ASUS P5E3Kini telah hadir motherboard ASUS P5E3 Premium yang didesain dengan chipset Intel X48 terbaru dan merupakan hasil inovasi dari Asus seperti ASUS AI Lifestyle, Crystal Sound, dan EZ DIY. Sebagai tambahan, motherboard ini merupakan hardware computer pertama yang menggunakan DeviceVM SplashTop atau Express Gate, seperti motherboard Asus pada umumnya.
Beberapa fitur ASUS P5E3 Premium seperti processor 45nm, Asus RoHS Compliant, Ai Lifestyle, dan Energy Processing Unit (EPU). Termasuk dalam box kemasan motherboard ASUS P5E3 Premium, yakni ASUS WiFi-AP, CD software P5E3, dua antenna WiFi 802.11g/n, user guide motherboard, satu 4-pin molex dengan dua USB dan satu port Firewire, dan header ekstensi panel bagian depan sebagai bagian dari ASUS EZ DIY kit.
Spesifikasi ASUS P5E3 Premium :
Processor :
Intel Socket 775 Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Duo/Pentium Extreme/Pentium D/Pentium 4 Processor
Compatible with Intel 05B/05A/06 processors
Support Intel 45nm CPU
Chipset :
Intel X48
Intel ICH9R
Intel Fast Memory Access Technology
Front Side Bus :
1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
Memory :
4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 2000/1800/1600/1333/1066/800 Memory
Non-ECC, Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel Memory Architecture
Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
DDR3-2000/1800 With Overclocking speed
Expansion Slots :
3 x PCIe x16 (blue @PCIe2.0 x16 mode, black @PCIe x4 or x1 mode)
Supports CrossFire Technology
1 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI
Storage :
6 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
2 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
Support RAID 0,1,JBOD
LAN :
Dual Gigabit LAN controllers
Marvell 88E8056 PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2
Realtek RTL8110SC PCI Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2
Wireless LAN :
ASUS WiFi-AP @n
300Mbps* IEEE 802.11n (Draft) and backwards compatible with IEEE 802.11g / b
Audio :
ADI AD1988B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming
AI Audio 2
IEEE 1394 : Agere L-FW3227 1394a controller supports 2 x 1394a ports
USB :
10 USB 2.0 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
ASUS Power Saving Solution :
ASUS EPU (Energy Processing Unit)
ASUS 3rd Generation 8-phase Power
ASUS AI Nap
Form Factor :
ATX Form Factor
12 inch x 9.6 inch (30.5 cm x24.4 cm)