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Binky and Tenax, I actually tried ICH10R port and it was taking long time at boot time for SATA port IDE detection. I returned the external e-sata drive back to the store. I will try again using the ICH10R port for e-sata with another device and see how it goes. thanks for both of you...

Hi all, I thought if I connect the sata cable from the bracket to SATA_E1 port on the board e-sata should work fine. There is no documentation from Asus regarding on how to connect the bracket. Did I get this right?, because I used the e-sata port to connect to an external hard drive but...

Napes, Would like to know if you changed your case fans and are happy with the airflow. I have the same case and am thinking about it. too.

Motherboard temperature hovers around cpu temperature and reaches 40C for idle and 50C for 100%. CPU varies from 40C idle to 70C at 100% load (prime test). Also at some point the CPU temp sensor reports 125C but all the cores are only at 60C. This was really troubling, the CPU did not...

I was faced with the same dilemma. I went for Q6600 due to its 8MB L2 cache and its multiplier. In the short you can easily overclock it to perform in par with Q9300. I got the ASUS P5Q Pro + ASUS Radeon HD 4850 for 319$ (30$ discount from Newegg for the combo deal). I missed out on the 30$...

I went for ASUS 5PQ Pro due to Crossfire support and 30$ discount when you get ASUS Radeon 4850. Does this help?.

I went for the 30$ discount on the P5Q Pro when getting the ASUS Radeon 4850, also looks like an overside video card wont block any SATA ports on the Pro model compared to the P5Q-E. I would like to hear from P5Q-E owners if the SATA ports placement is an issue.