Can anyone recommend a comparably featured board with DDR2? I like the features the board offers, but I'm still making the jump from DDR to DDR2, DDR3 is still just too expensive for me to be interested in switching.
Originally Posted by leexgx high end mobos should have 6 min
Have to aggree there, one of the more important descisions for me when i chose parts for my new PC was a lot of SATA ports, as i have a tendancy to buy lots of drives (my old nforce-2 PC ended up with 5 IDE devices: 4x IDE disks, 1x IDE optical drives, and a SATA HD, some of the drives on a combo IDE/SATA PCI card)
my new PC has 4/6 of it's native ports filled from day1: 2x SATA RAID0 array, 1x SATA (moved from old PC as a boot/backup drive) and a SATA DVD burner.
The board also has an extra SATA port + eSATA port on a separate controller, giving 7xSATA + a eSATA on the board. That should be enough to last even me :)
But 6x as default feels like a good number if you ask me :)
Imo, if six isn't enough, you really should be looking a nice raid card, leave the optical drives on the NB and get some Raid 5 going ! Yes a good PCI-e raid card will set you back a pretty penny, but if you're after pure raid powha, thats what you'll want !
After all you've got all those PCI-e Slots, too use up :p
Originally Posted by Computerking the cable come with the motherboard my 965 dq6 came with 2 slots ( 4 Ports ) and 4 cables :D and I use WD they make noise at night, **** you WD.
If You have only one PC with one WD hdd, That's one thing, I have 5 PCs with a Raptor in each and a 6th PC waiting for some parts and yep It has a Raptor hdd too, Of course all the cases are insulated for sound(foam) and have a pretty good cooling solution in each.
As to this P5K3 Premium motherboard, All I'd need is a QX6850 cpu, A CoolIT Freezone cpu cooler, a very good single +12v rail psu(Silverstone DA-750 or PC P&C Silencer 750?) and a cheap nvidia pci-e video card, It would make a good Boinc cruncher. :D Of course the 3yr warranty on the motherboard mounted ram sucks:(, But after 3yrs If It fails go buy a New one I say If You have the money, It costs $1,299(US) or so Legion Hardware says.
Originally Posted by Fr4nk Imo, if six isn't enough, you really should be looking a nice raid card, leave the optical drives on the NB and get some Raid 5 going ! Yes a good PCI-e raid card will set you back a pretty penny, but if you're after pure raid powha, thats what you'll want !
After all you've got all those PCI-e Slots, too use up :p
-Fr4nk
QFT. If you've got more than 6 drives you should be looking to get a decent RAID card.
Originally Posted by zoom314 If You have only one PC with one WD hdd, That's one thing, I have 5 PCs with a Raptor in each and a 6th PC waiting for some parts and yep It has a Raptor hdd too, Of course all the cases are insulated for sound(foam) and have a pretty good cooling solution in each.
As to this P5K3 Premium motherboard, All I'd need is a QX6850 cpu, A CoolIT Freezone cpu cooler, a very good single +12v rail psu(Silverstone DA-750 or PC P&C Silencer 750?) and a cheap nvidia pci-e video card, It would make a good Boinc cruncher. :D Of course the 3yr warranty on the motherboard mounted ram sucks:(, But after 3yrs If It fails go buy a New one I say If You have the money, It costs $1,299(US) or so Legion Hardware says.
$1.299(US), mm I can say **** IT, dude I can get the best high end mobo with $300-$400 I think And 4GB or even 8GB rams with 2X $200-$400.
On the one hand, I'd like to applaud ASUS for the innovation. But sadly, it seems the execution (specifically pricing) appears to burst the bubble on this one :(
I agree with the verdict, but not these new forums... No avatar and no spooning means a bad relationship with you bit-tech... I miss the old you! Where will I ask bindi bad gi to change his avatar now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????????
If I were Asus, I'd have made the memory module removable (like a zif type implementation), this solves the two main problems that the authors had: zero upgradability, and easier replacement should the chips die. They would be mounted parallel to the board, so the cooler would still work. Which brings me to the next suggestion: offer it with waterblocks instead of the heatpipes for a bit more.
Nath, if that is your real name, I've an avatar but it sees little daylight and I've spent thousands of hours developing it through careful phsycological injections of subtle humor & hidden messages.
Originally Posted by The_Pope On the one hand, I'd like to applaud ASUS for the innovation. But sadly, it seems the execution (specifically pricing) appears to burst the bubble on this one :(
The concept would be sensible on a budget board aimed at the OEM market; it must shave a few seconds off assembly time and robots don't need paying. But many OEM systems are slated by the cognoscenti for their limited upgradeability, and the same applies to this board in spades. Bad decision, Asus!
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Have to aggree there, one of the more important descisions for me when i chose parts for my new PC was a lot of SATA ports, as i have a tendancy to buy lots of drives (my old nforce-2 PC ended up with 5 IDE devices: 4x IDE disks, 1x IDE optical drives, and a SATA HD, some of the drives on a combo IDE/SATA PCI card)
my new PC has 4/6 of it's native ports filled from day1: 2x SATA RAID0 array, 1x SATA (moved from old PC as a boot/backup drive) and a SATA DVD burner.
The board also has an extra SATA port + eSATA port on a separate controller, giving 7xSATA + a eSATA on the board. That should be enough to last even me :)
But 6x as default feels like a good number if you ask me :)
After all you've got all those PCI-e Slots, too use up :p
-Fr4nk
If You have only one PC with one WD hdd, That's one thing, I have 5 PCs with a Raptor in each and a 6th PC waiting for some parts and yep It has a Raptor hdd too, Of course all the cases are insulated for sound(foam) and have a pretty good cooling solution in each.
As to this P5K3 Premium motherboard, All I'd need is a QX6850 cpu, A CoolIT Freezone cpu cooler, a very good single +12v rail psu(Silverstone DA-750 or PC P&C Silencer 750?) and a cheap nvidia pci-e video card, It would make a good Boinc cruncher. :D Of course the 3yr warranty on the motherboard mounted ram sucks:(, But after 3yrs If It fails go buy a New one I say If You have the money, It costs $1,299(US) or so Legion Hardware says.
QFT. If you've got more than 6 drives you should be looking to get a decent RAID card.
$1.299(US), mm I can say **** IT, dude I can get the best high end mobo with $300-$400 I think And 4GB or even 8GB rams with 2X $200-$400.
SO it's not worth, This mother board is SUX! >:(
Thanks. CK
It won't be long before a manufacturer like Asus is shipping a motherboard with integrated RAM and a unified CPU/GPU as a one piece system.
This is the right motherboard that we want to get
http://vr-zone.com/articles/ASUS__Black_Pearl_Special_Edition%3A_P5K_Premium/5175-1.html
But really this motherboard is awsome support 8GB 1066 and every thing is amazing on it
Thanks ASUS, Sorry to say that about you
My old raptors made so much noise (74gb and 36gb), then they died out of nowhere...
**** you WD.
BAM! Asus would have a much better product.
Tim