Disk for the ASUS P5B Deluxe motherboard. The Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe is an ideal solution for assembling high-performance PCs based on the LGA775 socket. List of expansion slots and communication capabilities

Had excellent specifications, supported all advanced processor solutions and allowed the most productive computing systems. It also had an appropriate ($ 200), and she belonged to the premium class of computer components. It is about her that will be discussed in this material.

Equipment

Since it belonged to the decisions of the premium level, this system fee, then the equipment was appropriate. In it, the prudent manufacturer included everything that is possible:

• Deluxe system board.
• Instructions in English.
• 2 disks with drivers, specialized software and electronic documentation.
• Metal plug for back cover Personal computer case.
• 1 to connect hard disk Outdated format and FDD for switching with an internal diskette for a diskette of 3.5 ".
• 6 With which new storage modifications are connected to the motherboard.
• Sticker with a manufacturer's logo.

Processor connector and chipset

ASUS P5B Deluxe underlies. The characteristics of the chipset indicated that this motherboard is based on the chipset 965. And the South developed by Intel. The model of the first one is 82p965. Its main component - controller random access memory. In turn, 80281HR was designated, its task is to ensure interaction with external controllers, which were established in expansion slots.

Additional built-in controllers

An impressive set of additional controllers could boast ASUS P5B Deluxe. The following components of third-party developers were included in this list:

1. 2 network controllers 88E8001 from Marvell. Due to this, this motherboard could well perform the functions of the bridge and combine the two separate sections of the local computer network.
2. The increased quality of the output sound provided the AD1988B controller from the ADI company. Its specifications complied with the requirements of CH7.1.
3. JMicron controller JMB361 provides dynamic control of the speed of rotation of the cooling system of the cooling system itself and the processor device.

Processors

An impressive list of supported CPUs could boast ASUS P5B Deluxe. The processors of the following models could be installed on such a motherboard:

• The niche of the least productive solutions in this case was occupied by Celeron and Celeron-D. The first of them included only one kernel and had a low level of productivity that allowed to solve the most simple tasks. In the second same case, two cores were already on one silicon crystal, and this circumstance allowed such chips to use in the elementary level gaming systems.
• At the step above in the hierarchy there were CPUs of the Pentium 4 and Pentium-D series. As in the previous case, the first processor solution consisted of one computing module, and the second from two. A greater level of speed was provided by a large amount of cache and increased values. clock frequency.
• Premium CPUs in this case were Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad. The first family was equipped with 2 high-performance nuclei, and the second is four.

Operational storage device

As noted earlier, the RAM controller was included in the northern Bridge Set of system logic. It could address up to 8 GB of DDR2 RAM. Recommended frequency values \u200b\u200bof modules - 533, 667 and 800 MHz. It was possible to establish more high-speed strips with frequencies of about 1066 MHz, but this did not give a special increase in speed for the reason that they worked anyway at the maximum possible 800 MHz.

The controller of the operational storage device was two-channel. As a result, 2 modules of 1 GB were preferable in a bundle with it than one on 2 GB. Such an organization of the RAM subsystem allowed to obtain an additional 10-15 percent of performance.

List of expansion slots and communication capabilities

Three types of expansion slots were located on ASUS P5B Deluxe. This list included the following:

• 2 slots for setting the discrete graphics of the PCI-E version 16.0.
• 1 Slot for PCI-E Controller performed 1.0
• 3 PCI slots for outdated controller modifications.

The list of communication connectors and ports included:

• 2 PS / 2 sockets.
• 4 universal USB ports.
• One parallel LPT port.
• 2 RJ-45 network sockets.

Opportunities

The impressive possibilities for increasing productivity were implemented in ASUS P5B Deluxe. The acceleration of processors could be carried out in the following ways:

• Increase frequency system Tire up to 650 MHz. The minimum increment step was 1 MHz.
• An increase in the CPU frequency multiplier.

In addition to this, the ability to regulate voltage on a real-time processor. All this made it possible to maximize the speed of the computing system as quickly as possible.

