ASUS P5E3 Premium WIFI Ap@n

INTRODUCTION

For the last several months there has been quite a bit of discussion amongst the computer enthusiast ranks regarding the Intel® based X48 motherboards. Much of this discussion has stemmed from the release date for these boards being changed a number times. Well the time is here and these boards are finally making it to the mainstream consumer market. Some enthusiasts are saying its too little to late, while others are enthused about the potential these X48 based boards will bring to bear.

Those enthusiasts that are planing an upgrade to an X48 based motherboard are also heavily involved in additional rhetoric in an effort to discern the the best CPU to power this board. The waters have been muddied a bit with regard to this aspect of their thought process as the 45nm Quad processors slated to be released months ago have also been delayed and should be making their way into consumers hands within the next month. Probably the biggest decision is whether to remain with tried and true 65nm Quad core processors such as the Q6600 which is currently extremely cheap or make the move to th 45nm in hopes of significant performance gains from their architecture. The dual core (Wolfdale) version of the Intel® 45nm processor has been available for a while now and equated itself quite well making the decision even tougher.

Today we at Bjorn3D plan to help you procrastinators out there by providing some useful facts that will help with your decision making dilemma. We will be reviewing the ASUS's top of the line X48 based P5E3 Premium WIFI-AP @n motherboard. We plan to take this review to a new limit by testing the board with both the Intel® Q6600, 65nm processor and the Intel's new X3350 Xeon 45nm Quad core processor which is said to mimic the long awaited, forthcoming 9450 processor in all respects. We will also test the board using the 64 bit version of Vista using both 2GB of high-speed DDR3 as well as 4GB of lower latency DDR3. While this presentation is first and foremost a motherboard review we hope to assist as well in providing data to help you purchase the right accessories to make it shine.

ASUS:  The Company

ASUS, a technology-oriented company blessed with one of the world's top R&D teams, is well known for high-quality and innovative technology. As a leading provider of 3C (computers, communications and consumer electronics) total solutions, ASUS offers a complete product portfolio to compete in the new millennium.

In 2006, the company shipped 55 million motherboards, which means one in three desktop PCs sold last year was powered by an ASUS motherboard. Our 2006 revenues reached US$16.5 billion, and is expected to garner US$23 billion in 2007.

ASUS products' top quality stems from product development. It's like learning Chinese Kung-Fu; one must begin with cultivating the "Chi" and inner strength. Besides innovating cutting-edge features, ASUS engineers also pay special attention to EMI (electromagnetic interference), thermal, acoustics and details that usually go unnoticed to achieve complete customer satisfaction. ASUS notebooks are the first TCO'99-certified notebooks worldwide. The requirements for this honor include radiation emission control, energy (battery consumption), ecology (environment friendly) and ergonomics.

To succeed in this ultra-competitive industry, great products need to be complimented by speed-to-market, cost and service. That's why all 100,000 over employees of ASUS strive for the "ASUS Way of Total Quality Management" to offer the best quality without compromising cost and time-to-market while providing maximum value to all customers through world-class services.

With unyielding commitment to innovation and quality, ASUS won 2,168 awards in 2006, meaning on average, the company received over 5 awards everyday last year. BusinessWeek ranked ASUS amongst its “InfoTech 100” for the 9th straight year. The readers of Tom's Hardware Guide, the world's largest IT website, selected ASUS as the best maker of motherboards and graphics cards. Furthermore, the company is ranked as No.1 in quality products and services by the Wall Street Journal.