Asus P5AD2 Premium

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I was looking at Intel boards until somebody told me that Asus are
pretty much better these days. The last time I used an Asus board was
with RAMbus about three years ago. Good board.

My question is this; with the P5ad2 Deluxe, should I get the 533 ram
or the 667? I know the 925 chipset natively supports 533, but Asus
found a way to make it support 667.
Will I see much of a speed increase if I go with 667? What about
stability? If Asus made a "work around" that goes outside Intel's
specs for the 925 chipset, will that cause instability?
Also, should I go with the Premium version of this board too? The
Premium version seems more colorfull...
What are the main differences?

 

[Paul]

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In article <08ga91dtndcjrf0cq22r1qbsv0fponhiat@4ax.com>, Ed Nuxters
<ed@nuxters.com> wrote:

> I was looking at Intel boards until somebody told me that Asus are
> pretty much better these days. The last time I used an Asus board was
> with RAMbus about three years ago. Good board.
>
> My question is this; with the P5ad2 Deluxe, should I get the 533 ram
> or the 667? I know the 925 chipset natively supports 533, but Asus
> found a way to make it support 667.
> Will I see much of a speed increase if I go with 667? What about
> stability? If Asus made a "work around" that goes outside Intel's
> specs for the 925 chipset, will that cause instability?
> Also, should I go with the Premium version of this board too? The
> Premium version seems more colorfull...
> What are the main differences?

You could try reviewing articles on Tomshardware and Anandtech.

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041101/925xe-07.html

There is some low latency memory here:
http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/currents/CurrentsMAY05.html

Some good memories are compare in this article.
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2412&p=5

Have fun,
Paul

 

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Just a reminder, Asus tech and customer support are horrible. If you like
your emails and returned calls ignored buy an Asus. Otherwise, I would look
around and read the forums. Tech Magazines get preferential treatment from
suppliers, you won't. Just my $.02
"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
news:nospam-2605050345560001@192.168.1.178...
> In article <08ga91dtndcjrf0cq22r1qbsv0fponhiat@4ax.com>, Ed Nuxters
> <ed@nuxters.com> wrote:
>
>> I was looking at Intel boards until somebody told me that Asus are
>> pretty much better these days. The last time I used an Asus board was
>> with RAMbus about three years ago. Good board.
>>
>> My question is this; with the P5ad2 Deluxe, should I get the 533 ram
>> or the 667? I know the 925 chipset natively supports 533, but Asus
>> found a way to make it support 667.
>> Will I see much of a speed increase if I go with 667? What about
>> stability? If Asus made a "work around" that goes outside Intel's
>> specs for the 925 chipset, will that cause instability?
>> Also, should I go with the Premium version of this board too? The
>> Premium version seems more colorfull...
>> What are the main differences?
>
> You could try reviewing articles on Tomshardware and Anandtech.
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041101/925xe-07.html
>
> There is some low latency memory here:
> http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/currents/CurrentsMAY05.html
>
> Some good memories are compare in this article.
> http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2412&p=5
>
> Have fun,
> Paul

 

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On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:14:39 -0400, "MiniMe's Dad"
<MiniMesDad@mail.com> wrote:

>Just a reminder, Asus tech and customer support are horrible. If you like
>your emails and returned calls ignored buy an Asus. Otherwise, I would look
>around and read the forums. Tech Magazines get preferential treatment from
>suppliers, you won't. Just my $.02

Isn't that true with all board manufacturers? Besides, I'm advanced
enough to know what I'm doing.

 

[Paul]

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In article <lglb919l6vdf73vt5e27h7e47delmcg5vh@4ax.com>, Ed Nuxters
<ed@nuxters.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:14:39 -0400, "MiniMe's Dad"
> <MiniMesDad@mail.com> wrote:
>
> >Just a reminder, Asus tech and customer support are horrible. If you like
> >your emails and returned calls ignored buy an Asus. Otherwise, I would look
> >around and read the forums. Tech Magazines get preferential treatment from
> >suppliers, you won't. Just my $.02
>
> Isn't that true with all board manufacturers? Besides, I'm advanced
> enough to know what I'm doing.

The conclusion section of the last review I posted says it all:

"you'll see little if any difference between current DDR2-533
and DDR2-800/667."

It really is a cost/benefit decision, and to a first order approximation,
the processor choice could be more significant than the memory.
I'd probably just go for a low CAS DDR2-533.

YMMV,
Paul

 

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On Thu, 26 May 2005 13:05:37 -0400, nospam@needed.com (Paul) wrote:

>In article <lglb919l6vdf73vt5e27h7e47delmcg5vh@4ax.com>, Ed Nuxters
><ed@nuxters.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 26 May 2005 09:14:39 -0400, "MiniMe's Dad"
>> <MiniMesDad@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Just a reminder, Asus tech and customer support are horrible. If you like
>> >your emails and returned calls ignored buy an Asus. Otherwise, I would look
>> >around and read the forums. Tech Magazines get preferential treatment from
>> >suppliers, you won't. Just my $.02
>>
>> Isn't that true with all board manufacturers? Besides, I'm advanced
>> enough to know what I'm doing.
>
>The conclusion section of the last review I posted says it all:
>
> "you'll see little if any difference between current DDR2-533
> and DDR2-800/667."
>
>It really is a cost/benefit decision, and to a first order approximation,
>the processor choice could be more significant than the memory.
>I'd probably just go for a low CAS DDR2-533.
>
>YMMV,
> Paul

Gotcha. But the 667 would not be OCing...