Socket 775 Special!
P5AD2-E Premium Wireless Edition
Makers of the world’s first motherboards with built-in wireless LAN, ASUS never ceases to provide innovative solutions to tomorrow’s challenges. This P5AD2-E Premium Wireless Edition offers extreme performance for Intel’s phenomenal LGA775 processors, a wealth of advanced technologies, and the uncompromising reliability that high-performance systems demand. Based on Intel’s dynamic new 925XED Express chipset, the P5AD2-E Premium supports CPUS with FSB up to 1066MHz, Dual DDR2-711/533, PCI Express Graphics, Intel PAT, Dual Gigabit LAN, 1394a, Triple RAID, 8-channel high definition audio, Dolby Digital Live and the fabulous WinDVD software suite. With an accumulated R&D experience of more than 5,600 years, ASUS uses its unrivaled engineering prowess to provide you with unsurpassed performance and compatibility. This P5AD2-E Premium is one of the most versatile boards in the ASUS AI Proactive series and the best choice if you’re building an at-home server. It also works perfectly as a high-end gaming machine or a task-intensive workstation. For the highest quality at an affordable price, choose ASUS’ P5AD2-E Premium motherboard.
Intel LGA775
Pentium 4 CPU
With new 90nm technology, the world's most advanced chip-making process,
it delivers significant gains in performance through the combination of
lower-power transistors, strained silicon, high-speed copper interconnects
and a new low-k dielectric material
PCI Express
Support
PCI Express is the latest I/O interconnect technology that will replace
the existing PCI. With a bus bandwidth 4 times higher than that of AGP 8X
interface, PCI Express x16 bus performs much better than AGP 8X in applications
such as 3D gaming. PCI Express x1 also outperforms PCI interface with its
exceptional high bandwidth up to 500MB/s.
Specifications
Form Factor:
ATX
Processors Supported:
Intel Pentium 4
Intel Celeron
Intel 04B
Intel 04A
Additional Technologies:
HyperThreading Technology
Front Side Bus:
533MHz
800MHz
1066MHz
Northbridge:
Intel 925XE
Southbridge:
Intel ICH6R
Memory Supported:
533MHz DDR2
711MHz DDR2
Number of Pins:
240-Pin
Number of Slots:
4
Maximum Memory Supported:
4GB - 32bit
Channels:
8 Channels
Audio Chipset:
C-Media CMI 9880
LAN Type:
10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit
54Mbps Wireless
PCI Slots:
3
PCI Express X1 Slots:
2
PCI Express X16 Slots:
1
PS/2 Keyboard Connectors:
1
PS/2 Mouse Connectors:
1
Parallel Ports:
1
USB Ports:
8
FireWire Ports:
1
LAN Ports:
1
Audio Out Jacks:
1
IDE Headers:
2
FDD Headers:
1
Serial ATA Headers:
8
ATX Power Connectors:
1
PC Power Connectors:
1
Fan Connectors:
4
S/PDIF Connectors:
2
Detailed Features
A Closer Look
Socket
This motherboard features a Socket 775 design.
The Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) style socket makes it easy to install and
upgrade your processor.
Chipset
The P5AD2-E Premium motherboard is based on the Intel 925XE Northbridge
chipset and the Intel ICH6R Southbridge Chipset. It supports Pentium 4
and Celeron with Intel PCG 04A and 04B Processors. Supports 800/1066MHz
Hyper-threading technology Front Side Bus.
Memory
Expansion
The P5AD2-E Premium provides 4 DIMM sockets using 240-pin DDR2 with a total
capacity of up to 4GB. You can install DDR2 533/711MHz Memory .
PCI
Express Support
The P5AD2-E Premium fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect
technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point
serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by
carrying data in packets. This high-speed interface is software compatible
with existing PCI specifications.
IDE
The P5AD2-E Premium includes built in IDE facilities that supports Ultra
DMA 33/66/100/133.
Audio
The P5AD2-E Premium comes with a C-Media CMI9880 audio codec which supports
high quality 8-channel audio.
Serial
ATA Support
The P5AD2-E Premium supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial
ATA interfaces. The SATA specification allows for thinner, more flexible
cables with lower pin count, reduced voltage requirement, and up to 150
MB/s data transfer rate.
Customer Reviews and Rating
Customer Rating:
4.5
Customer Reviews:
6
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Value
4.5
Features
4.5
Quality
4.5
Performance
4.5
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Reviewer:
Leeway on
Jul 08, 2005 Customer Rating:
3.0
Value
3.0
Features
3.0
Quality
3.0
Performance
3.0
This is a pretty good board. The onboard audio leaves somthing to be desired, however. The C-Media Audio built into the motherboard utilizes the new HD Specification for audio as opposed to AC-97 audio. The problem with HD audio is that they never built the +20 decibal microphone boost into the specification. This means that any unpowered or unpreamped mic you plug into the card will sound VERY low volume wise(almost inaudible). If you plan on using teamspeak with this board, you may want to invest in a USB headset.. Or add an audio card which supports AC97.
