ASUS P5Q Pro

ASUS P5Q Pro

Jayesh Limaye, Oct 02, 2008 1300 hrs IST

This board looks good, saves energy, but what about performance? Read on to find out.

Good overall performance, Excellent layout, Reasonable price, Express Gate, CrossFireX, eSATA.

Slower memory performance, No switches on motherboard.

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It seems that there is a great crop of P45-based motherboards and everything is coming Techtree's way. Manufacturers try to make their motherboards attractive by throwing in exotic features and a plethora of bundled accessories. The ASUS P5Q Pro is one such motherboard that has come to our Test Labs.

Based on the Intel P45 Northbridge and ICH0R Southbridge, this one has features that make it stand out in the crowd. A part of the Climate Savers series, this board features two PCIe slots that lets you maximize the graphics performance by installing two high-end graphics cards in a CrossFireX configuration.


Also on the P5Q is the Express Gate - a tiny embedded Linux distro that lets you surf on the net without booting into the OS installed on the hard drive. It also features the EPU 6 engine that boasts of enormous energy savings and a true 8-phase power design. These features look great and we are eager to test how good this motherboard really is.



The box looks quite attractive with a lustrous blue color. The features of this motherboard are advertised on the box, as you can see above.

Bundle



4 SATA cables

80-pin IDE cable

Floppy cable

4-pin MOLEX to SATA power adapter

eSATA + FireWire B type bracket

Q-Connectors

Q-Shield

Case sticker

User Guide

Quick Start Guide

Driver/Utility Disc

ASUS has included a Q-Shield I/O shield, which has foam on one side, making it better to handle and fit more snugly. There are no more sharp edges and you need not be afraid of fingers getting cut anymore. The right-angled connectors let you easily connect to SATA ports placed at difficult angles.

eSATA bracket is definitely a good option especially since the rear panel does not have this port, but we would have liked to see ASUS provide the cable to connect such devices as well.

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by bhavindave, Ahmedabad, on Oct 14, 2008 02:10 PM, Report abuse   Reply

The box looks quite attractive with a lustrous blue color. The features of this motherboard are advertised on the box, as you can see above. :D :D

by Rohit, Kolkata, on Oct 06, 2008 06:50 PM, Report abuse   Reply

Jagah Bharo Aandolan! ******* what i have to do with the colour of the box. Useless!!

by Smasher!, Indore, on Oct 06, 2008 06:58 PM, Report abuse

This seems to be the new Kohinoor (the Diamond yaar)

by Avinash, Ajmer, on Oct 04, 2008 12:10 PM, Report abuse   Reply

I am fan of ASUS for its ruggedness. My current ASUS survived lots of short circuit, power faults etc. My Q is - Gigabyte or ASUS, as GB is shown better? When is review of P5K coming which supports DDR3 RAM. Is it worth of extra price if MOBO has DDR3 suuprt?

by Shreshtha, Delhi, on Oct 03, 2008 09:38 AM, Report abuse   Reply

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