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Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi Motherboard Review
Written by Maxit   
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Asus Customer Support

Buying a new component is great when nothing goes wrong but what about when problems arise. Asus pride themselves on their customer support backup program and we decided to see just how good their claim was. We filled out a customer support form via their UK website asking for help with a driver issue and software compatability problem. The form was sent at 9.35 am from a private email account. An email arrived from Asus member support at 9.45 am.

"The system has received your query. We will process your query ASAP. However, due to vast number of queries waiting to be processed each day, we may not be able to respond your query immediately. If your query is not replied within 48 hours, please connect to the following URL and search. Thank you."

We were amazed when another email arrived at 10.33 am from a technical support representative with a list of possible solutions and a new driver update to try.
Contact less than an hour after our original query. How's that for fast service.

The Bottom Line

Huge overclockability, bags of spec and great expandability make the Asus P5B Deluxe a champion choice for Core 2 Duo processors. The P5B ticks all the right boxes for even the most demanding hardware enthusiast. Home theatre, multimedia, games rig. Whatever your flavour the P5B Deluxe provides the perfect base to build from. Factor in Asus's determination to take this board to the performance edge with continued Bios tweaks and it's clear to see you have one of the most future proof and flexible Core 2 Duo motherboards on the market.

Throughout our tests the board behaved impeccably even when we pushed it over the limits. A simple reset and the board posted again without the hassle of a CMOS reset. Provision for watercooling or passive systems is even catered for. It really is hard to believe so much could be crammed into one board. If you've been sitting on the sidelines planning your dream system and waiting for the Conroe dust to settle, do yourself a favour and take a good long look at the Asus P5B Deluxe. We don't think you'll find a finer motherboard.

Pros

  • Massive spec and features
  • Huge overclockability
  • Supports water and passive cooling
  • Bundled accessories
  • Top quality design
  • Superb Customer Support
  • Great Packaging
  • Plenty of expandability
  • Supports raid 0,1,5 and 10
  • 8x SATA
  • Officially supports upto 8GB DDR2
  • WiFi built in
  • Easy overclocking setup
  • Overclock protection
  • Stability

Cons


  • Buying the best is never cheap 

 

 

Not content on pushing this board to the limits, we enlisted the help of the UK's no.1 watercooling specialist and crazy modder to create a dream machine based around the Asus P5B Deluxe motherboard. Watch out for the full feature coming soon as we attempt to push the P5B to the edge with a little help from Danger Den and the Coolmieste

To find out the progress of the MaXit Monsta, head down to the forums and check out the project logs.

Don't forget you can share your tips, find out about overclocking the P5B and post your findings in our Official Asus P5B Deluxe owners thread.

Special thanks go out to Ben at Asus PR for making all this possible.

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