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Asus P5N72-T Premium
$249.00
Released May, 2008
The Pros:Well thought-out layout provides ample space for most components. BIOS configuration is easy due to intuitive menus and access. Software suite allows real-time adjustment to overclocking and provides operation figures.
The Cons:Heat sink is rather ineffectual unless you can position a fan to pass air over it. Has problems recognizing an odd number of RAM modules. Relatively high number of dead-on-arrival shipped units, for ASUS.
The Asus P5N72-T Premium is a powerful high-end motherboard which supports tri-SLI through the NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI chipset. The motherboard supports all LGA 775 socket processors in turn meaning it supports Intel Quad-core, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo and Pentium CPUs with a max FSB of 1600MHz (Overclocked) or 1333MHz (normally).
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The motherboard also includes 4 240 pin DDR2 DIMM slots for support with dual channel DDR2 1200MHz (Overclocked) or 1066 MHz ram modules up to 8GB maximum. For SLI mode the P5N72 features 3 PCI-E Gen 2.0 x16 slots which operate as x16, x16, x8 speeds under tri-SLI mode. The board also includes a dual gigabit LAN for double network connection speed, as well as 6 USB 2.0 slots with an extra onboard USB connector for adding 4 additional slots. Extra peripheral ports also include 6 SATA 2 3GB/s ports with RAID 0/1/0+1/5/JBOD support, 8 channel analog audio outputs, IEEE 1394a, ATA100, and Optical and Coaxial S/PDIF Outputs. The P5N72 was released on May 15, 2008 and has an MSRP price of $249.
Features
- CPU support: Intel Quad-core, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo and Pentium
- FSB (Front Side BUS): 1333MHz, 1600MHz (Overclocked)
- Chipset: NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI
- Socket: LGA 775
- Memory Support: Dual DDR2 533/667/800/1066+, 1200 (overclocked) (8GB maximum)
- Graphics Options: 3*PCIe Gen 2.0 with 3-way SLI support
- Audio Chipset: ADI AD1988B
- Audio: 8-Channel analog audio output
- 6 USB 2.0 Ports, 5 PCI-E Slots (3 x16), 6 SATA2 connectors
- Dimensions: 12.0 in. x 9.6 in. ATX Form Factor
- Release Date: 05/15/2008
- MSRP: $249
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Pros & Cons
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Well thought-out layout provides ample space for most components
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BIOS configuration is easy due to intuitive menus and access
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Software suite allows real-time adjustment to overclocking and provides operation figures
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Receptive to overclocking
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Automatically restarts without opening case in the event of overclocking system crashing
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Heat sink is rather ineffectual unless you can position a fan to pass air over it
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Has problems recognizing an odd number of RAM modules
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Relatively high number of dead-on-arrival shipped units, for ASUS
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Comments (2)
Ellarnia:
#asus_p5n72_t_premium lack of quality check, on board lan port was DOA no lights. problem with PCI-e x1 interface, board does not recognize presence of PCI-e NIC at times even though the card is being supplied power(leds are blinking away). Removing the card and reinserting the card is a fix till it happens again. (speculates similar thing happens with PCI interface for wireless card as wireless connection drops and does not come back, requiring reboot)
Jul 23, 10
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Ellarnia:
#asus_p5n72_t_premium ASUS makes good products in general (intuitive unlike other name brand designers) and sells it cheep, long time user of ASUS products and very satisfied
Jul 23, 10
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