Getting RMA would Asus P5Q Pro be a good replacement?

[SirKeldon]

I'm going back to my beloved ASUS getting a P5Q Pro after the death of my DFI DK X38-T2R ... it should arrive on monday, as you say, it's a great board for a great price ... and for the level of my Cross-fire atm i should have more than enough ... so i got a perfect winner.

I'm finally not choosing the Deluxe due to my budget ... and thinking that Nehalem is simply too near to purchase a 210-220$ mobo instead one of just 140$, i should have more than enough during the next 9-16 months transition ... but if you're getting it on RMA, go for the Deluxe with no doubt: the extra-cooling, the "Stack cool" solution (that maintains the components of your mobo 10-15ºC cooler than other mobos ... and it's just true, i have that feature on my M3A32-MVP Deluxe for the AMD and it was incredible) as the 16-phase power (that will help a lot to the clocking of the quads) and many other features makes the Deluxe version very sexy ...

I'll tell you my experiences as soon as the P5Q Pro arrives though =)

 

[Judas]

How do u mean. kinda confused me with ur post, lol. .

I want it to support 45nm 1600FSb for future upgrade. And P45 was natively built for that right? Do X38's support 45nm 1600FSB??

The only X38 in my price range are:

DFI LanParty DKX38-T2R
Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4
Abit iX38 Quad-GT
Asus P5E

Yes the 38x does support 45nm and 1600 fsb

 

[alexp999]

I'm thinking I'm gonna order the P5Q deluxe. I really like the look of the Express Gate SSD. And other stuff the P5Q's have. I could get the P5Q-E but I would regret not paying the extra £15-£20 and getting the SSD, cus I have no way of setting up the Express gate cus it wont work on a raid volume.

Plus I was gonna spend the same on a 2nd 3870 anyway. I will just have to wait for that on my next pay day.

The 8x PCI-E 2.0 wont make much difference to the X38 anyway will it. It is like 2 x 16 of PCI-E 1.1

 

[alexp999]

The Asus mobo's also have a 3 yr warranty. so im between:

Asus P5E (x38)

Asus P5Q Deluxe (P45)

 

[Judas]

The x38 also supports pcie 2.0

Mainly the p45 is a revamped p35,the p45 now has sli 16 which the p35 did not support
but performance wise the p35 is just as good as the p45

 

[alexp999]

The x38 also supports pcie 2.0

Mainly the p45 is a revamped p35,the p45 now has sli 16 which the p35 did not support
but performance wise the p35 is just as good as the p45

I'm so confused as to which to get now. . I really want the SSD express gate. But at the same time, the X38 is dual x16 PCI-E 2.0 and designed more for gamers than main stream.

 

[SirKeldon]

IMO if you're not gonna change your mobo in 2-3 years and you're sure you'll pair it with X-Fire ... then you should go with the X38 chipset cause maybe in a year or year and a half, the max bandwith of X38 will be hitted with 2 video-cards on 2 PCI-e lanes @ 16x 2.0 ... but at the moment you won't notice a clearly boost in "real" performance (just in synthetical benchmarks with extreme x-fire's as two 3870x2) between the X38 and the P45 ... besides that ... if your intention is high overclocking on the CPU and the memory and use the board for 1-1.5 years, P45 seems the best option to me since it's built on 65nm which means cool and less voltage to hit 500-550 and even 600 FSB on the NB as well it can maintain 1 PCI-e lane @ 16x or 2 PCI-e lanes @ 8x @ 2.0 (yes, 2.0 too!!! P45 did it) that should be enough for doing a great X-Fire on the actual cards ... so almost same features for the "real life" and being 60-100$ cheaper than every X38 board ... besides Nehalem is arriving next year and it's a diff socket ... so, if you purchase a X38 board now ... you'll have to wait 2 years for the 5 or 6 series of ATI to see the real diff between P45 and X38 just related to graphics ... and for that time, sure you'll have X68 and P65 ...

For me, the decission it's very clear

 

[Gam'ster]

Then this @£120.
X16 pci-e.

Gam

Edit sirkeldon does have a few vaild points .

 

[alexp999]

Then this @£120.
X16 pci-e.

Gam

Edit sirkeldon does have a few vaild points .

Exactly where i was gonna get it from, lol!

Have decided I will get the Asus P45. It is 65nm so cooler and it has the epxress gate stuff. I am changing components quite regularly especially once I get paid, so I prob will change mobo again in 1-2 years, lol.

Thanks for everyones help. Probably missed last orders for tomorrow, but I wanted to be sure. Thanks again!

 

[Gam'ster]

Exactly where i was gonna get it from, lol!

