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ASUS P5WD2 Premium 955X Motherboard Review

Manufacturer:	ASUS
Product:	ASUS P5WD2-Premium
Date:	Wed, Aug 17, 2005 - 12:00 AM
Written By:	Rich Caporali
Price:	Current Pricing

Introduction

Today, Legit Reviews takes a look the latest high performance board from ASUS, the P5WD2 Premium. Featuring a wide variety of benefits including support for dual core processors, Native DDR2 800, Intel's Memory Pipeline Technology, HD Audio, as well as ASUS' proprietary Stack Cool 2 and AI Quiet, the ASUS P5WD2 Premium promises to be a popular choice for those wanting to take advantage of Intel's dual core processors.

CPU Support

•  LGA775 Support for
• Celeron D
• 5XX Series
• 6XX Series
• Intel® Pentium D 820, 830, 840,
• Pentium Extreme Edition 840 with Hyper-Threading

Chipset

• Intel 955X  
• Intel ICH7R

Front Side Bus 

• 1066/ 800/ 533 MHz

Memory

• Dual channel memory architecture
• 4 x 240-pin DIMM sockets support max. 8GB DDR2 800/ 667/ 533 ECC and non-ECC memory
• Native DDR2 800 Support
• Intel MPT (Intel Memory Pipeline Technology)

Expansion Slots

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot for discrete graphics card
• 1 x Universal PCI-E Slot ( x4 mode)
• 1 x PCI Express x1
• 3 x PCI

Storage

• Intel ICH7R South Bridge:
  1 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
  4 x Serial ATA I/II 3.0Gb/s with Intel Matrix Storage Technology with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support
• Silicon Image 3132 SATA controller:
  1 x Internal Serial ATA I/II
  1 x External Serial ATA
• ITE IDE controller:
   2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66

Audio

• Realtek ALC882D High Definition Audio 8-channel CODEC
• Support Multi-streaming, Jack-sensing and Jack-retasking functions
• Coaxial, Optical S/PDIF out on back I/O port
• Features Dolby Digital Live technology LAN Dual Gigabit LAN controllers
• 1 x Intel PCIe Gigabit LAN Controller
• 1 x Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit LAN Controller, featuring AI NET2

ASUS AI Life & Overclocking Features

• Stack Cool 2 patented fanless cooling system
• "SATA on the Go" External SATA connector
• AI Quiet
• AI NOS? (Non-delay Overclocking System)
• ASUS CPU Lock Free
• Precision Tweaker:
  - vDIMM: 8-step DRAM voltage control
  - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125 increment
  - SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): allowing FSB tuning from 100MHz up to 450MHz at 1MHz increment
  - PCIe x16 Frequency: allowing PCIe x16 frequency from 100MHz up to 200MHz at 1MHz increment
  
• AI Overclocking (intelligent CPU frequency tuner)
• Adjustable FSB/DDR ratio. Fixed PCI/PCIe frequencies
• ASUS AI Booster utility
• ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x Parallel
• 1 x Optical + 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse
• 2 x RJ45
• 4 x USB 2.0/1.1
• 1 x IEEE1394a
• 1 x External SATA port
• 8-Channel Audio I/O Accessories 1 x IEEE1394 port module
• 5 x SATA cables
• SATA power cable for 5 devices
• 1 x 2-port USB2.0 / Game module
• 1 x COM Port module
• 1 x GT Soft Bridge for future upgrade
• 2 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable
• 1 x IDE cable
• 1 x FDD cable
• 1 x I/O Shield
• User's manual

Form Factor

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

Warranty

• 3Years through the manufacturer

Next Page - Board Layout

Review Index:
- Select - Page 1 - Introduction Page 2 - Board Layout Page 3 - Board Layout continued Page 4 - BIOS Page 5 - Software and Testing Page 6 - CPU Testing Page 7 - Memory Testing Page 8 - Graphics Testing Page 9 - Final Thoughts

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