Customer Reviews

ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This is one very well laid out motherboard. The instruction book is perfectly clear. Virtually step by step instructions for assembly.

First power up everything worked perfectly.

I had a series of BSOD early on, and can attribute them to the Asus green utility. This software, on the fly, over and underclocks your computer. Something about my set up just didn't like that kind of monkey business. Once removed, the board has been rock solid.

My set up:
OCZ DDR2 1066 4Gb memory
Core 2 Quad Q9550, with stock fan
Antec P182 case
Antec 500W power supply
BFG 8800GT OC
2 Samsung SATA DVD burners
and a boat load of hard drives

One of the better parts of this motherboard - there are tons of USB connectors and SATA connectors. Sadly there's only 1 1594 port. The eSATA ports are on a supplied bulkhead (so you lose 2 SATA ports on the motherboard).

The Raid controller works fantastic.

I'd buy Asus again in a heartbeat.

I've had this board for about 3 months now and have had no issues with it. I did not have any of the problems that the other reviewer had when I set up my rig. Perhaps I was a bit luckier in picking out parts for my system, but everything worked out well for me.

Overall, it's a great, stable board with plenty of SATA connectors for extra drives. My only complaint is a minor one: I thought the BIOS layout was a little confusing.

My system as of December 2008:
Intel e8400 3GHz@3.6GHz
Arctic Freezer 7 Pro
Enermax Liberty 500W PSU
OCZ Reaper 2GB DDR2 1066 5-5-5-12@2.1V
Western Digital 500GB
2 x Western Digital 250GB
Lite-On DVD-RW drive
eVGA 8800 GTS 320MB
onboard sound
onboard ethernet

Asus makes good motherboards. I was able to overclock my x3350 (similar to q9450) quad core from 2.66 ghz to 3.44 ghz with no problem. With some research I was able to tweak some settings for better performance and less heat.

FYI, if you are running stock speed, set the voltages to one step above the minimum. I have read that Asus boards tend to put a bit more voltage at auto and first settings for some weird reason. That is why I removed a star, because the first step voltage settings are misleading and the auto settings put too much voltage (heat) IMO.

I've had this board for a while. It does overclock and is fairly simple to understand the BIOS. Plenty of BIOS settings, OC profiles but I don't recommend using the EPU or any other software provided with the board. PC froze every time right after an adjustment. Why do that anyway when you can just tweak the BIOS? If your a power PC user, learn the BIOS. Just a little, that's all. Recently installed 8GB Kingston HypeprX DDR2 1066, however, the RAM didn't drop right in for the JDEC standard for the RAM is 800 @ 5-5-5-18. Manually adjusting for the stated rate of 1066 @ 5-5-5-15 was simple. My current config is this board, Win7 64 bit, 8GB HyperX RAM, C2Q 9300, Nvidia GTS 250, a generic TV tuner card, 600W OCZ ModX Stream pro (which I'll never buy any other OCZ products again after crappy RAM that would overclock and crappy support.)

I'm amazed about all the features and security options this motherboard includes. The heat and voltage control is awasome.

ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard (Purchased on 05/09/2009) by Asus.
This motherboard came shipped well and works great i'm very pleased with the purchase.

Set up was a snap. Ran into no issues. I've always been satisfied with asus motherboards.

I used this motherboard to build a newer ,faster computer. I wanted a computer dedicated to LINUX. Well the ASUS P5Q worked just fine, but the install disk, provided by ASUS is only good for Windows. You can't run it under LINUX. I need to get on the net to get updates, not there yet. I gave it a 4 star rating only because ASUS disk was no help to me, but LINUX did not need it to get the system up and running.

I bought this board upon the past personal history with other Asus boards. Getting to this board, it will not recognize my ram, nor my two DVD (ROM) R/W drives. I have bought a new DVD burner and will have to let you know if that did the trick. As for the Ram, new ram solved the problem my old Ram was 533 and the new ram is 1066. The Asus P5Q liked it. I have now installed the new burner and the Q6600 is flying and the P5Q is humming...dc