Brief Installation Instructions

Installation of the system board of this model must be performed as follows:

1. We install fee into the case and fix bolts. In each hole for fastening it is necessary to install a bolt.
2. Install the remaining components of the computer inside the system unit.
3. Connect the front panel to the connectors in the lower right corner of the board.
4. We switch the power supply to all components of the computing system.
5. We connect the motherboard, drives and other PC components.

RESULTS

The premiecable solution of the premium level was the Deluxe motherboard. Its opportunities allowed to create personal Computer any level. But it is preferable to use it as part of high-performance computing systems.

Everyone has long been used to the scheme of the release of the motherboards from ASUS, when several modifications are obtained from one base model - most often Deluxe and Premium are added to the "normal". At the same time, the PCB for boards, as a rule, is used by the same, and the difference is only in completeness of its filling and diversity of the configuration. Even when the board was subjected to some refinement, then visually she remained very similar to the rest of the representatives of the series. But the Motherboard ASUS P5B does not fit into the usual scheme, because With ASUS P5B Deluxe-Wi-Fi, we have previously visited us, she has very little common.

As you can see, motherboards are distinguished not only by the color of the textolite and the completeness of filling the seating chips. Differences everywhere: in power schemes; in the set and number of expansion slots; In the location of chips and connectors ... What is happening there, with a biased approach, they can be considered altogether only as very distant relatives (only through the use of identical chipsets as a basis). Therefore, we will not carry out parallels, and we investigate the ASUS P5B motherboard as an independent product that has a budget coloring of the textolite and not the most democratic price.

Specification ASUS P5B.

Packaging

The motherboard is packed in a cardboard box, in which, in addition to the board, there are IDE and SATA cables with power adapters, plug on the rear case panel, CD with drivers and additional software. All this we will talk below.

Equipment

• Motherboard;
• CD drive with software and drivers;
• One ATA-133 loop, fdd loop;
• Four cables Serial ATA + two power adapters (two connectors on each);
• English manual in English, brief instructions Installation;
• Plug on the rear case panel;
• One ASUS Q-Connector Kit (USB, System Panel; only in the Retail version);
• Sticker with ASUS logo.

Immediately draw attention to the fact that, despite the presence on the COM port on the motherboard, there is no layout of the output of this port on the rear panel. In fairness, we note that the COM ports are currently used very rarely, so we will not consider it as a big minus. By the way, the relative of the hero of today's review P5B Deluxe Wi-Fi itself is no possibility of the conclusion of the COM port at all.

Also, despite the presence of six additional USB ports on the board, the means supplied in the kit can be displayed on the rear panel only two. So, for the output of the COM port and additional USB, you will have to purchase the appropriate accessories separately.

The conclusion can be done in this: the equipment, given the price on a 5-point scale, pulls on 4. At least, the plane of the output of USB ports, which is constantly lacking, would not be superfluous.

Now let's talk about the design of the board. In general, it can be recognized as convenient enough, but there is a couple of nuances that can create certain inconvenience and to which you should pay attention. So, everything is in order.

In total, 4 connections for coolers are placed on the board. The first connector, 4-pin CPU_FAN for the processor cooler, is located above the connectors for RAM modules near the processor connector, but not too close to it (as is done, for example, on the MSI P965 NEO board), so that there are problems with the power cable connection There should not be. Next to it is placed the PWR_FAN connector.

There are also two additional 3-pin CHA_FAN1 and CHA_FAN2 connector for cabinet coolers. They are located in such a way that it is convenient to set one fan on the front of the housing, and one on the back. Power connectors on the board 2: the main 24-pin EATXPWR and an additional 4-pin EATX12V. The system board will require a power supply that corresponds to the ATX 12V 2.0 specification.

Power stabilizer is three-phase - modest. It consists of 9 capacitors with a capacity of 680 μF. Cooling chipset passive, without the use of fans. In the North Bridge Intel P965 there is a sufficiently massive radiator. Traditionally, the south bridge also has a radiator, but smaller.

