HotHardware reviews Asus Maximus Extreme and P5E3 Premium motherboards
In preparation for the impending arrival of Intel's more affordable 45nm quad-core Yorkfield and dual-core Wolfdale processors, motherboard manufacturers have been readying a slew of new products to properly support the CPUs. Many of these motherboard products are based on Intel’s recent chipset offerings, including the X38 and brand new X48. We've already shown you a few X38-based motherboards and explained what the X48 brings to the table in previous articles. Today we'll be taking a look at a couple of new motherboards based on these two chipsets, courtesy of Asus.
Asus is no stranger to the enthusiast community, so we'll spare you the company history lesson here. As usual, Asus' newest, cutting edge motherboards offer everything you’d expect as power users. The X38-based Maximus Extreme and X48-based P5E3 Premium motherboards we’ll be showing you in this article are family members of two different series of products by Asus - R.O.G. and Ai Lifestyle - and as such they each offer a different mix of features and integrated peripherals.
First up is the P5E3 Premium, pictured below. This motherboard is virtually identical to the X38-based P5E3 Deluxe, save for the updated chipset and a couple of additions to its bundle. Take a look...
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