Product Details
Description:
P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Desktop Board utilizes specially-designed technologies that provides overclocking up to 100% faster speeds in water-cooled systems; and stays 40°C (72 °F) lower than other thermal solutions. The P5K Premium also comes equipped with built-in native DDR2 1066 memory support that can be overclocked to DDR2 1400. Additionally, it is able to provide users with stable CPU power and 30% reduced power ripples during heavy loading; while signal delivery is enhanced with low cross-talk for even faster speeds. Furthermore, it provides cooler operations, enhanced 8-channel HD Audio with built-in AI Audio 2 and a host of innovative tools and features.
Quick Glance
Supported Processor: Celeron, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Pentium 4, Pentium D, Pentium Extreme Edition, Core 2 Quad
Interface Connection: Audio Line In Yes, Audio Line Out Yes, Microphone Port Yes, S/PDIF Yes, Network (RJ-45) Yes
System Board Style: ATX
# of Memory Slots: 4
Processor Socket: Socket T LGA-775
System Chipset: Intel P35 Express
Memory Technology: DDR2 SDRAM
Multi GPU Support: ATI CrossFire
# of PCI-e x16 Slots: 2
Summary
Product Title: Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP Desktop Motherboard - Intel P35 Chipset - Socket T LGA-775
Manufacturer: Asus
Power Score: 4.3 | 3 Reviews
Product Reviews (3)
Board does have RAID issues with certain drives
Strengths: Has a lot of features and overclocking is very easy and runs ok if not too aggresive.
Weakness: The RAID issues with certain disk drives
Western Digital drives would crash the system when connected to the SATA ports and in a RAID setup. The system would crash when trying to access the disk drives. Many users posting this issue on ASUS forums. When the WD drives were replaced with Seagate drives all the issues went away. If you are going to use this board do not use the WD drives. Do research on ASUS forums to see issues with this...
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By vegasvic; - Sep 19, 2007
it's a CrossFire Motherbord
Strengths: Overclocking
Weakness: RAID proplem with WD
This motherbord can't support SLI product it's support CrossFire products ( Keep in your main before buying it ) meanwhil it is very good motherbord for overclocking experts and support 45n CPU
By darkmasterpce - Oct 14, 2007
Asus P5K Premium / WiFi-AP Black Pearl Special Edition
TestSeek.com has collected 4 expert reviews for Asus P5K Premium / WiFi-AP Black Pearl Special Edition and the average expert rating is 95 of 100. The average score reflects the expert community’s view on this product. Click below and use TestSeek.com to find all ratings, product awards and conclusions.
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By testseek.com - Oct 30, 2008