To the right of the northern bridge there are four 240-pin DIMM connector for DDR2 memory modules. In fact, they are broken into two groups of two connector. Slots of the first group belong to one controller channel, the second slots - to another. It is possible to organize two-channel memory access. To do this, install the memory strips in the slots of the same color.

It is worth noting that the board supports the memory modules of the DDR2 533/667/800. The maximum total RAM is 8 GB.

ASUS P5B is equipped with three standard PCI connectors, three connectors. PCI EXPRESS. X1 and one PCI Express X16 connector.

Pay attention to the upper PCI Express X1 connector. As you can see, there is a radiator of the cooling radiator of the North Bridge next to it so that this connector will be able to establish only a fee relatively small size. Also on the board there is a green LED indicator showing the state of the board.

Universal ports and support for drives

In addition to the standard for Intel ICH8, a controller supporting four SATA II ports is used by an additional JMICRON JMB363 controller. It supports one additional external SATA II port, one External SATA port located on the back of the board panel, as well as one IDE port for connecting two compatible devices. Also using the JMICRON controller, you can organize RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD arrays.

So what do we have? As a result, you can connect 8 to the board. hard disks: 6 Discs Serial ATA II and two with Parallel ATA interface. Now go to USB ports. On the back of the board there are four USB 2.0 ports. In addition, it is possible to connect six more connectors using additional planks. The support of the FireWire interface on the motherboard is missing. If you take into account the cost of the board, the absence of the IEEE 1394 controller can be considered a small minus.

Sound subsystem

Now about the sound system. As a codec, an AD1988A chip is installed, which allows the sound with a 192 kHz discretization frequency and has a 10 DAC and 6 ADC chip. The eight-channel HD AUDIO sound is supported, there is a function of determining the type of connected devices, reassigned functions and technology of multithreaded audio, which allows you to direct various audio streams on different channels. Signal / noise ratio is 105 dB. Also applies noise filter noise reduction technology. This feature recognizes repeating and constant noises in the incoming sound stream and then eliminates them when recording.

Let us dwell on the ports sound card. The P5B motherboard supports the audio output function via an S / PDIF interface, which provides the simplicity of connecting the computer to the home theater with the possibility of connecting to acoustic systems Optical or coaxial cable. Also we see another 6 sound card conclusions. Everything is traditional, a subwoofer is connected to the orange port, black - rear speakers at 4/6 / 8-channel configuration, gray - side speakers in the 8-channel configuration. Pink is traditionally used to connect the microphone, blue is linear entranceWell, and green - for headphones 2/3-channel system, or to connect the front speakers in 4/6 / 8-channel audio systems.

Net

To support network connections, the REALTEK RTL8111B network controller (Gigabit Ethernet) is provided, which is connected via the PCI Express bus, and supports the speed of operation up to 1 Gb / s.

Branded technologies

In order to provide speed with a minimum noise level, technology AI Gear. Allows you to select a profile that adjusts the frequency of the system bus processor and Vcore voltage. This ensures noise reduction and energy consumption. Ai nap Also aims to minimize noise and more economical consumption of electricity. With it, you can instantly translate your computer to power saving mode, without turning off applications ("waiting mode"). Technology Q-FAN 2 Provides regulation of the speed of rotation of the cooler of the processor and the case.

Back panel board

Take a look at the rear panel. Obviously, nothing original manufacturer offers us. As we have already noted, there is no COM port, which is gradually everything is less likely to place in modern boards. Parallel port (LPT), 4 USB ports, RJ-45 connector for network connections, one external SERIAL ATA port, sound card outputs, and, naturally, two PS / 2 ports for mouse and keyboard.

Next to the FDD connector, the Clear CMOS (CLRTC) jumper is installed, with which you can reset the RTC RAM data, returning bIOS settings on standard.

Today's hero of the review has long disappeared from the stores, and it is no longer found on the Internet. If you try, you can, of course, get this motherboard, ASUS P5B Deluxe, from other users. Although there is no point in that particular. Now this model is just an example of how the production of motherboard companies has developed. The novelties have long changed their format, got powerful chipsets and freed from unnecessary connectors on the interface panel.

