The Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe is an ideal solution for assembling high-performance PCs based on the LGA775 socket. Overview of the motherboard ASUS P5B Disk for the Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe

Number of processor support boards Intel Core 2 Duo is steadily growing. Recently in the stores appeared asus boards At the P965 chipset, among which the most powerful and interesting is the ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi model. The main features of this product are the presence of two PCI EXPRESS X16 slots, Wi-Fi wireless support (though, due to the installation of the corresponding module, the number of USB ports has decreased from 10 to 8) and the presence of an effective passive chipset cooling system and a power module (8-phase !). In addition, one interesting component appeared in the package, but we will not get ahead ...

ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi Specification

Box

Box with ASUS P5B board is located inside a dust pack:

One page leans, and the user can briefly familiarize themselves with all ASUS brand technologies.

Equipment

• Motherboard;
• CD disk with software and drivers;
• CD disc with optional software (intervideo software package) + description;
• One ATA-133 loop, fdd loop;
• Six serialata + cables three power adapters (six connectors);
• User Guide on english language;
• Braces with an additional port of FireWire;
• Bracket with 2 additional uSB ports2.0;
• Wi-Fi antenna;
• User Guide by ASUS WiFi. SOLO;
• Additional fan;
• Set of additional connector;
• Plug on the rear case panel;
• Sticker with ASUS logo;
• Microphone Soundmax.

Standard components are almost enough. In particular, the package includes 6 cables Serialata, 3 power adapters with 6 connectors, Parallelata loop and loop cable.

In addition, there is one bracket with two USB2.0 ports and braces with FireWire port.

However, for the full implementation of the entire potential of the board, another bracket with two USB ports is required, one Serialata cable and the corresponding power adapter.

The claims manual did not occur. Also note that the CD is recorded on the CD full set necessary drivers (including drivers for 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows, Drivers for Linux, as well as branded utilities, and Antivirus Norton InternetSecurity 2006).

Additional software (Intervideo software package (MediaOne Gallery, WinDVD Creator 2 Platinum, PhotoAlbum, Disk Master 2.5 Platinum, DVD Copy 2.5 Platinum) is on another CD and equipped with a brief description. Also there is a brochure for installing and configuring the Wi standard wireless communication. -Fi.

The Wi-Fi module is installed directly on the fee, and has a special connector for connecting antenna (the connector is displayed on the back panel). The antenna itself is present in the kit:

Separately, we note the "bonus" elements of the configuration. First, this is an additional "turbine" fan that is installed on the radiator of the power module.

Secondly, this is a special additional connector ( Q.uICK Connection Kit) to which you can connect all cables from the housing ("POWER", "RESET" buttons, cable from the "HDD" indicator, etc.), and then connect them to the board in one hand movement.

Finally, the package includes a special SoundMax microphone.

This device is not the development of ASUS, and produced Andrea. Using two separated microphones, the developers have achieved a partial reduction in interference and sound reflections, and also eliminated background noise using the Noise Filter function.

Final conclusion: Thanks to various additional components, as well as a completely decent standard set of cables, loops, etc., the fee is very good. And even having accurate price information, we can safely put the rating "5".

ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi

The design of the board is sufficiently convenient, from the point of view of the collector: the power connectors are installed on the edges of the board, and the DIMM slots latch are not blocked by the PCI Express video card. In addition, the connector of the built-in IDE of the controller is located in parallel plane of the board (which facilitates the connection of the loop).

The only difficulty can create an uncomfortable location of the additional Serialata port, which is near the rear panel. Although if you use it for connecting external devicesThe convenience of the location is obvious!

I want to once again pay attention to the power connectors. An 8-pin connector is installed on the left edge. Moreover, the fee is capable of working with power blocks 20 + 4, and the contacts unused in this case are closed with a plastic lid.

A 4-pin CPU_FAN connector for the corresponding cooler is installed next to the processor socket.

In addition to it, there are six more (!) 3-pin connectors: PWR_FAN - near the DIMM, CHA_FAN1 and CHA_FAN3 slots - on the left edge of the board, CHA_FAN2 and CHA_FAN4 near the Northern Bridge, and Cha_Fan5 is near the southern one. Note that on this design PCB, ASUS releases several models, but CHA_FAN4 and CHA_FAN5 connectors are only on the version P5B Deluxe WiFi.

On the North Bridge only a passive radiator is installed, which is connected to the radiator on the power supply module using a heat tube. Accordingly, heat is transferred from the chipset to this radiator from which it dissipates. This scheme is especially effective if an additional fan is installed on the power module radiator (available).

Under the north bridge, four 240-pin DIMM slots for DDR2 memory modules are installed. They are divided into two groups of two slots. The first two slots belong to the first channel of the controller, the last two to the second channel.

Note that the board supports the memory of the DDR2-533 / 667/800/889/1066 standard, and the total amount of memory is 8 GB. As soon as the board serves the voltage - the pair of green LEDs mounted on back side fees. And as soon as the system starts - the pair of red, located ibid lights up. On the front side of the board there is a transparent Logo ASUS, which is spectacularly highlighted by the mentioned LEDs.

