Asus P5N-T Deluxe

The P5N-T Deluxe is an Asus motherboard that is compatible with Intel’s Core 2 Quad/Extreme/Duo processors and Pentium Extreme/D/4 processors. It also supports the next generation 45nm CPUs from Intel.

The Asus P5N-T Deluxe is based on the Nvidia nForce 780i SLI (Scalable Link Interface) chipset. This advanced chipset features, among others, 3-Way SLI technology. With 3-Way SLI capability, the user can connect 3 GPUs (Graphics Processing Unit) to the P5N-T Deluxe for exceptional graphics performance.

In addition, the P5N-T Deluxe comes with the Nvidia Enthusiast System Architecture (ESA). ESA allows the user to monitor, control and fine-tune their system’s cooling, electrical and other operating elements.

This Asus motherboard also features the Precision Tweaker 2 overclocking utility. With Precision Tweaker 2, the user can adjust northbridge, southbridge, Hyper Transport and the DRAM voltages in small 0.02v increments. It also offers Asus’ O.C. Profile for convenient managements of multiple BIOS settings. Other BIOS management features include CrashFree BIOS 2 and EZ Flash 2. The former gives the user an auto-recovery function for a corrupted BIOS through the included support CD. The latter makes updating the BIOS possible via a USB flash disk without having to boot into the operating system.

For cooling the system, the motherboard features a sophisticated heat pipe design and the Stack Cool 2 fanless design. In addition, the Q-Fan 2 feature helps with cooling and keeping the system energy efficient. Other energy efficiency features include the Asus EPU (Energy Processing Unit) and AI Gear 3.