Pay

Model ASUS P5B Deluxe Features received powerful. In 2006, it was almost the strongest motherboard on the market. Even when the P5K series appeared on the sale on the updated chipset, this "motherboard" was in demand and interesting for buyers. During the release of the new product, the P5B model was a reliable warrant, since he had served faith and truth for half a year.

Besides any new ProductThe series got too highly overestimated. Therefore, users gladly supported production and already supposedly "outdated" motherboard.

Supply

The new ASUS P5B Deluxe board was supplied in standard packaging. It did not have anything special. The whole series was produced precisely in such a box. It was painted in a blue color. There was a lot of information in front. The board model was indicated, supporting major chipsets. Also in several languages \u200b\u200bwas the slogan: "Customize the speed as you want!", That immediately hinted buyers to the accelerated potential of the model.

On the back of the box of information was even more. This indicated the format of chipset, branded technologies, new options, etc. The diagram was also depicted on which it was possible to find the main elements on the product where the cooling system, processor, audio system, power was located.

Technologies

Continuing to consider the box, it was possible to find the main technologies. They will stop more. The manufacturer mentioned the AI \u200b\u200bNOS, which no one would not surprise anyone. Then it was a fairly interesting and very necessary solution for many buyers. The technology allowed to automatically accelerate the board, taking into account the load on the system.

The next AI Gear option represented several profiles to customize the entire system so that adjusting the frequency of the chip, the system bus and voltage was balanced. Thus, the "motherboard" did not create a lot of noise and reduced power consumption.

AI NAP also worked on the noise of the board. Technology allowed to reduce noise and power consumption. Now this feature is not amazing for users. And then everyone could "sleep" his PC without losing data and work processes.

Set

Was in a box for ASUS P5B Deluxe instruction. She was not rich in descriptions and details, but in principle, it allowed to successfully install a "motherboard" in the corps. Those who have not enough for this information could find additional help on the Internet. Also in the box was drivers disk, softwareWindows Vista compatible.

Among other things, it was possible to find loops for the FDD, which nowhere is not used anywhere, Ultradma, 4 pieces of Serial ATA. Equipped with a complete SATA power adapter, panel plug, two bar uSB connectors. Bonus in the box put a branded sticker.

Layout

An appearance of ASUS P5B Deluxe is interesting. Design Overview is interesting, first of all, layout of the element base. It is well done, although in time there were practical complaints. The first thing that rushes into the eye is the unsuccessful placement of PCIE X1. This slot can only be placed in a small board, as the radiator for the northern bridge is nearby.

By the way, both "bridge" obtained aluminum protection, but during acceleration and other powerful loads, radiators did not fully determine. If the PC housing is small, then it is very uncomfortable to get to the port FLOPPY. Therefore, it was often used to use a loop to install the board.

The JMICRON JMB363 controller is responsible for the work of two hard drives in the array. To form them in a bunch, you can also use External SATA, but this, as practice has shown, is very uncomfortable. The above controller does not only correctly organize the work of the railway, but also provides the IDE port, which will no longer meet on the board.

Ports

More than 10 years ago, motherboards had a huge number of slots and connectors, which now you will not meet. Some of them are already superfluous. Lit enough, some - no. One way or another, the board was sufficiently loaded.

In this model, there are three ports for PCI, the same amount for PCIE X1, there is a PCIe X16 connector. The latter uses a video card for ASUS P5B Deluxe. Depending on the modification, there may be 8 or 10 USB connectors on this board. Most often, four of them are displayed on the interface panel.

The COM port was also left in stock. There is a controller for the Internet, which works at a speed of up to 1 Gbit / s. For the sound, the eight-channel code is responsible. The power stabilizer has three channels and is formed on fairly reliable polymeric capacitors. Additional elements of cooling, in addition to field transistors, there is no.

The interface panel acquired two connectors - for the keyboard and mouse format PS / 2. There is a parallel LPT. For audioorts - six places, four USB connector and a place to connect network cable. In addition, there is SATA on-the-go, S / PDIF coaxial and optical.