The board has two PCI Express X16 slots (both with latches), which are designed for video cards.

However, due to the internal limitations of the P965 chipset, the fee does not support work with two video cards on NVIDIA SLI or ATI CROSSFIRE technologies. By the way, on the second PCI Express X16 slot, only 2 or 4 PCI Express bus lines are really highlighted.

In addition to the listed slots on the ASUS P5B board, three more "conventional" PCI slots are installed, as well as one PCI Express X1 slot.

Expansion opportunities

The ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi board has an ICH8R bridge, with a radiator. As a result, the board supports 6 SERIALATA II ports, and allows you to combine discs in RAID arrays Level 0, 1, 5 and 10 (Matrixraid).

In addition, 2 more Serialata II devices can be connected to the JMB363 controller, the JMicron production (chip is near the rear panel).

One port is displayed on the back panel board, and the other is located near the rear panel. The same controller provides support for one Parallelata channel.

Total - 10 hard drives can be connected to the ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi board (8 SATA + 2 PATA).

Next - only 8 USB2.0 ports are installed on the board (out of 10 supported ICH8R). Of these, 4 ports are installed on the rear panel, and 4 more are connected using a plank (a set of one strap with two ports). Most likely, a decrease in the number of USB ports is associated with the installation on the Wi-Fi module board.

In addition, the ASUS P5B board supports another type of serial bus - IEEE1394 ("FireWire"). To do this, the TSB43AB22A controller manufactured by Texas Instruments is installed on the fee.

As a result, the board supports 2 FireWire port: one is located on the rear panel, the other is connected using the plank (available).

Now a pair of network words: on the board there are two high-speed network controllers: Marvell 88E8056 (Gigabit Ethernet),

and Marvell 88E8001 (Gigabit Ethernet).

The rear panel of the board has a rather non-standard configuration.

In particular, ASUS engineers completely abandoned the support of the LPT port, and from one COM port. On their places are optical and coaxial SP-DIF outputs, as well as one SERIALATA II port and FireWire port. However, the second COM port Provided by the design PCB, but there is no ASUS P5B model on the ASUS P5B model.

Traditional jumper scheme on the board:

The ASUS P5B board has a single jumper: CLRTC is a jumper to zero CMOS (located near the battery).

Now let's talk about BIOS settings.

Bios.

The ASUS P5B Board BIOS is based on AMI BIOS.

In the memory settings section, the next set of timings:

An important parameter that affects performance is to set the memory frequency. It is located in the Overclocking Settings section.

Now consider the System Monitoring section.

The board displays the current values \u200b\u200bof the temperature of the processor and the system, the speed of rotation of the five (from seven!) Fans, as well as voltage levels. In addition, the coolers connected to CPU_FAN and CHA_FAN1-3 can change the rotational speed depending on the temperature of the processor and the system. Moreover, the processor cooler has a separate set of Q-FAN 2 settings, and for coolers connected to CHA_FAN1 - CHA_FAN3 there is one set of common settings.

In addition, you can monitor the system monitoring readings in Windows. For this purpose, the system monitoring system ASUS PCPROBE 2 is intended.

Also, the board works the ASUS Update utility, which is designed to update drivers, BIOS firmware and change the POST screen (Mylogo2 function). Finally, the board supports the CrashFree BIOS 3 feature (restoring the spoiled firmware using a floppy disk, CD or Flash - disk).

Traditionally, ASUS, BIOS supports the display of parameters in multiple languages \u200b\u200b(MultiLanguages \u200b\u200bBIOS).

Also BIOS provides access to the user to configure all the functions of modern processors:

Refresh bIOS version can be several ways. First, use AFUDOS utilities (DOS) and ASUS UPDATE (Windows), and in the latter case in the BIOS, you can write a POST picture (for this purpose, the Mylogo 2 function is intended). Secondly, the user can use the EZ Flash 2 utility, which is built into the BIOS. And the file S. new firmware Maybe not only on the usual 3 "floppy disiver, but also on a hard disk or a USB flash drive.

But probably because of the BIOS flaws, the EZ Flash 2 utility hung immediately after launch.

In conclusion, we note the OC Profile technology that allows you to save all BIOS settings in memory, and if necessary, download them. ASUS P5B Deluxe WiFi supports two independent profiles:

By the way, the familiar bed with the BIOS microcham on the board is not.

Apparently the BIOS function performs this chip.

It is it that allows you to implement additional features and technologies (such as OC Profile). That is, it is very similar that ASUS engineers are trying to combine in one BIOS function chip and additional features. A traditional approach is available BIOS + installation on a charge of an additional chip, such as ABIT Mguru, MSI Corcell and Foxconn Foxone / Tigerone.

Overclocking and stability

Before switching to overclocking, consider the power converter. It has an 8-phase diagram (!), In which four capacitors are installed with a capacity of 1000 Igf and 11 capacitors with a capacity of 821 microf.

To facilitate the heat module thermal mode, as well as for active cooling of the Northern Bridge (important when overclocking), the user can install an additional fan (available).

