Asus P5N-T Deluxe 780i Motherboard
Introduction and Specification
Published: 15th January 2008 | Source: Asus | Price: £167 |
Introduction
Asus are really pumping out the motherboards recently and introducing a fair few boards to their range. We seem to be seeing a lot of 780i boards coming through the OC3D labs currently and the P5N-T is another that is of that ilk.
As a successor to the 680i platform, the 780i is a board built for the gaming enthusiasts in mind. Featuring "Tri-SLI" along with normal SLI and a whole host of other features you would expect of a high-end board, the P5N-T Deluxe is a board that should be able to do the business.
Despite not being shipped with all of the awesome features we saw on the AI Lifestyle board, the P5E3 Deluxe, the P5N-T Deluxe looks to have a nice set of specs that should ensure most enthusiasts are dribbling in their energy drinks.
Let's take a look at the specs of the board from the Asus website.
Specification
CPU | Intel Socket 775 Core™2 Quad/Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/Pentium® Extreme/Pentium® D Processors Compatible with Intel® 05B/05A/06 processors Support Intel® next generation 45nm CPU |
Chipset | NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI |
Front Side Bus | 1333/1066/800 MHz |
Memory | 4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR2 1066*/800/667 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Dual Channel memory architecture |
Expansion Slots | 3 x PCIe x16 (blue @PCIe2.0 x16 mode, black @PCIe x16 mode) supports SLI Technology 2 x PCIe x1 1 x PCI |
Storage | Southbridge 1 xUltraDMA 133/100/66 6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID Support RAID 0,1,0+1,5,JBOD configuration across Serieal ATA drives Marvell 88SE6111 1 xExternal SATA |
Scalable Link Interface (SLI™) | Support three identical NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards (all at x16 mode) |
LAN | Marvell88E1116 PCIe Gigabit LAN PHY featuring AI NET2 |
Audio | ADI® AD1988B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports ASUS Noise Filter Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming AI Audio 2 |
IEEE 1394 | VIA6308P controller supports 2 x 1394a ports |
USB | 10 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel) |
ASUS AI Lifestyle Features | ASUS Power Saving Solution - ASUS EPU (Energy Processing Unit) - ASUS 3rd Generation 8-phase Power - ASUS AI Nap ASUS AI Lifestyle - ASUS AI Direct Link ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution - ASUS Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2 - ASUS Q-Fan 2 - ASUS Optional Fan for Water-cooling or Passive-Cooling only - ASUS Fanless Design: Sophisticated Heat-pipe solution ASUS Crystal Sound - ASUS Noise Filter - ASUS AI Audio 2 ASUS EZ DIY - ASUS Q-Connector - ASUS Q-Shield - ASUS O.C. Profile - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 - ASUS EZ Flash 2 |
Overclocking Features | Intelligent overclocking tools - ASUS AI Booster Utility Precision Tweaker 2 - vDIMM: 64 -step DRAM voltage control - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.00625V increment - vChipset (N.B.) 64-step voltage control - vChipset (S.B.): 16 step Chipset voltage control - vHT (Hyper Transport): 41-step Hyper Transport voltage control SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) - FSB tuning from 133MHz up to 800MHz at 1MHz increment - Memory tuning from 400MHz up to 2600MHz - PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment Overclocking Protection - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) |
Special Features | Multi-language BIOS ASUS MyLogo 3 |
Back Panel I/O Ports | 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x PS/2 Mouse 1 x External SATA 1 x S/PDIF Out 1 x IEEE 1394a 1 x LAN(RJ45) port 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 8 -Channel Audio I/O |
Internal I/O Connectors | 3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 6 x SATA connectors 1 x IEEE 1394a connector 1 x CPU Fan connector 1 x Chassis Fan connector 2 x Power Fan connector 1 x S/PDIF Out connector 1 x8-pin ATX 12V Power connector 24 -pin ATX Power connector 1 x COM connector 20 Pin Panel connector Front panel audio connector Chassis Intrusion connector System Panel Connector CD audio in |
BIOS | 8 Mb Flash ROM DMI 2.0 AMI BIOS PnP WfM 2.0 SM BIOS 2.3 Multi-language BIOS |
Manageability | WOL by PME,WOR by PME,Chasis Intrusion,AI NET2 PXE |
Accessories | User's manual 1 x 2-port USB2.0 module / 1-port 1394 module 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable 1 x Floppy disk drive cable 6 x SATA cable 1 x SATA power cable for 2 devices 3 in 1 Q-connector 1 x Optional Fan for Water-Cooling or Passive-Cooling only 1 x 3-Way SLI bridge card 1 x 2-Way SLI bridge cable ASUS Q-Shield |
Support Disc | Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS AI Suite Anti-virus software (OEM version) ASUS Update Image Editing Suite |
Form Factor | ATX Form Factor 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm ) |
3-way SLI and a few other highlights means that there's something for most people to chomp into. Now let's get onto the good stuff.
Most Recent Comments
i was thinking that, terrible...
the chipset doesnt seem the best ever either...
Nvidia have failed every time after the Nforce 4 chipset..Quote
the chipset doesnt seem the best ever either...
Nvidia have failed every time after the Nforce 4 chipset..Quote
Asus are writing a new BIOS after reading about the issues in this review so hopefully we can revisit it and perhaps it will show some better potential 
Thanks for the commentsQuote
Thanks for the comments
QuoteVery nice review, but the board just under 680i I think, like Kempez said hope the new BIOS help.Quote
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What a stupid idea to stick a IDE connector in front of the ATX connector though =/Quote