Asus P5K-E WIFI-AP Motherboard

[stefano4368]

j'ai la même je la trouve encore très performante pour une vieillie carte mère!!!!

graciace asus

[BennyVengeance]

I'm thinking about buying a new 1tb hard drive and just wondering if this motherboard would support a SATA II Hard drive?

[wheely132]

man i wish that there were integrated graphics on all the motherboards these days.

[OneEyedJack1970]

@wheely132 I think most boards have them these days. Of course, that's not too surprising when two of the major chipset makers are AMD (ATI) and nVidia.

[enpac1234]

i have it

i like it

[butolina]

@enpac1234 i have it only problems

[Zekzt]

Is this mobo compatible with SLI ?

Is it possible to use two GTX 260 cards on it ?

[thedouglaswhite]

No. It's a Crossfire board. Intel Chipset.

[Zekzt]

Yea my bad, im an morron bro, didnt readed the description info properly =P ... non the less thanks for answer either way ^^

[224StuartWhite224]

P5K-E Has 2 PCI Express slots so 2 GTX 260 cards will be compatible.

[morda8]

there is one big flow in this mobo...the battery is placed right under the gpu slot so wen u got a gpu installed and u need to fix the bios ud have a hardtime taking tht battery out. i had tht problem with a previous mobo but the p5k doesnt have the same problem which is strange why this mobo has it.

[SniperScopeSE7EN]

i have this board

i got it for the built in WIFI to reduce cables & the DDR2 1066Mhz support

with a Q9300CPU, Nvidia 9800GTX it is one powerful setup in a antec 900 case

the only annoying part is you have alot of trouble getting to 4 sata ports if you have a large video card

[EliteKillerA93]

did you have to do anything to get the wifi working, or is all ready set up

[SniperScopeSE7EN]

just install the drivers(lastest if best)

& then you just use the windows wifi connection

issue was i had to put in a real old CPU to flash it to 1350 so i could use my Q9300

i overclocked it to 3.5Ghz with no issue besides heat

[Esuld]

I WAN TIS

[The2LGameR]

very good motherboard ...

[jonfun84]

I have this board but the box is blue? :s

[bganightfire]

you sure its the same? i remeber it being black around my area back then

[jonfun84]

Yeah its the same, Mine is the 1.5 revision I found out

[chuefengxiong]

I own this board and it's awesome.

[AshwinPanue]

is the p5k-e better than the p5n-e sli?

[Intelpentium54321]

p5n-e have sli

[franfred11]

I have a P5N-D and i Love it!!!!!!

[taltigolt]

any idea if they chip there parts to europe/sweden

[bosshall17]

i got the p5q se and i LOVE IT.

[Intelpentium54321]

can you overclock it

[JorshItUp]

I just bought this off eBay. It looks great. Just need to buy the other parts now!

[5An1O5H]

why did you by this motherboard its out off date get the new x58 or p45 chipset motherboards

[JorshItUp]

nty im k

[STS00STS]

you should buy p5k-deluxe it's p35 but you can replace it whit this new one p45

[oscccar1]

my p5k sucks. my old motherboard melt so I bought a new motherboard. and the old one was an old budget card but now when i have the new i can play less games with lower settings. ITS KILLING MY. i going to post a vid and show you whats happens when you play games on my pc:! but i think its maby the graphiccards fault.

[7Loory7]

I'm thinking in buy this motherboard and a GeForce 8800GT but the 8800GT is DDR3 and this motherboard has DDR2, Will the 8800GT run slower than in a DDR3?

Please help.

[Timzsk8]

Not Really, I have a 2 9800GX2 in SLI with my 750i, It runs fine. No prob with that.

[bassdemon16]

Thats strange. I have had this board for almost a year, with 2 different processors, 2 ram upgrades and 2 different hard drive configurations. Every time this board has been super stable and performed the way i would expect. Even overclocking my old E6420 i could get an easy 3.14ghz.

A different story from the guy below bashing it.

[Zryuken]

This moherboard is a piece of SHIT with many problems. DO NOT BUY IT BEFORE DOING 5 MINUTES OF RESEARCH. I bought one and it WILL NOT POST. Many people are also having this problem. Asus' technical support is a joke. Research it! I wish I did...

[bebetovic]

ok; i readed your comments and i would like see what is the problem with is motherboard .thanks

[Zryuken]

Just do a web search "p5k-e wont post". It's only a percentage of boards with problems, but there is still a high volume of defective boards, and not just this one. This board is GREAT, when it WORKS.

[ur2hi13]

y not just return it to where you bought it...and get another one

[asim18]

Sorry to hear that.

I have this board running a Q6600 at 3.55 Ghz 1.33V. And 2 of my friends are running Q6600's at 4.0 Ghz. all Prime stable.