Now go to the consideration of the acceleration functions.

First, the ASUS P5B board allows you to change the system tire frequency in the range from 100 to 650 MHz in 1 MHz increments.

It is convenient that the required FSB frequency value can be entered from the keyboard.

Secondly, the ASUS P5B board allows you to change the voltage on the processor (VCORE) in a very wide range: from 1.1 V to 1.7 V in increments of 0.0125 V.

In addition, at our disposal there is a function of increasing the voltage on the chipset, and as on the North Bridge (from 1.5 V to 1.65 V in increments of 0.05 V),

so in southern.

Available values \u200b\u200bof 1.057 V and 1.215 V. In addition, it is possible to raise the voltage on FSB from 1.2 V to 1.45 V in increments of 0.05-0.1 V.

Also at the disposal of the user there is a function that prompts the voltage on the PCI Express bus and on SATA in the range from 1.5 V to 1.8 V in increments of 0.1 V:

It is also possible to change the frequency of the PCI Express bus, ranging from 90 MHz to 150 MHz,

and fix the PCI bus (this is important for the correct operation of the PATA hard drives):

Now let's try the functions of acceleration in practice. So, the ASUS P5B board showed excellent results: stable operation at FSB \u003d 476 MHz with a processor on the CONROE kernel.

It is worth noting several important points. First, the P965 chipset is somewhat inferior to I975X in terms of overclocking capabilities. This, first of all, concerns the memory frequency setting. I975x has the ability to lower multiple memory frequencies, and P965 has no. In other words, on the motherboard with the chipset P965, the memory works either synchronously or at a greater frequency than FSB. It is clear that to achieve the best results of overclocking, it is necessary to put a synchronous mode (for P965), since at high FSB frequencies (from 400 MHz and above), memory operates at its capabilities, and requires an increase in voltage and improve cooling.

Secondly, at high frequencies FSB (again from 400 MHz and above), the stability is achieved by increasing the voltage on the North Bridge of the chipset. Accordingly, it becomes necessary to improve the cooling of the chipset.

Thirdly, a lot depends on the processor model. Of course, the E6300 is the cheapest, and allows you to achieve an impressive percentage of clock frequency growth. But because of a very small multiplier, he cannot be a "selection of overclocker". A model E6400 is presented with this role, which costs ~ $ 40 more, but has a multiplier \u003d 7. This means that to achieve the technological limit (3.5 GHz) of this processor, it is necessary to increase the FSB frequency from 266 MHz to 500 MHz, which quite achievable. However, the new stepping (B2) can increase the overclocking potential, and thereby force the user more carefully select the system components and improve the cooling system. It should be noted that some enthusiasts achieved FSB frequencies\u003e \u003d 550 MHz using the ASUS P5B Deluxe fee. True, for this, a physical modification of the board was used to increase the voltage on the North Bridge. It is clear that the warranty is lost at the same time, but if the ASUS programmers are released new version BIOS with an extended VDD change range, then the need for a soldering iron will disappear, and this fee will be able to fight for the title of the best overclocking platform (we will make the appropriate conclusion in the comparative review of motherboards at the P965 chipset at the end of the year).

conclusions

ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi is a very interesting and attractive product. The excellent combination of good configuration, powerful expansion and advanced features of functionality displays this motherboard among the leaders among the boards on the P965 chipset. The only moment that can affect the conclusions is some uncertainty with a retail price. And if the latter is, at the level of competitors, we definitely recommend this fee to the acquisition.

Separately, we emphasize the following fees: the passive cooling system of the chipset and the power module with the possibility of installing an additional fan; Availability on board seven (!) Connectors for connecting fans; quite a decent complete set, which includes the SoundMax microphone ($ 35); The presence of Wi-Fi wireless module, the presence of two PCI EXPRESS X16 slots, as well as support 8 Serialata II channels and one ParallelTa channel.

In addition, we note the support of such branded technologies as CrashFree BIOS 3, EZ Flash 2, OC Profiles, as well as support branded utilities PC PROBE II, AI Booster and Asus Updatemylogo2.

And finally, say a few words about excellent results in the area of \u200b\u200boverclocking. Even despite some restrictions of the P965 chipset, which do not allow the memory frequency to lower, the ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi board showed excellent stability at a very high frequency FSB \u003d 476 MHz!

As for the deficiencies of the board, then with all the thoroughness of testing, we did not find them.

Conclusion

• High stability I. good level performance;
• 8 phase power scheme;
• The presence of two PCI Express X16 slots;
• SERIALATA II / RAID support (8 channels; ICH8R + JMB363);
• Support for one channel P-ATA (JMB363);
• Built-in 8-channel sound and two network controllers (Gigabit Ethernet);
• Support for USB2.0 interface (8 ports) and IEEE-1394 (FireWire; 2 ports);
• Wi-Fi support;
• Excellent equipment (including Soundmax microphone, add. Fan);
• ASUS's wide range of branded technologies (PC PROBE II, EZ Flash 2, CrashFree BIOS 3, MYLOGO2, Q-FAN 2, and so on);
• Additional set of AI Proactive technologies (AI Overclock, N.O.S., AI NET 2, Other);
• Passive / active chipset cooling system and power module.