Four fans are installed on the board. For the processor it is fourkone. The remaining three have three contacts. The connector for the cooler was located, slightly distinguished from the chip, close to the memory slots. The remaining places for connecting fans are convenient for uniform cooling distribution.

By the way, the cooler was also given a special technology, which automatically adjusts the speed of the fan attributive to the processor, and other mechanisms located nearby.

Support

The new model board supported a large number of processors. This could be connected by Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D / EE, Celeron-D and Core 2 Duo. The socket had a LGA775 connector, which also allowed to function Hyperthreading technology. Thus, the core of processors could perform more data streams.

The North Bridge worked with 82p965, and South - 82801HR. There were four ports for memory that supported DDR2 format. The maximum amount of its volume reached 8 GB, which at that time was quite a lot. Memory frequencies could reach 1066 MHz. Access to RAM is two-channel, and on the board there was an additional power indicator.

Control

For ASUS P5B Deluxe, the BIOS update has passed successfully. AMI version has a wide variety of settings and adjustments. In principle, the menu is intuitive, it can be easily understood with the acceleration of the system.

Overclocking leads to the fact that the clock frequency of the chip can be increased to 400 MHz. The working frequency of memory is accelerated from 533 to 1067 MHz, which for 2006 it was a very good indicator. The PCI Express bus is also easy to speed up to 150 MHz.

To work is balanced, you can change the memory power voltage. Thus, to lift it from 1.8 V to 2.45 V. If the user understands that it means, then there is an automatic mode that independently selects the voltage depending on the load on the system.

The same thing happens with the supply voltage of the chip kernel. It increases to 1.7 V. You can also raise the voltage for the northern and southern bridges, FSB and ICH Chipset.

The BIOS menu can be seen for ASUS P5B Deluxe system characteristics in the process. For example, changing the temperature of the motherboard and the processor, the speed of operation of the fans, the supply voltage and its value. There are also included and disconnected the main functions that work with the cooler.

For high-quality overclocking it is best to update bIOS version. For this is special utility From the UPDATE manufacturer.

Modifications

It is worth noting that the ASUS P5B Deluxe model is not the only one in the series. There is also a normal option, which is different from the support of some technologies. There is an improved model. In general, all series of the ruler were popular among buyers. They liked the fact that there is a choice in a different price segment. Someone needed was the usual motherboard, someone, on the contrary, wanted more functional and powerful.

So the ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi appeared. The first most obvious difference from other modifications is the equipment. So, for this model, not only drivers with drivers and software were laid in the box, but also another CD with additional software. There is a wire ATA-133. For Serial ATA - Six cables at once.

Inside there is a planka for FireWire and with two USB 2.0 connectors additionally. As can be seen by the title, inside there should be an antenna for a wireless network, here it is. For her, even separately placed the use management.

In the box is located additional fan, several connectors, plug, sticker and microphone.

Several additional ports appeared on the board. One of the main advantages is the presence of two PCI Express X16, which expands the capabilities of this board and allows you to attach two vidyuhi at once. But it is interesting that if theoretically, this is possible, it practically cannot come true, as the chip itself does not have SLI or CrossFire technologies.

Overclocking

Before you know how much the memory of the memory for ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi, you need to consider food options. It is created here as a scheme for 8 phases. It has only 15 capacitors: some of them received a capacity of 1000 μF, and part 821 of the ICF.

For overclocking, it is always better to use further fan. It is very nice that it is in stock. It allows you to actively cool the northern bridge, as well as the acceleration process itself makes stable and correct.

Since the modifications are slightly different from each other, the BIOS is updated to version 0509 or 0701. The system tire frequency increases to 650 MHz, PCI Express can accelerate to 150 MHz, processor up to 476 MHz. Memory, depending on the options, increases the frequency to 1 GHz.

conclusions

Maternal aSUS board P5B Deluxe was an excellent option at one time. Now it can be found on very ancient PCs, it does not have the necessary connectors for connecting the latter peripheral devicesAlso designed for moderate power consumption. But it would be rather strange if the user would like to "squeeze" from this model with unprecedented performance after 10 years.

