14 DAY TRIAL // Being an NVIDIAC55+MCP55PXE-based motherboard, the new ASUS P5NT WS supports all the latest and upcoming Intel dual-core/quad-core CPUs, as well as NVIDIA's Dual X16 SLI configurations. The addition of the PCI-X interface turns the P5NT WS motherboard into a SOHO and power-oriented device, providing much more options in I/O configurations.
The ASUS P5NT WS motherboard comes with all sorts of premium features. In order to extend product life time, the motherboard is fitted with high quality components, such as solid aluminum capacitors and a conductive polymer to help secure perfect system stability.
P5NT WS is one of the first motherboards to integrate the new PCI-X, which is the higher speed version of the conventional PCI standard. The PCI-X standard is compatible with many of the new advances in high-bandwidth business-critical applications, such as Fibre Channel, RAID, InfiniBand Architecture, SCSI, and iSCSI.
The motherboard also integrates the innovative Heat-pipe Thermal design which effectively directs the heat generated by the chipsets to the heat sink near the back IO ports. Asus guarantees that the heat-pipe design is the most reliable fanless thermal solution to date.
Overclockers would be happy to find out that the P5NT WS board comes with an ASUS AI Clock Skew option which automatically skews the memory clock signal timing to improve memory overclocking capabilities by 10 to 15%. There's even an AI Nap function which instantly snoozes the PC without terminating any tasks. The system will continue operating at minimum power and noise till reawakened. Running applications won't be terminated and tasks will continue to run in the quietest state while the system is in AI Nap mode. The system will swiftly wake up in a matter of seconds with a simple click of the keyboard of mouse.
Here is a summary of the most important P5NT WS specifications:
- LGA775 Socket - NVIDIA Dual SLI x 16 Chipset (C55+MCP55PXE) - Front Side Bus 1333/800/533 MHz - DDR2 800/667/533 - 3 x PCIe x 16 (supports NVIDIA SLI? technology) - 1 x PCI-X - 2 x PCIe X1 - 1 x PCI 2.2 - 2 x Gb LAN - RealTek ALC888 8-CH HD Audio