• Not detected.

• Excellent results of acceleration of the processor and memory;
• On the rear panel there is a port Serialata II; No LPT and one COM port.

Had excellent specifications, supported all advanced processor solutions and allowed the most productive computing systems. It also had an appropriate ($ 200), and she belonged to the premium class of computer components. It is about her that will be discussed in this material.

Equipment

Since it belonged to the decisions of the premium level, this system fee, then the equipment was appropriate. In it, the prudent manufacturer included everything that is possible:

• Systemic deluxe board.
• Instructions in English.
• 2 disks with drivers, specialized software and electronic documentation.
• Metal plug for the rear cover of the personal computer case.
• 1 for connections hard Outdated and FDD disk for switching with an internal diskette for a diskette of 3.5 ".
• 6 With which new storage modifications are connected to the motherboard.
• Sticker with a manufacturer's logo.

Processor connector and chipset

ASUS P5B Deluxe underlies. The characteristics of the chipset indicated that this motherboard is based on the chipset 965. And the South developed by Intel. The model of the first one is 82p965. Its main component - controller random access memory. In turn, 80281HR was designated, its task is to ensure interaction with external controllers, which were established in expansion slots.

Additional built-in controllers

An impressive set of additional controllers could boast ASUS P5B Deluxe. The following components of third-party developers were included in this list:

1. 2 network controllers 88E8001 from Marvell. Due to this, this motherboard could well perform the functions of the bridge and combine the two separate sections of the local computer network.
2. The increased quality of the output sound provided the AD1988B controller from the ADI company. Its specifications complied with the requirements of CH7.1.
3. JMicron controller JMB361 provides dynamic control of the speed of rotation of the cooling system of the cooling system itself and the processor device.

Processors

An impressive list of supported CPUs could boast ASUS P5B Deluxe. The processors of the following models could be installed on such a motherboard:

• The niche of the least productive solutions in this case was occupied by Celeron and Celeron-D. The first of them included only one kernel and had a low level of productivity that allowed to solve the most simple tasks. In the second same case, two cores were already on one silicon crystal, and this circumstance allowed such chips to use in gaming systems entry level.
• At the step above in the hierarchy there were CPUs of the Pentium 4 and Pentium-D series. As in the previous case, the first processor solution consisted of one computing module, and the second from two. A greater level of speed was provided by a large amount of cache and increased clock frequency values.
• Premium CPUs in this case were Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad. The first family was equipped with 2 high-performance nuclei, and the second is four.

Operational storage device

As noted earlier, the RAM controller was included in the northern bridge set system logic. It could address up to 8 GB of DDR2 RAM. Recommended frequency values \u200b\u200bof modules - 533, 667 and 800 MHz. It was possible to establish more high-speed strips with frequencies of about 1066 MHz, but this did not give a special increase in speed for the reason that they worked anyway at the maximum possible 800 MHz.

The controller of the operational storage device was two-channel. As a result, 2 modules of 1 GB were preferable in a bundle with it than one on 2 GB. Such an organization of the RAM subsystem allowed to obtain an additional 10-15 percent of performance.

List of expansion slots and communication capabilities

Three types of expansion slots were located on ASUS P5B Deluxe. This list included the following:

• 2 slots for setting the discrete graphics of the PCI-E version 16.0.
• 1 Slot for PCI-E Controller performed 1.0
• 3 PCI slots for outdated controller modifications.

The list of communication connectors and ports included:

• 2 PS / 2 sockets.
• 4 universal USB ports.
• One parallel LPT port.
• 2 RJ-45 network sockets.

Opportunities

The impressive possibilities for increasing productivity were implemented in ASUS P5B Deluxe. The acceleration of processors could be carried out in the following ways:

• An increase in the frequency of the system tire to 650 MHz. The minimum increment step was 1 MHz.
• An increase in the CPU frequency multiplier.

In addition to this, the ability to regulate voltage on a real-time processor. All this made it possible to maximize the speed of the computing system as quickly as possible.

Brief Installation Instructions

Installation of the system board of this model must be performed as follows:

1. We install fee into the case and fix bolts. In each hole for fastening it is necessary to install a bolt.
2. Install the remaining components of the computer inside the system unit.
3. Connect the front panel to the connectors in the lower right corner of the board.
4. We switch the power supply to all components of the computing system.
5. We connect the motherboard, drives and other PC components.

RESULTS

The premiecable solution of the premium level was the Deluxe motherboard. Its opportunities allowed to create personal Computer any level. But it is preferable to use it as part of high-performance computing systems.

Stanislav G. 5 years ago

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Super Mom supports all processors and 4 nuclear extremes, just for each percent on the ASUS website there is your BIOS otherwise glitches will be written below and above that. Swears at percent, it works. Bios, which you need this precise, will be happiness ... And it supports all cool processes 2-4 cores on tires 1066-1333mz ... Look at the asus carefully bios pieces 20 There are all sorts of if no more and you will be happy. I wanted to buy a NAS server for a home cloud so that from the TV, etc. He worked ... and stupidly gathered on this mother so all NAS servers store just rest. So .... if the hands are straight, then everything will work out. I removed everything cooling left one on you blowing noise at all and the temperature 35 gr. Learn ...