Then the "motherboard" was considered an advanced model that had a good configuration and was the leader among those who received the chipset P965. Depending on the modification, the version had a cooling system passive type On 4 or 7 slots for fans.

Supported the "motherboard" a lot of new-fashioned technologies that allowed automatically to adjust the system, overclocking. Also allowed to adjust the speed of the fans. There was support for branded software.

The overclocking potential also turned out to be not bad. The chipset was the only element that limited some frequency indicators. Although even with such a situation, the processor could be accelerated to 476 MHz, and this is an excellent result.

The ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi version has become the most popular. It was stronger than due to a good cooling system, unlike the simplest modification of P5B. She also organized the formation of arrays and had FireWire, the technology that was lacking for the younger fellow.

In ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi everything has become improved. What was missing - added, some elements, on the contrary, removed. By the time the elder version, the BIOS was updated, from which the potential of overclocking was largely depended. Power system has been finalized, temperature monitoring has become more accurate.

Stanislav G. 5 years ago

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Super Mom supports all processors and 4 nuclear extremes, just for each percent on the ASUS website there is your BIOS otherwise glitches will be written below and above that. Swears at percent, it works. Bios, which you need this precise, will be happiness ... And it supports all cool processes 2-4 cores on tires 1066-1333mz ... Look at the asus carefully bios pieces 20 There are all sorts of if no more and you will be happy. I wanted to buy a NAS server for a home cloud so that from the TV, etc. He worked ... and stupidly gathered on this mother so all NAS servers store just rest. So .... if the hands are straight, then everything will work out. I removed everything cooling left one on you blowing noise at all and the temperature 35 gr. Learn ...

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Advantages: It works for 9 years without shutting down

Disadvantages: No.

Dmitry K. 6 years ago

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Absolutely agree with previous speakers. The computer on the basis of the board has been working for the ninth year, the last two years as home Server With a raid with an array of 8 terabytes. I took the workstation later P5Q Turbo - no comparison goes. Constantly some incomprehensibility in the work of the computer arise. From the shortcomings, I can only note two points - with the 4-core processor Q6600 works, but the BIOS turns all the time that this processor is not known to him. The processor in the list of supported appears, BIOS latest version. Well, and with a raid, I did not understand - I tried to create a hardware Reid 5, but an array of 2 terabyte was created out of 4 terabyte disks, which inadequately for REID 5. I had to do a software.) In general, I want to note in general the unpleasant moment that asus is pretty Supportlessly throws products support. It is sad.

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Advantages: Reliability, Performance, Built-in RAID

Disadvantages: special not marked

Sergey Gladanets 7 years ago

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It has been working for seven years. Since 2007, I installed Core 2 Quad Q6600 2400MHz (easily chasing up to 3600MHz) and HYNIX 4GB 800MHz. In late summer, 2008 put Vidyuhu NVIDIA GeForce. GTX280 (which worked for 13 months, after the roasters for another 2 months) and with it the Hyper power supply at 730 watts. Now I sit on the Radeon HD6870 and I use the third year as a systemic disk SSD. OCZ VERTEX 64GB. I plan to acquire Sound Blaster ZXR, as I love good sound, PCI-E connector of the last generation (narrow) allows you to do this. Everything works like a clock. Very happy with his platform, because of SSD and good coolers, everything works silently, it makes sense to go to something new one. Yes, by the way, since 2004 I have been repairing cell phones since 2004, and therefore you have to actively use USB - it still determines everything clearly, never fails. Thanks to the guys from ASUS for a flawless product).

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Advantages: good, reliable, there are all the necessary interfaces (SATA, IDE, E-SATA, USB, COM-port, optical audio, etc.).

Disadvantages: The problem in some network games due to the built-in sound (it's rather even in drivers, but the manufacturer has stopped supporting this sound chip).

Guest 9 years ago

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not so picky for additions and so the board in everything Cool!