Reviewer:
bravo29 on
Jul 01, 2005 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
Lots and lots of stuff on this board. When I bought the board I didnt realize it had half the stuff it came with. Board runs nice and cool and I dont overclock. With out SP1 for XP you are kind of screwd. If you get this board update bios right away. Love the Qcontrol with bios update.
Reviewer:
joao araujo on
Jun 06, 2005 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
this mother board is very good lots of thing to add to it
Reviewer:
bsquared on
May 21, 2005 Customer Rating:
4.0
Value
4.0
Features
4.0
Quality
4.0
Performance
4.0
awsome board. easy oc. awsome support.
I must say, the software is junk. junk junk junk
it did not recognize my IDE I had to use my backup computer to create a boot disk. on the phone for hours. great board but the software is junk. programs great but took me a while with ide drives. also, if you dont have sp1, you cant use audio and other things.
Reviewer:
terkone on
May 15, 2005 Customer Rating:
5.0
Value
5.0
Features
5.0
Quality
5.0
Performance
5.0
This is a kick ass board. It has it all can act as a net hub for the whole house. Lots of extras and will keep you ahead of the pack.
Heat Sinks - Many Shapes & Sizes!
A heat sink (or heatsink) is an object that absorbs and dissipates heat from
another object using thermal contact (either direct or radiant). Heat sinks
are used in a wide range of applications wherever efficient heat dissipation
is required; including for CPUs, Memory, Video Cards, and more.
Heat Sink Shapes Change!
Many products come with a Heat Sink, and some with a combination Heat Sink
and Fan. Keep in mind though, that manufacturers are constantly
improving the design of their cooling components, thus the shape and design
of the heat sink or heat sink & fan can change on any product at any time.
PLEASE NOTE:
Cooling Components Can Change At Any Time, And Do Not
Affect The Performance Or Specifications Of The Product.
How Do Heat Sinks Work?
Heat sinks function by transferring high temperature thermal energy (heat)
from one object (such as a CPU chip) to a second object (such as the Heat
Sink), which has a lower temperature, with a much greater heat capacity.
This rapid transfer of heat quickly balances the temperature of both
devices, lowering the temperature of the first. This is what makes a
heat sink a cooling device. Since room temperature is usually cooler than
the hot device, the Heat Sink helps cool the device, lowering its temp to
closer to room temperature.
The most common design of a heat sink is a metal device with many fins or
vanes. The high thermal conductivity of the metal combined with the large
surface area of the fins does the work to rapidly transfer heat to the
surrounding, cooler, air. This cools the heat sink and whatever it is in
contact with. Some Heat Sinks use the metal alone for cooling, some
use fluids (just like you car radiator) and a thermal interface material
(such as thermal gel) to ensure maximum heat transfer to the heat sink.
Adding a fan dramatically improves air flow, and improves the heat transfer
even more.
Remember The
Thermal Paste!
Remember that when you are adding a Heat Sink, you MUST USE
thermally conductive Gel or Paste, to form a good thermal contact between
the Heat Sink and the Device. Failing to use this will result in
reduced cooling, and possible failure and damage to the device!
Hyper-Threading Technology enables multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. This level of threading technology has never been seen before in a general-purpose microprocessor. Internet, e-Business, and enterprise software applications continue to put higher demands on processors. To improve performance in the past, threading was enabled in the software by splitting instructions into multiple streams so that multiple processors could act upon them. Today with Hyper-Threading Technology, processor-level threading can be utilized which offers more efficient use of processor resources for greater parallelism and improved performance on today's multi-threaded software.
Hyper-Threading Technology provides thread-level-parallelism (TLP) on each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. As a result, resource utilization yields higher processing throughput. Hyper-Threading Technology is a form of simultaneous multi-threading technology (SMT) where multiple threads of software applications can be run simultaneously on one processor. This is achieved by duplicating the architectural state on each processor, while sharing one set of processor execution resources. Hyper-Threading Technology also delivers faster response times for multi-tasking workload environments. By allowing the processor to use on-die resources that would otherwise have been idle, Hyper-Threading Technology provides a performance boost on multi-threading and multi-tasking operations for the Intel NetBurst® microarchitecture.
This technology is largely invisible to the platform. In fact, many applications are already multi-threaded and will automatically benefit from this technology. However, multi-threaded applications take full advantage of the increased performance that Hyper-Threading Technology has to offer, allowing users to see immediate performance gains when multitasking. Today's multi-processing aware software is also compatible with Hyper-Threading Technology enabled platforms, but further performance gains can be realized by specifically tuning software for Hyper-Threading Technology. This technology complements traditional multi-processing by providing additional headroom for future software optimizations and business growth.
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10, Depth:
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Shipping Weight:
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Hyper-Threading Technology enables multi-threaded software applications to execute threads in parallel. This level of threading technology has never been seen before in a general-purpose microprocessor. Internet, e-Business, and enterprise software applications continue to put higher demands on processors. To improve performance in the past, threading was enabled in the software by splitting instructions into multiple streams so that multiple processors could act upon them. Today with Hyper-Threading Technology, processor-level threading can be utilized which offers more efficient use of processor resources for greater parallelism and improved performance on today's multi-threaded software.