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Advantages: It works for 9 years without shutting down

Disadvantages: No.

Dmitry K. 6 years ago

Yandex Market

Absolutely agree with previous speakers. The computer on the basis of the board has been working for the ninth year, the last two years as home Server With a raid with an array of 8 terabytes. I took the workstation later P5Q Turbo - no comparison goes. Constantly some incomprehensibility in the work of the computer arise. From the shortcomings, I can only note two points - with the 4-core processor Q6600 works, but the BIOS turns all the time that this processor is not known to him. The processor in the list of supported appears, BIOS latest version. Well, and with a raid, I did not understand - I tried to create a hardware Reid 5, but an array of 2 terabyte was created out of 4 terabyte disks, which inadequately for REID 5. I had to do a software.) In general, I want to note in general the unpleasant moment that asus is pretty Supportlessly throws products support. It is sad.

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Advantages: Reliability, Performance, Built-in RAID

Disadvantages: special not marked

Sergey Gladanets 7 years ago

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It has been working for seven years. Since 2007, I installed Core 2 Quad Q6600 2400MHz (easily chasing up to 3600MHz) and HYNIX 4GB 800MHz. At the end of summer, 2008 put Viyuhu Nvidia GeForce GTX280 (which worked for 13 months, after the roasters for another 2 months) and with it the Hyper power supply at 730 watts. Now I sit on the Radeon HD6870 and the third year I use as system Disc SSD OCZ VERTEX 64GB. I plan to acquire Sound Blaster ZXR, as I love good sound, PCI-E connector of the last generation (narrow) allows you to do this. Everything works like a clock. Very happy with his platform, because of SSD and good coolers, everything works silently, it makes sense to go to something new one. Yes, by the way, since 2004 I have been repairing cell phones since 2004, and therefore you have to actively use USB - it still determines everything clearly, never fails. Thanks to the guys from ASUS for a flawless product).

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Advantages: good, reliable, there are all the necessary interfaces (SATA, IDE, E-SATA, USB, COM-port, optical audio, etc.).

Disadvantages: The problem in some network games due to the built-in sound (it's rather even in drivers, but the manufacturer has stopped supporting this sound chip).

Guest 9 years ago

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not so picky for additions and so the board in everything Cool!

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Advantages: Opponation Opportun! Cold North Bridge (due to the well-thought-out housing system with a regular ventilator on the bridge radiator)

Disadvantages: once every six months there are dust wipe and vacuuming the body! :-)

Today's hero of the review has long disappeared from the stores, and it is no longer found on the Internet. If you try, you can, of course, get this motherboard, ASUS P5B Deluxe, from other users. Although there is no point in that particular. Now this model is just an example of how the production of motherboard companies has developed. The novelties have long changed their format, got powerful chipsets and freed from unnecessary connectors on the interface panel.

Pay

Model ASUS P5B Deluxe Features received powerful. In 2006, it was almost the strongest motherboard on the market. Even when the P5K series appeared on the sale on the updated chipset, this "motherboard" was in demand and interesting for buyers. During the release of the new product, the P5B model was a reliable warrant, since he had served faith and truth for half a year.

In addition, like any new product, the series got too highly overwhelmed. Therefore, users gladly supported production and already supposedly "outdated" motherboard.

Supply

The new ASUS P5B Deluxe board was supplied in standard packaging. It did not have anything special. The whole series was produced precisely in such a box. It was painted in a blue color. There was a lot of information in front. The board model was indicated, supporting major chipsets. Also in several languages \u200b\u200bwas the slogan: "Customize the speed as you want!", That immediately hinted buyers to the accelerated potential of the model.

On the back of the box of information was even more. This indicated the format of chipset, branded technologies, new options, etc. The diagram was also depicted on which it was possible to find the main elements on the product where the cooling system, processor, audio system, power was located.

Technologies

Continuing to consider the box, it was possible to find the main technologies. They will stop more. The manufacturer mentioned the AI \u200b\u200bNOS, which no one would not surprise anyone. Then it was a fairly interesting and very necessary solution for many buyers. The technology allowed to automatically accelerate the board, taking into account the load on the system.

The next AI Gear option represented several profiles to customize the entire system so that adjusting the frequency of the chip, the system bus and voltage was balanced. Thus, the "motherboard" did not create a lot of noise and reduced power consumption.

AI NAP also worked on the noise of the board. Technology allowed to reduce noise and power consumption. Now this feature is not amazing for users. And then everyone could "sleep" his PC without losing data and work processes.

Set

Was in a box for ASUS P5B Deluxe instruction. She was not rich in descriptions and details, but in principle, it allowed to successfully install a "motherboard" in the corps. Those who have not enough for this information could find additional help on the Internet. Also in the box was drivers disk, softwareCompatible S. Windows Vista..

