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The newest Express chipsets to found on the shelves holding the gaze of the consumer are the G33 and P35 paired up with the ICH9,DH,R chipset. The official top secret code name assigned by Intel to the chipsets is "Bear Lake". A few of those include full 1333MHz processor and DDR3 support which has already made some huge waves among overclockers. Other features the new chipset supports are Intel ViiV Processor technology support for digital home entertainment, Rapid Recover Technology, Turbo memory for improving boot times, Quiet System and Matrix Storage Technologies via the Intel I/O Controller Hub.
Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi-AP motherboard presentation is what you would expect in terms of what Asus wants you to understand about what your are buying. The first thing you notice about the board is all of the copper which makes up
the Asus Stack Cool 2. What you really see is a copper heat pipe cooled network of sorts placed over the most important components that always get the hottest during any type of operations especially when overclocked. This includes the PWM components and chipsets with the Northbridge getting the largest between the two. The small heat pipe network spans completely around the CPU socket allowing enough room to install your own large CPU cooler.
There is a great deal of thought put in to the P35 based motherboards.
Asus had put serious effort in to planning and designing the layout. Take a look, the largest connection ports are at the very edge of
Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi-AP motherboard which is just about the safest place possible. Everything else is either low profile such as the solid state capacitors and peripheral sockets whether PCI or storage based. Interestingly, the entire this Intel motherboard's profile isn't any taller than the heat pipes, RAM modules, or I/O ports on the back of the motherboard. You can have up to 8GB of DDR3 of any frequency. Of course, the best DDR3 will naturally operate better under any serious overclocking. The P5K3 Deluxe WiFi-AP Edition motherboard is one of the most solid motherboard. The bottom line is very simple. This is an extremely solid performer and offers a great deal all around from the BIOS to the design. Everything about the board says performance and stability. Overclockers will definitely enjoy playing around with the motherboard. It affords a nice array of settings, features, and options that are all but guaranteed to show you what it can do. Just make sure your memory, power supply, and CPU cooler are up to the task. The Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi-AP Edition Motherboard is a perfectly balanced enthusiast board for any and every type of desktop user.
Here is some technical data about this Asus motherboard :
- Processor : Intel LGA775 processors (45nm ready -- Wolfdale and Yorkfield)
- Chipset : Intel P35 / ICH9R with Intel Fast Memory Access Technology
- FSB : 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz
- Memory : 4 x DDR3 (800/1066/1333 MHz)
- Multiplier : Auto
- Form Factor : ATX (30.5cm x 24.4cm)
- AGP/PCI/PCIe x16/PCIe x4/PCIe x1 : 0/3/2/0/2
- USB/FireWire/Serial/Paralel : 6(4)/1(1)/0/0
- PATA/SATA : 1/6
- Accessories : UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable, FDD cable, 6 x SATA cables, 1 x 2-port SATA power cable, I/O Shield, User's manual, ASUS WiFi-AP Solo manual, 3 in 1 Q-connector, 1 x 2-port USB2.0 / 1-port IEEE1394 module, Optional Fan for Water-Cooling or Passive-Cooling only, ASUS WiFi-AP Solo omni-directional antenna
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