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Advantages: Opponation Opportun! Cold North Bridge (due to the well-thought-out housing system with a regular ventilator on the bridge radiator)

Disadvantages: once every six months there are dust wipe and vacuuming the body! :-)

After the new ASUS P5K motherboard line appears on the basis of the new Intel P35 EXPRESS chipset, it is possible to somewhat inactively describe the Intel P965 Express chipset. But in fact, the ASUS P5B boards series remains a very interesting and demanded goods. A tangible reserve performance has not done a new chipset, yes, it supports Intel processors with a bus 1333 MHz, but these processors are still on the market. ASUS P5B boards line, at least half a year will be in demand, because the price for a newly released series of boards on this moment A little overpriced. In this review, we consider the younger model of the motherboard line on the Intel P965 ASUS P5B chipset.

Asus P5B Motherboard Specification:

The motherboard is packed in a cardboard box, on which support is indicated operating system Windows Vista and four-core Intel processors.

On the back of the package shows the photo of the board with the footnotes of its best qualities and lists the branded technologies supported by the product. A little more detail, let's stop on those technologies that allocated the manufacturer:

Ai nos.(Non-Delay Overclocking System) – instant overclocking system, which intellectually defines the load capacity, and automatically increases its performance.

AI Gear.- This technology allows you to select a profile by which the processor frequency, system bus and Vcore voltage will be adjusted, thereby decreasing noise and energy consumption.

Ai nap - Technology that reduces to a minimum noise and consumption of electricity. It translates the computer to power saving mode, without turning off applications, and awakens the system by simply pressing the keyboard or mouse button.

If you have a desire to familiarize yourself with the entire list and description of the ASUS brand technologies, which support this motherboard, then this can be done on the manufacturer's website.

The ASUS P5B motherboard is very well equipped. Included includes:

• motherboard;
• CD with software and drivers to Windows Vista;
• english manual in English, brief installation instructions,
• fDD loop,
• pin Ultradma 133/100/66;
• 4 plume Serial ATA;
• two power adapters to SATA devices, with two connectors;
• branded sticker;
• ASUS Q-Connector;
• plug on the rear case panel;
• plank with two USB connectors.

Note the lack of a strap with the COM port.

The ASUS P5B motherboard is quite well composed, but, of course, it will not cost without some small comments that we will definitely do. First, in the most upper slot PCIE X1, it will be possible to install a small fee, because a radiator of the northern bridge is located very nearby. Aluminum radiators are installed on the North and South Bridge - it must be said that during long-term testing and acceleration with their task they coped not very well.

The floppy connector is deployed, and it will not always be conveniently connected in small cases, so we advise you to connect the loop before installing the board in the case. The Intel Ich8 south bridge supports four SATA II ports, without the possibility of forming RAID arrays. These four SATA connections are located in the right corner of the board. In addition to them, there are two more - one is located near PCI connectors, and another External SATA port is displayed on the rear panel. The operation and organization of two hard drives in RAID arrays 0.1 and Jbod can only provide the JMICRON JMB363 controller. At the same time, we note that it is completely inconvenient to use the external port external SATA to form an array. In addition, the controller provides the only IDE connector on the board, with the possibility of connecting two devices.

The motherboard has three PCI slots, three PCIe X1, and one for the video card PCIE X16.

To the rest of the remarkable features of interfaces and controllers, we will be:
- Support for ten USB ports, of which four are displayed on the rear panel;
- one COM port;
- pCI-E controller Gigabit LAN (RTL8111B) with a transmission rate up to 1 Gb / s;
- HDA codec of the eight-channel sound Soundmax ADI AD1988A with S / PDIF output and apply Noise Filter noise suppression technology.

Power stabilizer Three-channel, assembled on reliable polymer capacitors 680 μF x 4B and on N-channel field transistors Niko-SEM P0903BDG (25V, 9.5M, 50A). Unfortunately, additional cooling elements on transistors are absent.

The rear panel contains the following ports: two PS / 2 for mouse and keyboard, parallel (LPT), six switchable audio ports, 4 USB connector, RJ45 connector for network connections, SATA on-the-go, coaxial and optical S / PDIF. Note the absence of a COM port, which even sometimes may be useful.

