Asus P5E3 Deluxe X38 Mainboard Preview

"A sneak peak at the layout and BIOS of Asus' future X38 motherboard."

Published: 3rd September 2007 | Source: VR-Zone | Author: Jonathan Smith

Asus P5E3 Deluxe X38 Mainboard Preview

Over at VR-Zone someone got their lucky hands on the new Asus P5E3-D...

Asus have gone with a rather extravagant heatpipe design but the general layout looks OK:
main

The capacitors/heatpipes look too close to the socket for many aftermarket cooling options:
socket

There is a wide range of connectivity:

A close-up of the NB heatpipe cooler:
heatpipes

Sata ports and IDE slot have been turned 90 degrees, a good move by Asus:
sata

There seems to be 3 pci-e slots, note the black one at the bottom. Checking the first image it seems long graphics cards may interfere with the RAM slots:
pcie

For a few BIOS shots and voltage options, check the source link at the top of the page.

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01-09-2007, 05:33:40

Jim

Unfortunately I've hit a small hurdle with my latest project in that one of the PC-G70 doors is vented for cooling graphics cards.This kinda interferes with the laser cutting I was going to have done, and I'm thinking that if i get a replacement door from the PC-70 series, it might fit my G70.

Sooo...can anybody with a PC-70 maybe measure the height/width of their door and take a picture of the back so I can see if it uses the same latches etc.

:worship:

01-09-2007, 06:53:49

ionicle

i sold my pc-75bk a while ago, but i can dig up some pic's if that would help, what do you wanna see specifically? :)

01-09-2007, 08:48:08

Kempez

What ya need jimbo?

01-09-2007, 08:55:56

Jim

What ya need jimbo?

Width and Height measurements of one of the doors along with pictures of the back of the door (specifically the top and bottom where the door slides along the case) :worship:

01-09-2007, 08:59:11

Kempez

ok gimme a bit and I'll see what I can do :)

01-09-2007, 11:23:01

ichiban

when you say door do you mean side panel?

01-09-2007, 11:35:48

ichiban

anyhoo

my side panel is 55cm Downwards and 56.5cm Across

[IMG]http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/3976/panelqv4.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/5304/cimg0920di2.jpg[/IMG]

01-09-2007, 13:18:20

Kempez

Mine's 550mm x 562mm

And a couple from me:

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638745l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638173l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638763l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638291l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638769l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638725l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638782l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638264l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638686l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181638521l.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.overclock3d.net/gfx/articles/2007/09/01181756973l.jpg[/IMG]

01-09-2007, 13:20:31

Jim

Cheers lads - great help :D

Asus P5E3 Deluxe X38 Mainboard Preview

"A sneak peak at the layout and BIOS of Asus' future X38 motherboard."

Published: 3rd September 2007 | Source: VR-Zone | Author: Jonathan Smith

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