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| Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi Motherboard Review |
| Written by Maxit | ||||||
Page 3 of 4 P5B Deluxe Lab TestsThe test setup for the Asus P5B deluxe consisted of a Intel 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB Mushkin XP2-8000 DDR2, Geforce 7900 GT graphics card, Western Digital raptor hard drive, BeQuiet 700w power supply and Windows XP Pro. The same kit and tests were conducted on a Gigabyte GA-965 DS3 motherboard for comparison.OverclockingOf course we couldn't resist torturing the P5B. Overclocking results were fantastic with the 2.4GHz transforming into an Intel Extreme beating prime95 stable 3.6GHz monsta. A Bios upgrade to 0505 was applied and then the FSB was ramped up till the cpu couldn't take anymore. Overclocking really is very easy with the Asus. The motherboard showed no signs of any strain. To see just how far this board could go, an E6300 chip was dropped in and the multiplier lowered to 6x. How does 535MHz FSB tickle your fancy on stock cooling?
Asus have just released another bios revision with the ability to do a whopping 650MHz FSB. The MaXit Monsta machine has gone off to Area 51 with the P5B in tow for some heavy duty watercooling. We'll keep you posted on our overclocking adventures with this motherboard as soon as it returns. The Results    The Asus board managed to pip our team favourite Gigabyte DS3 board in every test. The P5B has an advantage in memory bandwith and latency and this carried through the results. We have suspected for some time that the internal subsystem of the DS3 is running more relaxed timings which in part counts for its amazing ability to overclock so well. Clearly Asus have made no such comprise on the P5B, with aggressive performance and overclockability to boot. |