wolfdale FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz
Quad-Core Kentsfield, Dual-Core Conroe/Allendale
HyperThreading |
| Memory |
DDR2 533/667/800/889/1066 |
| HDD |
1x UltraDMA/133
8x SerialATA(2xRAID)
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| Additional |
2 IEEE-1394a
Audio Intel HDA
10 USB 2.0
2x Gigabit Ethernet
WiFi-g |
| Price: |
$280-290 (Price.ru) |
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ASUS P5K-E
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| Chipset |
Intel P35 |
| CPU |
LGA775 Pentium 4 FSB 1066/800/533 MHz
Celeron Prescott FSB 533 MHz
Dual-Core Pentium4
Yorkfield, Wolfdale FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz
Quad-Core Kentsfield, Dual-Core Conroe/Allendale
HyperThreading |
| Memory |
DDR2 533/667/800/889/1066 |
| HDD |
1x UltraDMA/133
8x SerialATA(2xRAID)
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| Additional |
2 IEEE-1394a
Audio Intel HDA
10 USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet
WiFi-g |
| Price: |
$200-225 (Price.ru) |
Release of a number of motherboards on the same PCB design is now quite an everyday thing. Therefore, motherboard manufacturers are covering several user categories at a time thus saving their engineering resources. But sometimes it happens that manufacturers excited by their "game" release a "redundant" model. A typical example is ASUS P5N32-E SLI PLUS based on nVidia 650i SLI + nForce 570 SLI. This motherboard is based on the same PCB design as Striker and P5N32-E SLI. All is simple with these two: Striker is aimed at those well-off, who like buttons and modding stuff. The other one (P5N32-E SLI) is aimed at sensible users; it offers the same functionality as the Striker model. Absolutely the same feature-set is offered by P5N32-E SLI PLUS, and it costs as much as P5N32-E SLI. What's the sense?
With new high-end motherboards based on Intel P35, ASUS did in a similar way. The three boards are based on the same PCB design, offer very similar specifications but strongly differ in prices:
- ASUS P5K Premium $280-290
- ASUS P5K Deluxe $250-270
- ASUS P5K-E $200-225
We have already reviewed the Deluxe version, and today we are testing the two remaining boards.
Specifications
ASUS P5K Premium
ASUS P5K Deluxe
ASUS P5K-E
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ASUS P5K Premium |
ASUS P5K-E |
| CPU |
- Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott (2M) / Gallatin/CedarMill) with the bus speeds 1066/800/533 MHz;
- Dual-core Intel Pentium D / EE (Smithfield/Presler) with the bus speeds 800/1066 MHz;
- Intel Celeron-D (Prescott) with the bus speed 533 MHz;
- Support for Intel Core 2 Duo (Kentsfield (4 cores), Conroe/Allendale (2 cores)) with the bus speed 1066 MHz;
- Support for Intel Yorkfield, Wolfdale with the bus speeds 1333/1066/800 MHz;
- Socket LGA775;
- Support for HyperThreading processors;
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| Chipset |
- North bridge Intel P35 (MCH);
- South bridge Intel ICH9R;
- Interbridge communication: DMI;
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| System memory |
- Four 240-pin slots for DDR2 SDRAM DIMM;
- Maximum memory capacity 8 GB;
- Supported memory DDR2 533/667/800/889/1066;
- Dual-channel memory access;
- Power indicator;
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| Graphics |
- Two PCI Express x16 slots; |
| Expansion options |
- Three 32-bit PCI Bus Master slots;
- Two PCI Express x1 slots;
- Ten USB 2.0 ports ( 6 integrated + 4 additional);
- Two IEEE1394 ports (Firewire; 1 integrated + 1 additional);
- Integrated High Definition Audio 7.1;
- Two Gigabit Ethernet LAN controllers;
- WiFi (802.11g) controller;
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- Three 32-bit PCI Bus Master slots;
- Two PCI Express x1 slots;
- Ten USB 2.0 ports ( 6 integrated + 4 additional);
- Two IEEE1394 ports (Firewire; 1 integrated + 1 additional);
