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MSI is the official motherboard sponsor for Overdrive, providing
Nehalem and P45 platforms for the Championship. -
HyperX DDR3 modules are specifically engineered and designed to meet the rigorous
requirements of PC enthusiasts.HyperX modules rated at DDR3-2000+are used in the
Overdrive Championship -
Samsung Hard Drives and Optical Drives - The Center of Innovation
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1,000 W modular 80plus high-efficiency EVEREST 1010 power supplies used for
the Overdrive Championship. -
Logitech's G11 gaming keyboard offers illuminated keys and 18 configurable
multi-purpose keys plus a USB hub. The G5 Laser Mouse allows adjustable
weight and up to 2000 dpi sensitivity for maximum precision.
- Looking ahead to Intel's 925XE chipset and FSB1066
- Intel's 865/875 Superior Performance Song Remains the Same
- Intel Stakes Its Vision of the PC Future with 775 Launch
- ASUS P4R800V Deluxe
- NVIDIA's nForce2 Ultra Boosts AthlonXP's Chipset Power Base
- Six Dual Xeon Motherboards on the Cheap
- Two Xeon CPUs Are Better Than One Intel P4 Extreme Platform
- VIA's K8T800 Pro Bumps up HyperTransport Speed, But Lacks Punch
- ATI's Radeon 9100 Pro IGP Takes Aim at Intel's Chipset Launch
- Gigabit Ethernet: On-Board Chips Reviewed
- Yes AMD
- Best Core 2 duo motherboards before 07'
- Comparison of Intel Chipset 975x & 965 w/ Duo 2 Core
- Cant OC past 2.2 with 3800 AM2
- a quick question
- Digitimes: "nVidia to Quit Chipset Business" Rumor or?
- Drop the prices already!
- AMD 7 series motherboards...
- Phenom support for AM2 mobos - I think not!
- no phenom support for existing AM2 mobo?
Source: Tom's Hardware US – Keywords: mobo, makers, intel
Topics: AMD/ATI, Overclocking
Syndication:
Asus P5AD2 Premium
BIOS: 1005 Beta 002 (07/13/2004)
The BIOS version supplied with the board caused us some problems: with some GeForce 6800 models, Windows absolutely refused to start in the case of the P5AD2. Moreover we repeatedly experienced the effect that the RAID-BIOS lost the array settings. In addition, the board already cut out unexpectedly when the CPU case temperature reached a tame 66°C.
These teething problems were remedied all by the first update version, which was replaced by a second, faster variant shortly afterwards. With the third update the FSB overclocking reached up to 283 MHz and with the fourth version (1005 Beta 002) Asus also wanted to rectify the problem with premature cutouts. This was sorted out by changing the display by +10°C. The only remaining problem is the problem with crashing when carrying out a DOS boot with an LS120 disk drive.
The special features of the Asus board include an 8-Mbit BIOS and an integrated WLAN module (802.11b/g). An ITE chip offers two additional UltraATA channels and, thanks to the Silicon Image controller, there are 8 SATA ports in total. Asus also offers Firewire ports according to the a and b standards (400/800 MBit/s) and Dual PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet ports. All 775 boards also offer the possibility of operating the DDR2 memory asynchronously with 300 MHz (DDR2-600) - a unique feature at present.
Asus places an additional PCB layer on the underside of the board. This feature called "Stack Cool" is intended to distribute the dissipated heat of the voltage regulators evenly and thus improve the stability and life span of the components. While we can confirm that this measure has a slight temperature-lowering effect, the heat sink placed on the voltage regulators appears to be less beneficial, as the remaining voltage stabilizers are uniformly subjected to high loads and are not cooled.


The back panel is well equipped.

Asus a two-chip Firewire 1394 solution.
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