Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi-AP Motherboard Review

[azianai]

its odd its info is on asus taiwan but not USA lol.
But its price break and specs seem like its not entry lvl, but oh well i got a good deal imo

[drew and not u]

Oh yeah, it looks like a great board, I meant entry level for the P5K series, not for motherboards in general.

[RangerXLT8]

Originally Posted by drew and not u

I was curious about your P5k Green as well, and looked it up a bit today. It looks like it's just their entry level P5K series board.

I kind of wish MY P5K-E had the Voltage damper, but I guess that's what they want you to pay the extra $50 for (along with the few other features). I wonder if I could find a hacked BIOS to enable it. hmmm....

Yep the voltage dampener really rocks. In the new bios they call it Load Line Calibration.

[drew and not u]

Oh snap, I think that may actually be in my bios! I need to check that out when I get home! Thanks man!

[drew and not u]

Sweet, it did have it. I guess I'm a ****, but I didn't even know what it was until you said something. After looking, with it enabled there is almost no drop in voltage under load!

[RangerXLT8]

Originally Posted by drew and not u

Sweet, it did have it. I guess I'm a ****, but I didn't even know what it was until you said something. After looking, with it enabled there is almost no drop in voltage under load!

Yep, Asus probably was tired of people RMAing boards they fubar'ed trying to volt mod them, or else they are just really gearing their high-end MBs towards Overclockers.

My voltage is set to like 1.385 in the bios but in windows it sits at 1.36v idle and load.