14 DAY TRIAL // On average, users are, on a daily basis, exposed to about eight hours of electromagnetic radiation from computer usage. In order to cater to the needs of the industry for safer technology, both in relation to end-users and the environment, ASUS has introduced a new line of motherboards. These products claim to effectively cut the electromagnetic emissions in half, through their use of the ASUS Protect 3.0 Design. Thanks to these reduced radiations, not only does the user have the benefit of a safer and healthier environment, but the system itself gains an increased longevity.
The ASUS Protect 3.0 Design is based on the Xtreme Design and features intelligent radiation shielding and low-radiation components. As such, the adverse health impact upon users is reduced and even system operations are more stable. Protect 3.0 uses the ASUS EPU (Energy Processing Unit) chip, which can reduce the system-wide power consumption by up to 80.23%, as well as a Low Radiation Design, a Radiation Moat Design and an Anti-Surge Design.
The ASUS EPU “automatically fine-tunes the power channeled to components such as the CPU in real time for superb efficiency.” Is even boasts intelligent acceleration and overclocking, an ability that automatically delivers the most appropriate power. This enables lower emissions of CO2. According to the company, up to 207,430 tons of CO2 can be eliminated by ten million EPU-enabled motherboards, which is the equivalent of Australia's annual carbon emissions.
The Anti-Surge Design detects overvoltage conditions in components and prevents the spreading of electrical surges in such situations as thunderstorms or periods of unstable grid power delivery. The Anti-Surge will immediately shut off the electrical supply and prevent potential component damage, increasing longevity. This longevity is further increased by the Low Radiation Circuit Design, which intelligently positions oppositely charged electrical flows across each other, thus canceling out the fields generated. With these features lowering radiation as much as possible, it falls to the Radiation Moat Design to eliminate radiation leakage. This “effectively eliminates radiation leakage to surrounding components by confining it to small region around an active area.”
The complete list of motherboards from this line, as well as their individual specifications, may be found in the company's official press release. They are all entry-level Intel and AMD platforms and, unfortunately, no LGA 1156/1366 boards are, at this time, featured in the lineup.