Among other things, it was possible to find loops for the FDD, which nowhere is not used anywhere, Ultradma, 4 pieces of Serial ATA. Equipped with two SATA power adapters, a panel plug, a table with two USB connectors. Bonus in the box put a branded sticker.

Layout

An appearance of ASUS P5B Deluxe is interesting. Design Overview is interesting, first of all, layout of the element base. It is well done, although in time there were practical complaints. The first thing that rushes into the eye is the unsuccessful placement of PCIE X1. This slot can only be placed in a small board, as the radiator for the northern bridge is nearby.

By the way, both "bridge" obtained aluminum protection, but during acceleration and other powerful loads, radiators did not fully determine. If the PC housing is small, then it is very uncomfortable to get to the port FLOPPY. Therefore, it was often used to use a loop to install the board.

The JMICRON JMB363 controller is responsible for the work of two hard drives in the array. To form them in a bunch, you can also use External SATA, but this, as practice has shown, is very uncomfortable. The above controller does not only correctly organize the work of the railway, but also provides the IDE port, which will no longer meet on the board.

Ports

More than 10 years ago, motherboards had a huge number of slots and connectors, which now you will not meet. Some of them are already superfluous. Lit enough, some - no. One way or another, the board was sufficiently loaded.

In this model, there are three ports for PCI, the same amount for PCIE X1, there is a PCIe X16 connector. The latter uses a video card for ASUS P5B Deluxe. Depending on the modification, there may be 8 or 10 USB connectors on this board. Most often, four of them are displayed on the interface panel.

The COM port was also left in stock. There is a controller for the Internet, which works at a speed of up to 1 Gbit / s. For the sound, the eight-channel code is responsible. The power stabilizer has three channels and is formed on fairly reliable polymeric capacitors. Additional elements of cooling, in addition to field transistors, there is no.

The interface panel acquired two connectors - for the keyboard and mouse format PS / 2. There is a parallel LPT. For audioorts - six places, four USB connections and a place to connect a network cable. In addition, there is SATA on-the-go, S / PDIF coaxial and optical.

Four fans are installed on the board. For the processor it is fourkone. The remaining three have three contacts. The connector for the cooler was located, slightly distinguished from the chip, close to the memory slots. The remaining places for connecting fans are convenient for uniform cooling distribution.

By the way, the cooler was also given a special technology, which automatically adjusts the speed of the fan attributive to the processor, and other mechanisms located nearby.

Support

The new board of the board supported a large number of processors. This could be connected by Intel Pentium 4, Pentium D / EE, Celeron-D and Core 2 Duo. The socket had a LGA775 connector, which also allowed to function Hyperthreading technology. Thus, the core of processors could perform more data streams.

The North Bridge worked with 82p965, and South - 82801HR. There were four ports for memory that supported DDR2 format. The maximum amount of its volume reached 8 GB, which at that time was quite a lot. Memory frequencies could reach 1066 MHz. Access to RAM is two-channel, and on the board there was an additional power indicator.

Control

For ASUS P5B Deluxe, the BIOS update has passed successfully. AMI version has a wide variety of settings and adjustments. In principle, the menu is intuitive, it can be easily understood with the acceleration of the system.

Overclocking leads to the fact that the clock frequency of the chip can be increased to 400 MHz. The working frequency of memory is accelerated from 533 to 1067 MHz, which for 2006 it was a very good indicator. The PCI Express bus is also easy to speed up to 150 MHz.

To work is balanced, you can change the memory power voltage. Thus, raise it from 1.8 V to 2.45 V. If the user does not understand that, then there is also auto modewhich independently selects the voltage depending on the load on the system.

The same thing happens with the supply voltage of the chip kernel. It increases to 1.7 V. You can also raise the voltage for the northern and southern bridges, FSB and ICH Chipset.

The BIOS menu can be seen for ASUS P5B Deluxe system characteristics in the process. For example, changing the temperature of the motherboard and the processor, the speed of operation of the fans, the supply voltage and its value. There are also included and disconnected the main functions that work with the cooler.

For high-quality overclocking, it is best to update the BIOS version. There is a special utility from the UPDATE manufacturer.

Modifications

It is worth noting that the ASUS P5B Deluxe model is not the only one in the series. There is also a normal option, which is different from the support of some technologies. There is an improved model. In general, all series of the ruler were popular among buyers. They liked the fact that there is a choice in a different price segment. Someone needed was the usual motherboard, someone, on the contrary, wanted more functional and powerful.

So the ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi appeared. The first most obvious difference from other modifications is the equipment. So, for this model, not only drivers with drivers and software were laid in the box, but also another CD with additional software. There is a wire ATA-133. For Serial ATA - Six cables at once.

Inside there is a planka for FireWire and with two USB 2.0 connectors additionally. As can be seen by the title, inside there should be an antenna for a wireless network, here it is. For her, even separately placed the use management.

In the box there is an additional fan, several connectors, plug, sticker and microphone.

