This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™2 processors in LGA775 package. It also can support Intel® 45nm Multi-Core CPU. With new Intel® Core™ microarchitecture technology and 1600/1333/1066/800MHz FSB, Intel® Core™2 processor is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPU in the world.

PCIe 2.0
Double Speed; Double Bandwidth
This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth which enhances system performance.

Dual-Channel DDR2 1200
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of 1200/1066/800/667 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest operation system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 19.2GB/s.

ASUS Express Gate SSD
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!

Best Quality Power Components
100% High-quality Japan-made Conductive Polymer Capacitors! (5000 hrs VRM)
Low RDS (on) MOSFETs with min. switching loss & lower temperature, Ferrite Core chokes with lower hysteresis loss, and 100% Japan-made high quality, long life conductive polymer capacitors.

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.

AI Nap
Minimize noise and power consumption when temporarily away!
With AI Nap, users can instantly snooze your PC without terminating the tasks. System will continue operating at minimum power and noise when user is temporarily away. It keeps downloading files or running applications in quietest state while you´re sleeping. Simply click keyboard or mouse, you can swiftly wake up the system in few seconds.

Fan Xpert
Active Quiet & Cool
ASUS Fan Xpert intelligently allows users to adjust both the CPU and chassis fan speed according to different ambient temperature , which is caused by different climate conditions in different geographic regions and system loading.Built-in variety of useful profiles offer flexible controls of fan speed to achieve a quiet and cool environment.

Technical Details

Model

• Brand : ASUS
• Model : P5Q Premium

CPU

• LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron E1000 Series and Celeron 400 Series Processors, Support Intel next generation 45nm CPU,Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ready; Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep ®Technology(EIST) Refer

Chipset

• Intel P45 / ICH10R with Intel® Fast Memory Access(FMA) support

Front Side Bus

• 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz

Memory 

• 4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR2 1200/1066/800/667 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
• Dual Channel memory architecture

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot at max. x16 link (blue)
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot at max. x8 link (white)
• 2 x PCI Express x16 slot at max. x4 link (black)
• 1 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 88SE6121

• 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices

Silicon Image Sil5723 (Drive Xpert technology)

• 4 x SATA 3Gb/s (orange and blue)
• Supports EZ Backup and Super Speed functions 

LAN   

• Quad Gigabit LAN controllers
• Marvell 88E8056® Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2, Teaming, and Redundant

Audio  

• ADI® AD2000B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
• Support Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming, and Front Panel Jack-Retasking
• Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
• ASUS Noise-Filtering

IEEE 1394 

• LSI 3227 2 x 1394a ports 

USB 

• 14 USB 2.0 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 10 ports at back panel)

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse combo port
• 1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
• 4 x LAN (RJ45) port
• 10 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 8-channel Audio I/O

Internal I/O Connectors 

• 2 x USB connectors support additional 4 USB ports
• 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
• 1 x IDE connector
• 1 x COM connector
• 6 x SATA connectors (red)
• 4 x Drive Xpert SATA connectors (orange and blue)
• 1 x CPU Fan connector
• 3 x Chassis Fan connector
• 1 x Power Fan connector
• 2 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
• Power on Switch
• Reset Switch
• System Panel (Q-Connector)

Form Factor 

• ATX Form Factor
• 12"x 9.6"(30.5cm x 24.5cm)

Site link

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Support and Service

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