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ASUS P5K3 Premium

HellasVagabond

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Catering to enthusiasts who want the latest in innovations and technology, ASUS has released the new ASUS P5K3 Premium motherboard. This motherboard comes with the latest technologies and delivers a brand new innovation - the Turbo D3 Onboard Memory feature. With this cutting-edge feature, users are guaranteed DDR3 overclocking speeds of above 1500 and reduced clock cycle timings by 50% for random data access.

Guaranteed DDR3 1500 Speeds
Hot on the heels of ASUS's Native Support for DDR3 1333, ASUS has yet again come up with another groundbreaking technology. The P5K3 Premium provides exceptional functions and utilizes Turbo D3 - superb onboard memory features that guarantee overclocking above DDR3 1500. The Turbo D3 Design includes the Perfect T-Tree Design, ASUS's exclusive Super Memspeed Technology and the revolutionary Hyper PCB Design.

*Note
DDR3 1500 (O.C)
It is recommended that you install a CPU with 1066MHz FSB or above to guarantee DDR3 memory overclocking to above 1500. Please refer to http://www.asus.com for more information.

Perfect T-Tree Design
The P5K3 Premium motherboard utilizes the cutting-edge Perfect T-Tree Design to provide users with simultaneous random data access on every memory chip. What this means is that data access to each memory chip occurs at the same time, instead of conventional DDR3 Fly-by Topologies that require time to be spent waiting for one by one random data access. This reduces clock cycle timing by 50% for random data access - thereby ensuring faster memory speeds.

Hyper PCB Design
Additionally, an innovative Hyper PCB Design provides good power delivery and cleaner signals with less crosstalk. It also provides more ground layers to provide better heat dissipation for thermal purposes - allowing users to enjoy faster speeds for better overclocking.

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I saw a review for this, best DDR3 board out ATM.
 

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Eh, I just don't like the idea of on-board memory. It's just too limiting.
 
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Eh, I just don't like the idea of on-board memory. It's just too limiting.

Meh, it's ddr3, so if the price is right on this motherboard (maybe 2gb onboard for around $300 for the motherboard) then who cares? By the time ddr3 modules come down in price to the point ddr2 modules are now, most people will believe it is time to upgrade the motherboard anyway for stuff in the future like octal sli and 16 cpu cores and whatever else...
 

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so they are still bundling memory included on this mobo? Good and bad idea if you ask me.

And currently, this is the only DDR3 mobo out is it not?
 

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Meh, it's ddr3, so if the price is right on this motherboard (maybe 2gb onboard for around $300 for the motherboard) then who cares? By the time ddr3 modules come down in price to the point ddr2 modules are now, most people will believe it is time to upgrade the motherboard anyway for stuff in the future like octal sli and 16 cpu cores and whatever else...
Yeah, but what if I have the budget, and want to go to 4GB. Or what if in a couple of months, I find a great deal on some much faster DDR3? I just can't be convinced that it's a good idea for an enthusiast, such as much of our community here.
 
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Yeah, but what if I have the budget, and want to go to 4GB. Or what if in a couple of months, I find a great deal on some much faster DDR3? I just can't be convinced that it's a good idea for an enthusiast, such as much of our community here.

Well if you have the budget to buy a ddr3 motherboard and 4gb of ddr3 ram (that can run at guaranteed ddr3 1500 speeds) at the time when this product launches, more power to you.

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