eBuyer refund for dodgy P5K-E/WIFI-AP - What board now?

[dangel]

Onboard Linux? You're messing?!?!

Yeah - you get a web browser, pigin, skype etc - comes up before the post screen with a full mouse driven gui etc. It's configurable too and sits on flash memory on the motherboard (well a daughter card).

Will I notice a performance difference from my P5K? I imagine I will considering it was a faulty board anyway, my machine always did benchmark low...

Probably not but the 16 phase power design is probably nice for overclocking.

[Papipap]

Sometimes it does, most times it will not. If the motherboard changes on OEM it should not allow auto-reactivation. If it goes through on its own, you were very lucky

It is OEM, so I guess I was.

[th0r0n]

P5Q-E arrived this morning, got to wait til Sunday to install it, then Clear Sky here I come!

[Powderhound]

Yeah - you get a web browser, pigin, skype etc - comes up before the post screen with a full mouse driven gui etc. It's configurable too and sits on flash memory on the motherboard (well a daughter card).



Probably not but the 16 phase power design is probably nice for overclocking.

Just to prevent confusion (too late for the OP... ), only P5Q Deluxe and upwards have expressgate (onboard linux) on an SSD on the motherboard. The P5Q up to -E give you the option of installing it onto the HDD from a DVD. As it was, I couldn't really see the point given that Vista and Ubuntu both boot very quickly for me.

[shomei]

Probably not but the 16 phase power design is probably nice for overclocking.

Are talking about p5q pro? Because it only has 8 phase power design :http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...69&modelmenu=1
16 phase only from p5q deluxe and up...

[dangel]

Are talking about p5q pro? Because it only has 8 phase power design :http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1...69&modelmenu=1
16 phase only from p5q deluxe and up...

No, I have the deluxe