The ASUS P5B Deluxe is a LGA775 socket motherboard compatible with a variety of Intel processors and originally released in 2006. Based around the Intel P965 and ICH8R chipsets, it was one of the more advanced and powerful motherboards on the market at the time of its launch. It follows the standard ATX motherboard form factor and measures 12 inches by 9.6 inches. Drivers and downloads for the board can be found on the ASUS website.
Basic Specifications
The board uses a 775 CPU socket, making it compatible with a variety of Intel processors including Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium Extreme, Pentium D, Pentium 4 and Celeron D CPUs. There are four memory module slots and the board is capable of taking up to 8 GB of DDR2 RAM up to a speed of 800 MHz. The other expansion slots on the board are two PCI Express x16 slots, one PCI Express x1 slot and three standard PCI slots. There are two Gigabit LAN controllers on-board, as well as six serial ATA sockets (for newer hard drives) and one parallel ATA socket (for connecting up to two older hard drives or optical drives). The board offers built-in 8-channel high definition audio, but there are no integrated graphics capabilities.
Ports And Power
Ports available at the back of the board include one PS/2 keyboard port, one PS/2 mouse port, one serial port, one external SATA port, an S/PDIF Out socket, one IEEE 1394a (FireWire) port, two LAN (RJ45) ports and four USB 2.0 sockets for peripherals and external drives. The P5B Deluxe can be powered by any ATX 1.4 PSU (20-pin board connector) with at least 30A+ capacity on the 12V line or any ATX 2.0 PSU (24-pin board connector).
Asus Features
Among the customized ASUS-branded features of the P5B Deluxe are AI Gear (offering profiles for CPU performance vs power consumption), AI Nap (advanced hibernation and sleep modes), a Stack Cool 2 fanless design (for improved natural cooling) and an 8 Phase Power Design system that is intended to reduce power consumption, lower temperatures and increase the lifespan of components across the motherboard. There's also an EZ Flash feature that supports BIOS loading and restoring from a USB drive.
Other Details
The board supports ATI/AMD CrossFire set ups (two graphics cards used in tandem) which is complemented by ASUS' own built-in CGI technology to improve graphics performance. It comes with a selection of tools to make system overclocking easier and quicker, including AI NOS (Non-delay Overclocking System) and the Precision Tweaker utility. RAID modes 0, 1, 5 and 10 are supported for internal hard drive configurations.
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