Have decided I will get the Asus P45. It is 65nm so cooler and it has the epxress gate stuff. I am changing components quite regularly especially once I get paid, so I prob will change mobo again in 1-2 years, lol.

Thanks for everyones help. Probably missed last orders for tomorrow, but I wanted to be sure. Thanks again!

Scan are good in all fairness, and no worries its better to be sure when shelling out a few££.
Hope you enjoy it .

Gam

 

[SirKeldon]

Thank you Gam'ster

I was just reading reviews of these new bitches of ASUS cause i was unsure as alexp is ... my new X38 board died and i thought "should i purchase again X38 with the P45 arrival? let's see the specs of the grown P35 -best overclocker so far-" ... after reading the documents i definitely say no, X38 it's not needed @ all atm ... besides that, fitseries3 told me he wasn't noticing a big diff in the X-Fire on 2x 3870x2 between X38 (Maximus Formula) and his new P5Q3 Deluxe ... and as other reviews say ... maybe the real loss (on actual videocards) it's just 5% on the graphics when X-firing ... but considering you can go higher on the CPU as well as the memory ... it's really worth to pay 100$ more for just a 5% graphics increase in synthetic benchmarks??

I think not

edit: Besides all of that ... the new P45 boards from ASUS are including tons of new features to help power-saving and power-distributing that simply are not in X38 or X48 models ...

 

[alexp999]

Well its ordered. Only time will tell whether it arrives for the weekend. Hopefully. Thanks everyone. Will let you know how it goes. Maybe some pics if anyone is interested?

 

[Gam'ster]

Thank you Gam'ster

I was just reading reviews of these new bitches of ASUS cause i was unsure as alexp is ... my new X38 board died and i thought "should i purchase again X38 with the P45 arrival? let's see the specs of the grown P35 -best overclocker so far-" ... after reading the documents i definitely say no, X38 it's not needed @ all atm ... besides that, fitseries3 told me he wasn't noticing a big diff in the X-Fire on 2x 3870x2 between X38 (Maximus Formula) and his new P5Q3 Deluxe ... and as other reviews say ... maybe the real loss (on actual videocards) it's just 5% on the graphics when X-firing ... but considering you can go higher on the CPU as well as the memory ... it's really worth to pay 100$ more for just a 5% graphics increase in synthetic benchmarks??

I think not

No problem , atm were a bit spoiled for choice when it comes to upgrading we got to wade through a lot of rubbish before we find exactly what we need at a price which is not OTT.

Gam

 

[Gam'ster]

Well its ordered. Only time will tell whether it arrives for the weekend. Hopefully. Thanks everyone. Will let you know how it goes. Maybe some pics if anyone is interested?

Yeah pics are always good .

 

[Judas]

Well done you made your choice ....wasn't that hard was it ?

 

[alexp999]

I ordered at about 16:25 and I got an email to say despatched with a tracking number at 16:52!! . So should hopefully be here tomorrow. Nice one SCAN!!! Will update with pics when it arrives!

 

[Gam'ster]

I ordered at about 16:25 and I got an email to say despatched with a tracking number at 16:52!! . So should hopefully be here tomorrow. Nice one SCAN!!! Will update with pics when it arrives!

sweet, You must have just caught the last dispatch.
Looking forward to pics

 

[alexp999]

sweet, You must have just caught the last dispatch.
Looking forward to pics

Well I did it over the phone cus online was automatically picking monday. He said phone orders go through faster and dont pick a delivery date. Thank you scan!

Also they send it depends on the number of orders they have had. The computer automatically cuts off next day at 4pm for online orders. But it can be earlier/later depending on their orders. They said the monday cut off is often nearer 12 midday due to weekend orders.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Nice alex, Which model u getting? Stickin with the P5Q Pro?

 

[alexp999]

Nice alex, Which model u getting? Stickin with the P5Q Pro?

Nah getting the P5Q Deluxe. Its been scanned at collection depot and scheduled for tomorrow.

 

[alexp999]

Should I use the silicon image controller / Asus Drive expert, for the RAID or the Intel ICH10R??
The intel one is usually software raid, is asus drive expert hardware raid, would it be quicker / slower??

Cheers!

 

[alexp999]

Never mind, lol. It says to use em as data drives. Will probably be a while till i use it. Might use it for more drives, cus my PC game collection is expanding now and at this rate I will need a second raid0 setup just to store the game files on!!

 

[Gam'ster]

Did you get it ?

 

[alexp999]

Did you get it ?

It came today. . I have only just got back from being out all day. Pretty box, gonna have a look at it tonight and start building over tonight and tomorrow.

Will keep you updated!!!

 

[SirKeldon]

Good luck and good clocking!