Asus Deluxe P5Q Deluxe Desktop Motherboard - Intel P45 Chipset - Socket T LGA-775

ASUS P5Q Deluxe

Strengths: Full featured P45 motherboard; tons of SATA ports

Weakness: No reset/power button on back-panel connector; need to download latest BIOS; RAM compatibility issues

I've used ASUS motherboards, so decided to get the latest and greatest. I've had this for about 2-months now, and have been quite happy. Very solid, once all the latest drivers & BIOS are downloaded and installed. Don't bother with the drivers on the CD, go directly to the ASUS or Intel site. I wish the SATA ports were aligned a bit better, as they are hard to get to once a large video card is...
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I've used ASUS motherboards, so decided to get the latest and greatest. I've had this for about 2-months now, and have been quite happy. Very solid, once all the latest drivers & BIOS are downloaded and installed. Don't bother with the drivers on the CD, go directly to the ASUS or Intel site. I wish the SATA ports were aligned a bit better, as they are hard to get to once a large video card is installed. The horizontal SATA connectors are especially difficult if your PC case is not overly deep (I have an Antec P180, and the hard-drive cage gets in the way). My only bringup issue was that I had a ton of compatibility with OCZ DDR2 RAM. Both they 800MH and 1066MHz RAM should have worked, but it didn't! It would be stable for memtest86, but would have issues when waking from sleep. Royal pain in the butt to debug!

By SDTechDeals - Oct 13, 2008

Asus P5Q-Deluxe is a solid A+

Strengths: Fast P45 performance, exceptional stability and voltage control.

Weakness: Price

I've been running Intel Core2Quad Q9450 on this Asus P5Q-Deluxe motherboard for about 2 months. I've overclocked the P45 FSB up to 450mhz and the board has performed supremely well. There's minor vCore drop which is as expected, but Asus provided a Load Line Calibration that mostly eliminates the vCore problem. The 16phase power is working out very well, and keeps my system ultra stable. I have...
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I've been running Intel Core2Quad Q9450 on this Asus P5Q-Deluxe motherboard for about 2 months. I've overclocked the P45 FSB up to 450mhz and the board has performed supremely well. There's minor vCore drop which is as expected, but Asus provided a Load Line Calibration that mostly eliminates the vCore problem. The 16phase power is working out very well, and keeps my system ultra stable. I have not had any system related instability on this computer.

I would definitely buy again, but the price is somewhat higher than other boards. If I had a budget constraint, I'd have gone for something in the Asus P5Q lineup that cost less, such as P5Q-E.

By newtech1 - Sep 27, 2008

ASUS P5Q Deluxe: Excellent Motherboard at a Great Price

Strengths: Amazing BIOS. Gives enthusiast options to mainstream. Great overclocking capabilities Good with 45nm Quad Core Excellent power consumption

Weakness: One blocked SATA with large graphics cards (but really not a big deal) ExpressGate is kind of worthless

I have had this motherboard since two weeks after it was released. It continues to get better and better with each BIOS revision. I would highly recommend this to people who are hobbiest overclockers or people looking for the best bang for your buck. The board layout is great, clearance around the CPU for large aftermarket coolers is good, and chipset cooling is decent as well. Crossfire works...
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I have had this motherboard since two weeks after it was released. It continues to get better and better with each BIOS revision. I would highly recommend this to people who are hobbiest overclockers or people looking for the best bang for your buck.

The board layout is great, clearance around the CPU for large aftermarket coolers is good, and chipset cooling is decent as well. Crossfire works well, and the capabilities of this board are worth far more than the cost of this motherboard.

If you don't go with this motherboard, seriously consider the Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5.

By McNutty - Aug 29, 2008

Excellent motherboard

Strengths: 1. The ports are all conveniently located that makes setup a breeze. 2. Comes with a set of nice software that monitors fan speed, CPU usage etc. 3. Also comes with an easy overclock software.

Weakness: Does not support SLI. However, supports ATI crossfire.

Overall a nice motherboard. You may have to shop around between a few web retailers to get the best price. The copper heatspreaders look cool on the board (Asus calls that fanless cooling).

By pradyot_nandi - Aug 1, 2008

P5Q Deluxe Motherboard

Strengths: First rate for Home Theater

Weakness: None

P5Q Deluxe Motherboard I tried to stay away from the Asus board after reading the nightmares that most reviewers had noting compatibility and bios nightmares. As an average to advanced user, I figured it was time to tackle a new HTPC and this board came up repeatedly. I had read that the Intel chipset was far superior than the Nvidia (650, 680, 780 or 790) in that regard and also narrowed my...
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P5Q Deluxe Motherboard
I tried to stay away from the Asus board after reading the nightmares that most reviewers had noting compatibility and bios nightmares. As an average to advanced user, I figured it was time to tackle a new HTPC and this board came up repeatedly.
I had read that the Intel chipset was far superior than the Nvidia (650, 680, 780 or 790) in that regard and also narrowed my decision. I chose the P45 over the P35 for newer driver reasons, but also because the P5Q supported DDR2 1200.
My first impressions: I was pleasantly surprised by the new Asus when I opened the attractive packaging. It’s sad that you never see these boxes in a retail store because Asus spends some decent money on marketing material.
Secondly the board was pleasing to the eye with gold and blue highlights – although never to be seen in the HTPC case.
Asus makes what is called a Q-connector for attaching your chassis wires with ease. This should be sold to everyone who wants one! I cant say enough good about this little gem.
SATA cables had right angle connectors and fit snugly. Makes wire management tidy.
Second impressions:
Board layout great, installed well, booted with no error after manually adjusting all BIOS settings.

By glanglitz - Aug 5, 2008