Part Number: MB-P5QC Regular price:$159.99On Sale:
ASUS P5QC Socket 775 ATX Motherboard, Intel P43 Chipset, Supports Intel 45nm Multi-Core CPU, DDR3 1333 or DDR2 1066, PCIe 2.0, SATA RAID, w/ PCIe Gigabit LAN and 8-ch HD Audio
The P5QC is an Intel P45 chipset-based motherboard that combines powerful performance with great energy efficiency and supports DDR3 1333 MHz or DDR2 1066 MHz dual-channel memory architecture and PCI Express 2.0 x16 for extreme graphics performance. It also comes with the world's first ASUS EPU (Energy Processing Unit), allowing the CPU power supply to be digitally monitored and fine-tuned with improved VRM efficiency in heavy or light loadings ?attaining the best possible power efficiency and energy savings to help save the environment. The P5QC also supports ASUS Express Gate ?an optional Linux OS bootup for instant access to the Internet in 5 seconds.
Features:
ASUS AI Lifestyle Features:
- ASUS Power Saving Solution:
ASUS EPU-Six Engine,
ASUS 3rd Generation 8-phase Power Design,
ASUS AI Nap
- AI Lifestyle Features:
Express Gate, ASUS MyLogo 2
- ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
ASUS Fanless Design: Stylish heatsink, ASUS Fan Xpert
- ASUS EZ DIY:
ASUS Drive Xpert, ASUS AI Direct Link, ASUS Q-Shield,
ASUS Q-Connector, ASUS O.C. Profile, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3,
ASUS EZ Flash 2
Overclocking Features:
- ASUS AI Booster
- Precision Tweaker 2:
vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 6.25mV increment,
vDIMM: 64-step DRAM voltage control,
vChipset (N.B.): 40-step DRAM voltage control,
vCPUPLL: 64-step reference voltage control,
vFSB Termination: 15-step Hyper Transport voltage control
- SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
FSB tuning from 200MHz up to 800MHz at 1MHz increment,
Memory tuning from 667MHz up to 1333MHz for DDR2,
Memory tuning from 800MHz up to 2000MHz for DDR3,
PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz up to180MHz at 1MHz increment
- Overclocking Protection: ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Expansion Slots:
- 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16
- 3 x PCIe x1
- 2 x PCI
Storage:
- Southbridge:
6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
- Marvell 88SE6111:
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
- Silicon Image SIL5723 (Drice Expert Techology):
2 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s, Supports EZ Backup and SuperSpeed functions
LAN:
PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2
Audio:
Realtek ALC 1200, 8 -Channel High-Definition Audio CODEC:
Support Jack-Detecting, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking,
Coaxial S/PDIF out ports at back I/O,
ASUS Noise-Filtering
IEEE 1394:
1394a controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB:
12 USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
Back Panel I/O Ports:
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard (Purple)
- 1 x PS/2 mouse port (Green)
- 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial)
- 1 x IEEE1394a
- 1 x RJ45 port
- 6 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
- 1 x COM connector
- 6 x SATA connectors
- 2 x Drive Xpert SATA connectors
- 1 x CPU Fan connector
- 2 x Chassis Fan connector
- 1 x Power Fan connector
- 1 x IEEE1394a connector
- Front panel audio connector
- 1 x S/PDIF Out Header
- Chassis Intrusion connector
- CD audio in
- 24-pin ATX Power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
- System Panel (Q-Connector)
BIOS:
- 8 Mb Flash ROM
- DMI 2.0
- AMI BIOS
- PnP
- WfM 2.0
- SM BIOS 2.4
Manageability:
WOL by PME, WOR by PME, WOR by Ring, Chasis Intrusion, PXE
Accessories:
- 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
- 1 x FDD cable
- 6 x Serial ATA cables
- 1 x 2-port Serial ATA power cable
- 1 x multi-function module ( 1 port eSATA and 1 port 4-pin 1394)
- 1 x Q-Shield
- 1 x User's manual
- 1 x 3 in 1 Q-connector
Form Factor:
ATX Form Factor, 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )
This item is RoHS compliant. to find out more about RoHS, please Click here for more information.
ASUS EPU-6 Engine:
System Level Energy Saving
The new ASUS EPU - the world's first power saving engine, has been upgraded to a new 6 engine version, which provides total system power savings by detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power in real-time. With auto phase switching for components (which includes the CPU, VGA card, memory, chipset, hard drives and CPU cooler/system fans), the EPU automatically provides the most appropriate power usage via intelligent acceleration and overclocking - helping save power and money
ASUS Express Gate:
5 Secs Bootup to online
Taking only 5 seconds to go online from bootup, Express Gate is the one-stop gateway to instant fun! It's a unique motherboard built-in OS. You can utilize the most popular Instant Messengers (IM) like MSN, Skype, Google talk, QQ, and Yahoo! Messenger to keep in touch with friends, or quickly check on the weather and e-mails just before leaving your house. What's more, the user-friendly picture manager lets you view your pictures without entering Windows at anytime!
Limited Warranty: One-year from invoice date with Directron.com for equal replacement/repair. 3-year from invoice date with manufacturer. 30-day money back from receiving date with 15% restocking fee for non-defective returns. No refund or credit after 7 days. Customer is responsible for returning manufacturer defective products unless testing is paid before shipping.
Notes: (1) How to install? Click here. (2) All retail boxed motherboards are opened for receiving purposes.
(3) When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended. (dxy071808)