Recently there have been quite a few number of posts, which ask many of the questions already answered earlier in the thread. In this post I am going to sum up the features of the board one more time, give basic info, and hopefully answer all these questions. To the vetran thread-watchers, nothing new in this post, please ignore it.
The motherboard we are waiting for is the Asus P5N32-SLI Intel Edition. Do not confuse this board with the older version. The new version has the nForce 5 series of chipsets, whereas the old version had the nForce 4 series. Rumors and otherwise seem to state 9/9/06 as one of the most solid release dates we have for the board and only time will tell if this is true.
Here is a link to the board on Asus' homepage. The Zeus.asus.com means that it is not yet official, and technically not yet viewable to the public. Fixed by a simple google search, security is not their priority. Seems that Zeus is a content reviewing system for editing pages before their release on the global website.
P5N32-SLI
The board sports the nVidia 590 chipset and all of it's features, found at the link below.
nForce 590 Chipset
Do not confuse the nForce 590 chipset used in this board with the nForce 590 AMD boards which have been availible for some time now. Little is known on the stability of this board, overclockability, performance, or anything else related to heavy use. At this point only several test boards have been released, and they haven't been close enough to this board to really give a solid review. We are all waiting for this board, join the wait. Please post any new information you might have.
EXCERPT TAKEN FROM CLOAKEDHUNTER... The most confusion I've seen has been related to the model numbers of the different boards in the series:
Asus P5NSLI: nForce 570 Intel Edition (supports Conroe)
Asus P5N32-SLI Deluxe: nForce 4 Intel Edition (does not support Conroe)
Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe: nForce 4 Intel Edition (supports Conroe)
Asus P5N32-SLI Premium: nForce 590 Intel Edition (supports Conroe)
The board listed in bold is the superior product we are all waiting for, currently expected (rumored) to be released somewhere from 9/4 to 9/16, maybe (probably, knowing our luck) later than that.
END CLOAKEDHUNTER EXPCERPT.
It appears that the P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe board with the nForce 4 chipset that supports Conroe is a complete nightmare. Do not buy this board, we have firsthand experience to back up how poorly it performs, if it even works at all. The general concensus here is to
WAIT FOR THE Asus P5N32-SLI Premium. It is the only board that supports Conroe and sports the nVidia nForce 590 chipset from the list above.
(On the off-chance that any of you vets read all that, did I basically sum it up?) Note: Some of the above information was taken from other writers, used without permission. This information remains under copyright, all rights reserved to their respectful owners.
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