If YOUR motherboard dosent post, then its most definately YOUR fault, or its been damaged.

[Zryuken]

Yes it was damaged. Like I said, Asus boards are great... when they work. I had a P5B-E that began to exhibit problems after a year of use. Sometimes Asus gets slack in the quality control department. I've given them another chance, though, I've just ordered a P5Q. It seems while they have some of the worst boards, they also have some of the best boards.

[855165]

Hi there,Would you mind telling me what bios you are running?I am running bios 0806 reason I am asking there is a few upgrades to pick from on the asus site...Thanks

Jack Ritchie

[asim18]

Hiya, I'm also running the 0806 bios, it's been running perfectly fine so I haven't updated it.

Cya.

[855165]

Hi,Thanks for the info on the bios think I will leave bios as it is.

Jack

[fah369]

does the P5K-V support DirectX10 and can it support Nvidia graphic cards?

[asim18]

Yes, it can even support DirectX Ultimate, Which is being developed by Microsoft, Nvidia AND ATi. It will be released in Feb 2009.

Good Day Sir.

[fah369]

Good day to you too.Should i buy the XFX nforce n680i SLI motherboard or the P5k-V?

[whitefoxx52]

canu do sli wit this board?

[dedu15]

hey its me again :P ..

he said that it is a little hard to reach the first 2 SATA ports when using huge nvidia VGA's .. the Q is can I use only one 9800 GTX grafic card on the other PCIe slot or do i have to use the first one so idont block the SATA's ??.. stupid question but i really need an answer :D

thanks.

[CRAKIZGOOD]

u have to use the blue pci express cuz the black one is 6 speed which means ur gona run games half the speed

[coldamian]

can I SLI this on thsi board?

[CRAKIZGOOD]

no INTEL no (mobo)

yes nvidia yes

[sprint2drift]

no, only crosfire.

[tombiddles]

thats the one i want

[RickArter]

As far as I can see you get better heatpipe and better BIOS features not too many mostly just more settings to choose from get my drift.

[dedu15]

I might have missed it int he vid .. but does it support 64-Bit technology.. ?? (like Vista ultimate 64bir)

 - Thanks -

[Wormmm90]

yeah sure does m8 :D

[dedu15]

thanks :P .. but it might be too late cuz Ive alraedy got the Asus p5k premium M.B :D !!

[RickArter]

Sure does I have one anything you need to know ask me great mobo for price even now.

[dedu15]

can you tell me exactly what's the defrence between Asus P5K-e Wifi Edition & Asus P5k Premium ??

Thanks.

[CRAKIZGOOD]

the premium is like twice more stable and has a better heatpipe for cooling

[r3dn3ck57]

im gettin this sometime this week

[tombiddles]

how is it, im thinking of getting it??

[r3dn3ck57]

that thing is super stable. it runs nice and cool still too. i overclocked to 2.4ghz on a stock 1.8ghz. the connectors for the front panel are very nice too since i always seem to mess those up.

[jjnature]

Notice how he didn't say anything negative about the board.  This is a sales pitch, not a review.

[dedu15]

stil.. it souns great :P

[fullscalecameraman]

CROSSFIRE BOOOOOOO!

[riptor3086]

Thanks very informative, cause i am planing on upgrading from an Ip35-E

[IceyT1337]

What ram goes with that motherboard?

[rogersvids]

PC 2100 DDR2

[hotrodfun]

DDRII SDRAM PC2-6400 or PC2-5300 (max 8GB.)

[WillySonicteam]

I up a q6600 in this motherboard to 3,8 Vcore 1,5v.

This motherboard is powerfull.

The chipset P35 & Asus is impressive.

[Nomad700]

It's actually great that this board has the 8-Phase power design (which the P5K-C doesn't have) for such a low price. A friend of mine bough this mobo last week and he overclocked his Q6600 to 3.4GHz with no problems.

[polarsequence]

Does anyone know if an XFX8800GTS will cover those 2 SATA ports?

Also, I can't understand why Intel boards are Crossfire compatible? Isn't that like giving in to AMD (who know own and produce ATI cards)? Anyone care to shed some light on this?

[dregothic]

It will but not enough to block them. I have a HD2900Pro that goes over it but it doesn't block them completely.

This is a great Mobo. I have it and love it and recommend it.

[deserthues]

Asus has included one SATA cable with this mobo that has a straight connector on one end and a right-angle connector on the other.

I have a large graphics card which does cover the two SATA ports, but the right-angle connector solves the problem. You would just need to buy a second, identical cable if you plan on using both ports beneath the card.