Several additional ports appeared on the board. One of the main advantages is the presence of two PCI Express X16, which expands the capabilities of this board and allows you to attach two vidyuhi at once. But it is interesting that if theoretically, this is possible, it practically cannot come true, as the chip itself does not have SLI or CrossFire technologies.

Overclocking

Before you know how much the memory of the memory for ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi, you need to consider food options. It is created here as a scheme for 8 phases. It has only 15 capacitors: some of them received a capacity of 1000 μF, and part 821 of the ICF.

For overclocking, it is always better to use further fan. It is very nice that it is in stock. It allows you to actively cool the northern bridge, as well as the acceleration process itself makes stable and correct.

Since the modifications are slightly different from each other, the BIOS is updated to version 0509 or 0701. The system tire frequency increases to 650 MHz, PCI Express can accelerate to 150 MHz, processor up to 476 MHz. Memory, depending on the options, increases the frequency to 1 GHz.

conclusions

The Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe was an excellent option at one time. Now it can be found on very ancient PCs, it does not have the necessary connectors for connecting the latter peripheral devicesAlso designed for moderate power consumption. But it would be rather strange if the user would like to "squeeze" from this model with unprecedented performance after 10 years.

Then the "motherboard" was considered an advanced model that had a good configuration and was the leader among those who received the chipset P965. Depending on the modification, the version had a wiring system of a passive type on 4 or 7 slots for fans.

Supported the "motherboard" a lot of new-fashioned technologies that allowed automatically to adjust the system, overclocking. Also allowed to adjust the speed of the fans. There was support for branded software.

The overclocking potential also turned out to be not bad. The chipset was the only element that limited some frequency indicators. Although even with such a situation, the processor could be accelerated to 476 MHz, and this is an excellent result.

The ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi version has become the most popular. It was stronger than due to a good cooling system, unlike the simplest modification of P5B. She also organized the formation of arrays and had FireWire, the technology that was lacking for the younger fellow.

In ASUS P5B Deluxe-WiFi everything has become improved. What was missing - added, some elements, on the contrary, removed. By the time the elder version, the BIOS was updated, from which the potential of overclocking was largely depended. Power system has been finalized, temperature monitoring has become more accurate.

After the new ASUS P5K motherboard line appears on the basis of the new Intel P35 Express chipset, it is possible to somewhat inactively describe the fee on "outdated" intel chipset P965 Express. But in fact, the ASUS P5B boards series remains a very interesting and demanded goods. A tangible reserve performance has not done a new chipset, yes, it supports Intel processors with a bus 1333 MHz, but these processors are still on the market. ASUS P5B boards line, at least half a year will be in demand, because the price for a newly released series of boards on this moment A little overpriced. In this review, we consider the younger model of the motherboard line on the Intel P965 ASUS P5B chipset.

Specification motherboard ASUS P5B:

The motherboard is packed in a cardboard box, on which the support of the operating room is indicated windows systems Vista and four-core Intel processors.

On the back of the package shows the photo of the board with the footnotes of its best qualities and lists the branded technologies supported by the product. A little more detail, let's stop on those technologies that allocated the manufacturer:

Ai nos.(Non-Delay Overclocking System) – instant overclocking system, which intellectually defines the load capacity, and automatically increases its performance.

AI Gear.- This technology allows you to select a profile by which the processor frequency, system bus and Vcore voltage will be adjusted, thereby decreasing noise and energy consumption.

Ai nap - Technology that reduces to a minimum noise and consumption of electricity. It translates the computer to power saving mode, without turning off applications, and awakens the system by simply pressing the keyboard or mouse button.

If you have a desire to familiarize yourself with the entire list and description of the ASUS brand technologies, which support this motherboard, then this can be done on the manufacturer's website.

The ASUS P5B motherboard is very well equipped. Included includes:

• motherboard;
• CD with software and drivers to Windows Vista;
• english manual in English, brief instructions Installation
• fDD loop,
• pin Ultradma 133/100/66;
• 4 plume Serial ATA;
• two power adapters to SATA devices, with two connectors;
• branded sticker;
• ASUS Q-Connector;
• plug on the rear case panel;
• plank with two USB connectors.

Note the lack of a strap with the COM port.

The ASUS P5B motherboard is quite well composed, but, of course, it will not cost without some small comments that we will definitely do. First, in the most upper slot PCIE X1, it will be possible to install a small fee, because a radiator of the northern bridge is located very nearby. In the North and South Bridge installed aluminum radiators - It must be said that during long-term testing and acceleration with their task, they coped not very well.

The floppy connector is deployed, and it will not always be conveniently connected in small cases, so we advise you to connect the loop before installing the board in the case. The Intel Ich8 south bridge supports four SATA II ports, without the possibility of forming RAID arrays. These four SATA connections are located in the right corner of the board. In addition to them, there are two more - one is located near PCI connectors, and another External SATA port is displayed on the rear panel. The operation and organization of two hard drives in RAID arrays 0.1 and Jbod can only provide the JMICRON JMB363 controller. At the same time, we note that it is completely inconvenient to use the external port external SATA to form an array. In addition, the controller provides the only IDE connector on the board, with the possibility of connecting two devices.