You can connect four fans to the board, one of which is 4-pin processor, and three other three-contact. The processor cooler connector is slightly distinguished from the LGA775 and is at the top, near the memory slots. The remaining three connectors are conveniently spaced across the board, which ensures a good choice Places to connect housing fans. The Q-FAN Control technology allows you to automatically adjust the speed of rotation of the processor cooler powered by the CPU FAN connector, and two more enclosed fans connected to CHA-FAN 1-2 connectors.

The ASUS P5B motherboard uses AMI BIOS, with a large selection of the settings required for a successful acceleration of the system.

Opponation Opportun:
- change the clock frequency FSB from 100 to 400 MHz in 1 MHz (manual input);
- Selecting the memory frequency (DDR2-533 / 667 / 800/889/1067) and changing memory timings (Cl, RCD, RP, RAS, 1T / 2T);
- change in the frequency of the PCI Express tire from 90 to 150 MHz in 1 MHz increments;

Setting the DDR2 memory voltage from 1.8 V to 2.45 V, with a pitch of 0.05 V or the inclusion of Auto adjustment mode;
- change in the power supply voltage of the processor core from 1.225 V to 1.7 V in increments of 0.0125 V;

Voltage change FSB Termination 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.45 V;

Change in the supply voltage of the Northern Bridge 1.25/1.4 / 1.55 / 1.7 V;
- change in the supply voltage of the core of the southern bridge (SATA, PCIE) 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 V;
- change in the supply voltage ICH CHIPSET 1,057 / 1.215 V;
- Changing the processor multiplier from 6x to max.

In the Hardware Monitor window, you can follow:
- the motherboard and processor temperature;
- speed of rotation of the processor cooler, and two other fans in the housing;
- voltage of the power core of the processor;
- the magnitude of the voltage of the main power lines 3.3B, 5V, 12V.

In addition, it is possible to enable CPU Q-FAN and Chasis Q-FAN features responsible for controlling the speed of rotation of the processor cooler and body fans, respectively.

Conducting a standard procedure for testing the capabilities of the system bus, we were able to raise its frequency up to 470 MHz, but we are confident that this is not the limit. Unfortunately, at our disposal there was only the memory of the DDR2-800, if we had something peristers, then the result, for sure, would be better.

Testing

The following equipment was used to verify the capabilities of motherboards.

CPU A noticeable difference in the performance of motherboards on the new Intel P35 Express chip, compared with the charges on the Intel P965 EXPRESS chip is not observed, all the indicators are actually the same. conclusions The motherboard ASUS P5B is a good basis for computer Systems on modern intel processors, the board shows excellent performance and has good opportunities overclocking. But, unfortunately, ASUS P5B has several drawbacks. Intel Ich8 South Bridge does not know how to organize RAID arrays, so if necessary, you have to use the capabilities additional controller JMicron JMB363, which supports only two connector, one of which is located on the rear panel. Also a serious disadvantage, as it seemed to us, are highly heating bridges and the lack of a cooling system on the power stabilization unit. If the radiator of the southern bridge, during testing was hot, then the radiator of the northern bridge was simply hot. Although the computer has worked stably, but still there is some concern for the safety of the chipset with long-term loads on the system. Therefore, if you decide to go overloine, then have this in mind, perhaps you make sense to choose a more expensive fee with best system Cooling, or independently take care of improving cooling. To the merits, it can be attributed: high performance; three connectors for connecting additional fans; a large number of settings in the BIOS required for overclocking; the tested ability of work at the FSB 470 MHz frequency; external port external SATA; 8-channel High Diffination Audio sound with coaxial and optical S / PDIF outputs. To disadvantages, we will take: the absence on the back panel of the COM port and additional panel Included; bad possibilities of organizing RAID arrays; weak cooling system; lack of firewire. We express my gratitude to the company PF Service (Dnepropetrovsk) for testing motherboards provided for testing. An article read 112548 times (a) Subscribe to our channels