New P5AD2 Deluxe motherboard

[Skidog03]

I finally finished putting together my new computer. The motherboard is packed with every feature you coud possible want... gigabit ethernet OR wireless-g, multiple raid configs, Pci-express, DDR2, it even has a cooling stack beneath the CPU to keep it cooler. The bios contains limitless possibilities for overclocking. I've always used Asus motherboards because of their rock-solid performance and reliability. This new model just reinforces my faith in them. My full specs are below.


Asus P5AD2 deluxe
Intel P4 775 3.6Ghz
Asus EAX800XT
Creative Audigy 2ZS
2 x WD 74Gb SATA Raptors
1 x WD 120Gb SATA


3DMark03- Default - 12279!!!
PcMark 04 - Default - 5656!!!

This is all without any overclocking yet. I also loaded Far Cry and play at 1600x1200 with all settings at very high without a hitch. I'd definitely have to also recommend the Asus EAX800XT because of it's stellar performance.

 

[spunducky]

nice these are my specs

thermaltake tsunami dream case black with window
intel p4 lga 775 3.4
asus p5ad2 premium
crucial ddr2 667 512x2
evga 6600gt
ultra x connect titanium power supply
2 x wd 35gb sata raptors raid 0
pioneer dvr 108 16x dual layer dvd burner
lite on combo drive 52 x burner
samsung floppy
xoxide 3.5" drive thermal sensor
danger den tdx watercooling system

im waiting on the memory and danger den kit to get here so i can fire it up i hope i get some nice results like urself. i want to download the new bios version and unlock the cpu turn the multiplier down to 14 and u can get a 1066 fsb, 710 memory, and probly oc with water to 4.0 im hoping. the article is on toms hardware.

 

[Skidog03]

Oops, I forgot the RAM.

2 x 512Mb Corsair DDR2 5400

Yours sounds pretty nice spunducky. I too have the tsunami case, hehe. pretty sweet huh? I went with a UV light and cables and switched to a blue LED fan on the window and my power supply has windows and 2 blue LED fans.

 

[spunducky]

heck ya its a nice case! check out thermaltake website they got this new one called the shark that looks awesome. i had to bust out the dremel for my uv cold cathode had a black round switch so i opened the front case and rounded out that rectangle hole to the lower right of the front fan fit real sweet. i pulled all that sound and usb crap outta the top of mine im debating if i should plug it all back up or install my watersytem fillport there. whats it look like with a color fan on the glass? thats a good idea thats a 80mm right?

 

[Skidog03]

The shark is definitely cool. the only thing I don't like about the fan on the window is that you have to have a wire just dangling in your window. I'm trying to be more conscious about my cable layout and aesthetics. I also have a Xaser 5 case and on both of them I don't use the ports on top. There'd just be too many cables everywhere, plus, the mobo has enough ports for my needs anyways. So I'd just gut it and stick your watercooler stuff up there. the fan on the side is a 90mm unfortunately. Frozencpu has some LED ones but I just used a 90-80mm adapter.



Some pics of my computer