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Introduction
Conroe has been seeing very solid success since its introduction this summer with many enthusiasts flocking to the new architecture. ASUS have been quite quick to the draw at the high end getting their P5W DH Deluxe to market with decent speed in regards to availability of the new Core 2 chips late this summer. The P5W DH is the highest end Core 2 board to ship from the heavyweight Tier 1 and is centered around the proven 975X chipset.
ASUS have packed in an incredible amount on this board and are targetting it directly at the gamer who wants absolutely everything bundled into what we presume will be a solidly overclocking motherboard. We'll be taking a look at the tried and true 975X chipset and what to expect from it compared to the P965 northbridge we saw on our Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 board on the next page.
ASUS have packed a massive number of features into the P5W-DH so keep reading to take a look at what ASUS have managed!
Here's the basic spec sheet giving the full run down of the details.
Conroe has been seeing very solid success since its introduction this summer with many enthusiasts flocking to the new architecture. ASUS have been quite quick to the draw at the high end getting their P5W DH Deluxe to market with decent speed in regards to availability of the new Core 2 chips late this summer. The P5W DH is the highest end Core 2 board to ship from the heavyweight Tier 1 and is centered around the proven 975X chipset.
ASUS have packed in an incredible amount on this board and are targetting it directly at the gamer who wants absolutely everything bundled into what we presume will be a solidly overclocking motherboard. We'll be taking a look at the tried and true 975X chipset and what to expect from it compared to the P965 northbridge we saw on our Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 board on the next page.
ASUS have packed a massive number of features into the P5W-DH so keep reading to take a look at what ASUS have managed!
Here's the basic spec sheet giving the full run down of the details.
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CPU
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LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium 4/Celeron CPU
Support Inte Pentium® Processor Extreme Edition & Intel Pentium® D Processor Support Intel 65nm, Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Extreme Support Intel next generation Mulit-Core CPU Compatible with Intel 05B/ 05A and 04B/04A processors Intel EM64T and Hyper-Threading Technology ready |
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Chipset
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Intel 975X
Intel ICH7R |
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Front Side Bus
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1066/ 800 MHz
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Memory
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Dual channel memory architecture
4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. 8GB DDR2 800/ 667/ 533 ECC and non-ECC memory Intel MPT (Intel Memory Pipeline Technology) ASUS Hyper Path3 |
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Expansion Slots
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2 x PCI Express x 16 slot for discrete graphics card
2 x PCI Express x 1 3 x PCI |
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CrossFire
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Support ATI CrossFire graphics cards (both @ x8 mode)
ASUS two-slot thermal design ASUS PEG Link |
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Advanced Thermal Design
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ASUS 8-Phase Power Design
ASUS Stack Cool2 ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe Thermal solution |
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Storage/RAID
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Intel ICH7R South Bridge:
*1 x UltraDMA 100/66/33 *3 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0, 1, 5 support Jmicron JMB363 controller *1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 *1 x External Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s (ASUS SATA-on-the-Go) and 1 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with RAID 0, 1, JBOD support Silicon Image 4723 Hardware RAID controller (ASUS EZ-Backup) *2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s with RAID 0, 1 support *Support RAID 10 cross Intel® ICH7R and Silicon Image 4723 controller |
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LAN
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Dual Gigabit LAN controllers
*2 x Marvell 88E8053 Gigabit LAN Controller, both featuring AI NET2 Wireless LAN: 54Mbps IEEE 802.11g (ASUS WiFi-AP Solo™) |
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Audio
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Realtek ALC882M High Definition Audio 8-channel CODEC
Support Multi-streaming, Jack-sensing and Jack-retasking functions Anti Pop Function Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port Features Dolby Master Studio technology - Dolby Prologic IIX - Dolby Headphone - Dolby Virtual Speaker - Dolby Digital Live |
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IEEE 1394a
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TI 1394 controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
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USB
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Max. 8 USB2.0/1.1 ports
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ASUS Digital Home Accessories
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1 x Asus DH Remote™
1 x ASUS DH Remote™ Receiver 1 x ASUS MP3-In™ module 1 x ASUS WiFi-AP Solo Antenna 2 x ASUS EZ-Backup™ SATA cables |
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ASUS AI Lifestyle Features
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Stack Cool 2 patented fanless cooling system
"SATA on the Go" External SATA connector AI Quiet |
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Overclocking Features
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AI NOS™ (Non-delay Overclocking System)
ASUS PEG Link Precision Tweaker: - vDIMM: 12-step DRAM voltage control - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125 increment - SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 400MHz at 1MHz increment - PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from 90MHz up to 150MHz at 1MHz increment" AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner) Adjustable FSB/DDR ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies. ASUS AI Booster utility ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) |
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Other ASUS Special Features
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CrashFree BIOS 3
EZ-Flash2 Q-Fan2 Multi-language BIOS MyLogo2 |
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BIOS
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8 Mb Flash ROM,AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3
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Manageability
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WOL by PME, WOR by PME, Chassis Intrusion, PXE & RPL
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Back Panel I/O Ports
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1 x Serial Port
1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x PS/2 Mouse 2 x RJ45 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 1 x IEEE1394a 1 x External SATA port 1 x WiFi-AP Solo™ antenna jack 8-Channel Audio I/O |
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Internal I/O Connectors
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2 x USB 2.0 connectors supports additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
1 x IEEE1394a connector CPU / 2 x Chassis(system) / 2 x Power Fan connectors Front panel Audio connector ASUS EZ-Backup jumpers Chassis Intrusion connector CD audio-in connector MP3-In connector (Red) SPDIF out connector System panel connector Azalia Digital Header 24-pin ATX Power connector 4-pin EATX12V Power connector |
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Support CD
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Drivers
Make RAID driver Disk for Intel ICH7R and JMB 363 ASUS DH Remote Application ASUS WiFi-AP Solo™ Wizard ASUS PC Probe 2 ASUS LiveUpdate Utility InterVideo® Media Launcher (OEM version) Anti-virus software (OEM version) |
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ASUS Digital Home Features
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ASUS EZ-Backup™
- 2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s support hardware RAID 0 or RAID 1 mode - Plug and play: Default setting in RAID 1 mode, no driver, no BIOS configuration required ASUS WiFi-AP Solo 54 Mbps IEEE 802.11g and backwards compatible with 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11b - Software Access point mode - Station mode : Infrastruceure mode and Ad-Hoc mode Asus DH Remote™ - Power - Quick Power - Noise Off - EZ WiFi - Full Screen - AP Launch - Media Control Zone ASUS MP3-In™ |
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Accessories
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1 x ASUS Q-Connector set (USB, 1394, system panel; Retail version only)
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Form Factor
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ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)
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