The motherboard has three PCI slots, three PCIe X1, and one for the video card PCIE X16.

To the rest of the remarkable features of interfaces and controllers, we will be:
- Support for ten USB ports, of which four are displayed on the rear panel;
- one COM port;
- the PCI-E Gigabit LAN (RTL8111B) controller (RTL8111B) with a transmission rate of up to 1 Gbit / s;
- HDA codec of the eight-channel sound Soundmax ADI AD1988A with S / PDIF output and apply Noise Filter noise suppression technology.

Power stabilizer Three-channel, assembled on reliable polymer capacitors 680 μF x 4B and on N-channel field transistors Niko-SEM P0903BDG (25V, 9.5M, 50A). Unfortunately, additional cooling elements on transistors are absent.

The following ports are displayed on the rear panel: two PS / 2 for mouse and keyboard, parallel (LPT), six switchable audio ports, 4 USB connector, RJ45 connector for network connections, SATA ON-THE-GO, coaxial and optical S / PDIF. Note the absence of a COM port, which even sometimes may be useful.

You can connect four fans to the board, one of which is 4-pin processor, and three other three-contact. The processor cooler connector is slightly distinguished from the LGA775 and is at the top, near the memory slots. The remaining three connectors are conveniently spaced throughout the board, which provides a good selection of space for connecting body fans. The Q-FAN Control technology allows you to automatically adjust the speed of rotation of the processor cooler powered by the CPU FAN connector, and two more enclosed fans connected to CHA-FAN 1-2 connectors.

The ASUS P5B motherboard uses AMI BIOS, with a large selection of the settings required for a successful acceleration of the system.

Opponation Opportun:
- change the clock frequency FSB from 100 to 400 MHz in 1 MHz (manual input);
- Selecting the memory frequency (DDR2-533 / 667 / 800/889/1067) and changing memory timings (Cl, RCD, RP, RAS, 1T / 2T);
- change in the frequency of the PCI Express tire from 90 to 150 MHz in 1 MHz increments;

Setting the DDR2 memory voltage from 1.8 V to 2.45 V, with a pitch of 0.05 V or the inclusion of Auto adjustment mode;
- change in the power supply voltage of the processor core from 1.225 V to 1.7 V in increments of 0.0125 V;

Voltage change FSB Termination 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.4 / 1.45 V;

Change in the supply voltage of the Northern Bridge 1.25/1.4 / 1.55 / 1.7 V;
- Change the power supply of the nucleus southern Bridge (SATA, PCIE) 1.5 / 1.6 / 1.7 / 1.8 V;
- change in the supply voltage ICH CHIPSET 1,057 / 1.215 V;
- Changing the processor multiplier from 6x to max.

In the Hardware Monitor window, you can follow:
- the motherboard and processor temperature;
- speed of rotation of the processor cooler, and two other fans in the housing;
- voltage of the power core of the processor;
- the magnitude of the voltage of the main power lines 3.3B, 5V, 12V.

In addition, it is possible to enable CPU Q-FAN and Chasis Q-FAN features responsible for controlling the speed of rotation of the processor cooler and body fans, respectively.

Conducting standard procedure Testing the capabilities of the system tire, we were able to raise its frequency to 470 MHz, but we are confident that this is not the limit. Unfortunately, at our disposal there was only the memory of the DDR2-800, if we had something peristers, then the result, for sure, would be better.

Testing

The following equipment was used to verify the capabilities of motherboards.

CPU A noticeable difference in the performance of motherboards on the new Intel P35 Express chip, compared with the charges on the Intel P965 EXPRESS chip is not observed, all the indicators are actually the same. conclusions The motherboard ASUS P5B is a good basis for computer Systems on modern intel processorsThe fee shows excellent performance And has good overclocking opportunities. But, unfortunately, ASUS P5B has several drawbacks. Intel ICH8 South Bridge does not know how to organize RAID arrays, so if necessary, you will have to use the options for an additional JMicron JMB363 controller, which only two connectors support, one of which is located on the rear panel. Also a serious disadvantage, as it seemed to us, are highly heating bridges and the lack of a cooling system on the power stabilization unit. If the radiator of the southern bridge, during testing was hot, then the radiator of the northern bridge was simply hot. Although the computer has worked stably, but still there is some concern for the safety of the chipset with long-term loads on the system. Therefore, if you decide to do Overloine, then have it in mind, perhaps you make sense to choose a more expensive fee with the best cooling system, or yourself take care of improving cooling. To the merits, it can be attributed: high performance; three connectors for connecting additional fans; a large number of settings in the BIOS required for overclocking; the tested ability of work at the FSB 470 MHz frequency; external port external SATA; 8-channel High Diffination Audio sound with coaxial and optical S / PDIF outputs. To disadvantages, we will take: the absence on the back panel of the COM port and the additional panel included; bad possibilities of organizing RAID arrays; weak cooling system; lack of firewire. We express my gratitude to the company PF Service (Dnepropetrovsk) for testing motherboards provided for testing. An article read 112548 times (a) Subscribe to our channels