- Integrated High Definition Audio 7.1;
- One Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller;
- WiFi (802.11g) controller;
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| Overclocking options |
- FSB adjustable within 200 to 800 MHz in 1 MHz increments, adjustable multiplier;
- Adjustable voltage on the CPU, memory, FSB, and the chipset (MCH+ICH);
- ASUS NOS ( Non-Delay Overclocking System );
- ASUS AiBooster;
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| Disk subsystem |
- 1 UltraDMA133/100/66/33 Bus Master IDE link (JMB363; with support for up to 2 ATAPI devices);
- Support for SerialATA II (6 links - ICH9R, with support for RAID);
- Support for SerialATA II (2 links - JMB363, with support for RAID 0,1, JBOD) ;
- Support for LS-120 / ZIP / ATAPI CD-ROM;
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| BIOS |
- 16 Mbit Flash ROM;
- AMI BIOS with support for Enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP Features;
- ASUS EZ Flash 2;
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3;
- ASUS MyLogo 3;
- Multi-languages BIOS;
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| Miscellaneous |
- One port for FDD, one serialport, a port for PS/2 keyboard;
- Onboard power indicator;
- STR (Suspend to RAM);
- SPDIF Out;
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| Power management |
- Wake-up on modem, mouse, keyboard, LAN, timer, and USB;
- Main 24-pin ATX power connector;
- Additional 8-pin power connector;
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| Monitoring |
- Monitoring the temperatures of the CPU, system, voltages, rotational speeds of the five fans;
- ASUS Q-Fan 2;
- ASUS AI Gear 2, AI Nap;
- ASUS PC Probe II;
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| Dimensions |
- ATX form factor, 245mm x 305mm (9.63" x 12"); |
Retail boxes
Package bundle
Despite the $60-80 difference in the retail price of both products, the difference in the package bundles are minimum.
- Motherboard;
- User's Manual in English;
- User's guide on ASUS WiFi Solo;
- 1x software, drivers & third-party software DVD;
- One ATA-133 cable, one FDD cable;
- 6x SerialATA cables + a power supply adapter (2 connectors);
- A bracket for 2 additional USB 2.0 and one Firewire ports;
- WiFi aerial;
- 1x ASUS corporate logo sticker;
- Kit of additional connectors;
- 1x cap for the rear panel of the housing;
- Two additional fans .
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- Motherboard;
- User's Manual in English;
- User's guide on ASUS WiFi Solo;
- 1x software & drivers CD;
- 1x additional software CD;
- One ATA-133 cable, one FDD cable;
- 2x SerialATA cables + a power supply adapter (2 connectors);
- WiFi aerial;
- 1x ASUS corporate logo sticker;
- Kit of additional connectors;
- A cap to the rear panel of the case.
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In particular, the Premium model offers 4 SerialATA cables as more.
As regards the user's manual, WiFi setup guide, and the drivers & utilities CD, it's all parity at that.
The only difference is: the third-party software to ASUS P5K-E is written on a separate ?D. This CD contains Norton Internet Security 2007 suite, DVDCopy5, and Corel Snapfire Plus SE 1.2.
P5K Premium offers a much wider kit of third-party software: Norton Internet Security 2007 suite, InterVideo WinDVD 8 Trial, DVDCopy5, MediaOne Gallery, Ulead PhotoImpact, CyberLink PowerBackup 2, and Corel Snapfire Plus SE 1.2. The software is stored on the same DVD as the drivers and utilities.
We also note that the model comes bundled with two more fans as well as a plate with a Firewire port and two USB ports.
Both the boards offer special connectors (Quick Connection Kit) to which all the cables from the housing can be plugged in (the "Power", "Reset" buttons, a cable from the "HDD" indicator, etc.), and then plug them in to the board with a single motion.
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