[polarsequence]

Thanks for both of your responses, however I ended up buying a Gigabyte P35-DS4 which I must say is also an excellent piece of kit :)

[buckamoona]

is there an actual diff between

p5k-E and p5k other than the fact p5k-e has wifi and is 18$ more? ... in terms of stability or anything?

[KriegBoy]

I have my q6600g0 at 3.6mhz(9x400)

voltage - 1.48

NB voltage - 1.5

SB voltage - 1.2

Mems - gskill overclocked at 1066mhz (5 5 5 15(voltage 2.1))

[kbrisin]

could you please give me all the overclock settings you use on this mb???

[Biggy866]

ho anche io questa scheda madre su un E6850 ed è potente :) lol

[bronson4216]

I have a q6600 with b3 stepping running at 3.ghz fsb 1333 mem667 dual channel on air with a inno 8800gts 320mb version when overclocked i just hit 13000 but not stable playing games drop core on 8800gts to 615 runs all day great board picks up wifi from 2 doors down great for when you run out of download speed >ps north bridge gets hot when overclocked but i do live in a realy hot house and its only after huge game play

[iheartcanadaeh]

Hey the script speaking bout the mobo is really well written and you guys really present it with a lot of polish. I really appreciate the fast paced overview of what to expect on this mobo, thanks for saving so much of my time! Much obliged.

[cgavin1]

Egads! This guys voice is just squeeky irritant (tm). Why does he have to say so much without actually needing to? American (latin abstraction) geeks really do my nut.

[stephenstern]

does the wifi work as a normal card, or only as an AP. i already have a wireless router and want to use it with that.

[nick4634]

yeah it works with any router if its B or G

[MrHydez]

this mobo is wonderfull, i have one and i'm happy with the results i've reached he like preety much the combination beetween Intel chipset and ASUS PCB :) he havent mencioned the 8 phases...

[mortal1ty]

Any1 know if the OCZ ddr2-667 Platnium rev2 ram will work with this board?

[ConstantinValdor]

Yes it will support any DDR2 up to 1066 (PC-8500), so it doesn't matter what type it is

[VIPERCHRISGRAU]

can i use ddr2 800 memory

[doomboy200]

Yes, I already bought it.

[doomboy200]

Can I use a single Geforce 8800 gts with this (without SLI)or do i need another card?

Heed help, i'm planing to buy this one. From LOS ANGELES CA.

[GamingwithG92]

You can use one 8800 GTS card with this system at 16x pci express 1.0

[tshath]

yes i have read that IT CAN overclock quad core.

[carlitoslam]

Can this MB OC a quad core ? if not, can you tell me why not?

[fepple]

Yeah it can no problem. Got mine yesterday, already got my Q6600 from 2.4 to 3.0 by just uping the FSB.

Hopefully I'll be able to get some more out of it as I havent fiddled with it properly still!

[racsito39]

The SATA ports being covered by some "giants" Nvidia cards is a big concern for me, I don't know if in the future i might buy one of those cards, as I tend to calculate for how long I want to keep my PC, the first i build was for 2 years, now is almost 3 years, big success, now i am moving forward and the mobo is the hardest choice.

[CounterStrike045]

I just bought this motherboard a couple of days ago, can't wait to get it up and running. All i have heard about it soo far is good reports..

[racsito39]

I just bought it, and already want to send it back, it doesn't support SLI, but Crossfire.

[redstation]

This does OC well. I ran a E6750 2.66gig at 3.67ghz on a 1826FSB with 1102mhz memory. Crucial Ballistix 800mhz ram. This board does NOT OC a quad core as well as it does dual core tho.

[carlitoslam]

Why this MB cannot OC a quad core?

[Hendrik990]

Hey Logan.

You should review ASUS Blitz Formula and Extreme.

[shadowreaver69]

as soon as I get it I will do a demo on it.

[wxnut]

i might be interested in that one as well for another build in the near future. but i have to go with nvidia all the way! kind of partial =P

[Kepkaaa]

what is raid for ?

[RickyTomatoes]

It's for killing insects.

[Boinkmakr]

LOL

[liermam]

RAID is a technology that allows hard drives to run and access data simultaneously. So if you have 250GB 10,000rpm's in raid you have 500GB's in @ 10,000rpm's. The same drives in raid would give you 500GB @ 20,000rpm's (approximate).

[Smallshoe]

No reviews on the premium?!?!?!?!?!?

[FreakingLogan]

I did a demo on the deluxe... waiting on the blitz to come in now.

[Smallshoe]

yeah i saw that one. Am going to change my rig in the future and the choice is going to Premium or blitz...and btw You do great reviews thx!.

[Smallshoe]

Forget the premium its giving a lot of problems; SataII especially!

[sonicsic]

first! this motherboard is very cool....maybe i'll buy it.