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| ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus Motherboard Review | |
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| NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI | NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI | NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra | |
| Segment | Enthusiast SLI | Performance SLI | Performance |
| Socket | Intel Socket 775 | Intel Socket 775 | Intel Socket 775 |
| CPU |
Core 2 Extreme (dual and
quad core) Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Celeron D Pentium 4 Pentium D 9XX Pentium D 8XX |
Core 2 Extreme (dual and
quad core) Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Celeron D Pentium 4 Pentium D 9XX Pentium D 8XX |
Core 2 Extreme (dual and
quad core) Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Celeron D Pentium 4 Pentium D 9XX Pentium D 8XX |
| FSB (MHz) | 1333* MHz | 1066 MHz | 1066 MHz |
| Extreme FSB Overclocking | Best | Good | Good |
| NVIDIA SLI™ Technology |
Yes 2 x16 |
Yes 2 x8 |
No |
| Third PCIe Graphics Expansion Slot | Yes | No | No |
| SLI-Ready Memory (MHz) with EPP | 1200 MHz | - | - |
| JEDEC DDR2 Memory (MHz) | 800 MHz | 800 MHz | 800 MHz |
| NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology | Yes | No | No |
| PCI Express | |||
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# Lanes
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46 lanes | 18 lanes | 18 lanes |
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# Links
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9 links | 4 links | 3 links |
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Configuration
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16, 16, 8, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
8, 8, 1, 1 or 16, 1, 1 |
16, 1, 1 |
| SATA/PATA drives | 6/2 | 4/4 | 4/4 |
| SATA speed | 3Gb/s | 3Gb/s | 3Gb/s |
| RAID | 0,1,0+1,5 | 0,1,0+1,5 | 0,1,0+1,5 |
| NVIDIA MediaShield™ Storage Technology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Native Gigabit Ethernet Connections | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| NVIDIA FirstPacket™ technology | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| NVIDIA DualNet® technology | Yes | No | No |
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Teaming
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Yes | No | No |
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TCP/IP
Acceleration
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Yes | No | No |
| NVIDIA nTune™ Utility | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| USB ports | 10 | 8 | 8 |
| PCI Slots | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Audio | HDA (Azalia) | HDA (Azalia) | HDA (Azalia) |
* Available on CPUs supporting 1333MHz FSB
Packaging:
 Retail front |
 Retail rear |
 Open sleeve |
 Inner box |
The retail box is covered with a sleeve that is common to ASUS, and this sleeve also has a flap that opens. The main cover doesn't have too much in the way of information about the motherboard other than support for Vista, Intel Quad core, and a FSB of 1333. The back side of the cover has the specifications and a picture of the P5N32-E SLI Plus motherboard. Opening up the lid and here we get to see most of the features of the motherboard. The cover slides off to reveal the main box, which has the ASUS AI logo on the front and back.
Contents:
 Open Box |
 Freshness seal |
 Cabling |
 Drivers |
 More gear |
 Q-connectors |
 SupremeFX |
 Rear view |
P5N32-E SLI Plus Layout Overview:
Here's a couple
of
pictures I grabbed from
newegg.com since, quite honestly, it shows off the layout better than I
could:
These two photos really show the heatpipe design on the ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus. The copper heatpipes snake across the motherboard to two sets of copper fins that are around the CPU socket. Now, these fins are low-profile and the CPU cooler shouldn't interfere with them. On the bottom picture you may notice that something is missing. What is missing, you say? How about those audio ports? Oh, Yeah! A separate audio card is supplied and is used on a designated expansion slot on the motherboard. But one other thing is missing, and that is the presence of a external SATA port.
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