Asus P5W DH Deluxe Motherboard

Amazing Board

Strengths: Has lots of features. The board has the 975 chipset.

Weakness: Cheap constrcution I/O cover. The bios loads up TOO slow

Sometimes when i read other peoples posts I just feel like I need to share the truth. The truth is if your conroe is overheating you have no clue how to install a chip - they run super cool on stock intel coolers. When you read about people who have multi-board failures - well i think they either work for other companies or they are kids who are not informed or they have no clue how to install....

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Great Rock Solid Motherboard

Strengths: Stable Reliable Good Three Year Warranty Plenty of Features

Weakness: Text in BIOS is not written by a native speaker The Marvel Ethernet Controller uses utilizes the CPU slightly more than a Broadcomm Early motherboards shipped without Conroe support

I brought this motherboard to replace my old Intel D875PBZLK motherboard, as part of a complete system upgrade. My old Intel D875PBZLK motherboard was the second one I had (the Ethernet Controller on the first one died on me) and its AGP port was dying. So far, this motherboard has not had any hardware problems and seems to be of better quality than Intel's motherboards; I especially like the...

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ASUS P5W Deluxe

Strengths: Excellent overclocker, loads of I/O outputs, WiFi, lots of features

Weakness: Expensive

Lots of features in a very stable board. The three SATA RAID controllers on board, integrated WiFi, HD Audio and an infrared remote control for general system and multimedia control. The cost is the main disadvantage. This is one great board. A well thought out design in at stock or overclocked.

Outsdanding Motherboard

Strengths: Very solid and stable overclocker-friendly motherboard. A wealth of features and bunch of accessories included. Good layout for most connectors. Native IDE support. 3 PCI slots for legacy devices.

Weakness: North and South Bridge can get toasty without active cooling. Not enough of usable SATA ports in my opinion. 975 chipset is older than a 965 one and has a lower usable FSB for overclocking.

Excellent motherboard, my first from Asus. Technology of the 975 chipset maybe a little outdated but it still top notch. I hope that it will support future 45nm cpus. Very easy to install and overclock. Rock-solid stablity! All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase. I'm looking forward to years of trouble-free computer maintenance with this motherboard.

Great motherboard!

Strengths: Requires correct version of BIOS in order to boot; installation of DH remote was difficult

Weakness: Expensive; More features than you need?

I've been buying ASUS boards for years. Certainly not for their customer support, but for their quality design and construction. My first problem with this board was that it must have been sitting on the shelf too long, as it had original BIOS from August 2006. Their early revs did not support the new Intel C2D CPUs, even though the box clearly stated otherwise! The solution is to get an older...

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wonderful p975 motherboard

Strengths: a rather mutifunctional motherboard, very tough for overclocking

Weakness: several bugs in the bios, a little over price

Asus's leadership in MB (motherboard) clearly shows in p5w dh. This board has gained its worldwide fame by won several OC (overclocking) competitions. This is why it's the most expensive p975 board in the hardware market. "dh" means digital home. It's a series Asus MB product with great multimedia functions, such as you can operate your computer by remote control. I've tried to oc this MB with a...

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solid mobo for oc

Strengths: Lots of features, OC friendly,

Weakness: The bios loads up a little bit slow

This is a rather impressive mobo. It has tons of features and it can be oc very well. It won't let the ram run at more than 667 unless you set it manually. It doesn't support sli officially. My rig: cpu: E6600 @ 3.65Ghz mobo: p5w dh psu: ocz gamextream 700w graphic card: evga 8800gtx ram: 2g corsair pc6400pro sound:Xfi blaster