[H]ard|OCP reviews ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP Edition P35 based motherboard
ASUS has been one of the worlds premiere motherboard manufacturers for a number of years. ASUS has been synonymous with quality, innovation and stability. It's no wonder their boards have been at the heart of enthusiast's computers for a number of years. Additionally ASUS is also known as a manufacturer of OEM motherboards, video cards, and personal electronics. Today we are looking at the P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP. The P5K Deluxe is based on the new Intel P35 chipset. The P35 chipset has been introduced as the replacement for the still relatively new P965 Express chipset. The chipset features official 1333MHz bus support as well as support for upcoming 45nm CPUs such as those based on the Penryn Core. This chipset is really an evolutionary product rather than a revolutionary one.
The ASUS P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP supports the latest Intel Core2 Extreme Quad-Core / Core2 Duo / Intel Pentium Extreme and Intel Pentium D processors. Following industry trends the P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP requires only a few components to create a fully functional machine. The required components are: Socket LGA775 CPU, DDR 2 memory, power supply, drives and a video card. ASUS integrated the following components into the P5K's design: 1 ATA-133 port, 1 floppy port, 12 USB ports, (6 on the backplane and three headers supporting two ports each), 6 SATA 3G ports, 2 eSATA ports, 2 IEEE1394 ports (1 on the backplane and 1 header supporting 1 port), 2 GigE Ethernet ports, 6 mini-headphone jacks and oddly it supports a single PS2 keyboard port, but no mouse port. Instead you'll find two USB ports located where the PS2 keyboard port would be, while the mouse port has been raised to where the mouse port "should be."...
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