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Asus P5E3 WS Professional Motherboard

Author: Peter Kapas Date: February 26, 2008 Manufacturer: ASUS Provider: ASUS

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Introduction

ASUS has been around for several years now, creating hundreds of award winning motherboards that leave other competing companies in the dust. ASUS is known for their excellent quality build and performance in their motherboards from the past years, but is this still the case? We saw Intel release their new X38 motherboard a few months back, and their excellent support for the new DDR3 memories that are starting to become a popular pick for the high-end users. Having the latest and greatest hardware that you can get is always a major part when picking a computer. 45nm CPU support, DDR3 Memory support, and the new PCI-Express 2.0 interface make it unbelievably exciting to do whatever you like to do. If it is Gaming, Video Editing, Photo Editing, Designing and Animating, Word Processing or even just surfing the web, the new X38 motherboards won’t let you down.

Today we are reviewing the ASUS P5E3 WorkStation Professional motherboard, which includes Intel’s new X38 chipset. I was very tempted to try out this motherboard and you will see that it is not just an ordinary motherboard. There are not many reviews available on the web about the ASUS P5E3 WS Professional motherboard, in fact there was only one review that I could find, but it was in a different language. We have also teamed up with Crucial to get a 2x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-12800 Memory to go with this setup. So let’s take a look at how well this motherboard performs.

About ASUS

ASUS, a technology-oriented company blessed with one of the world's top R&D teams, is well known for high-quality and innovative technology. As a leading provider of 3C (computers, communications and consumer electronics) total solutions, ASUS offers a complete product portfolio to compete in the new millennium.

In 2006, the company shipped 55 million motherboards, which means one in three desktop PCs sold last year was powered by an ASUS motherboard. Our 2006 revenues reached US$16.5 billion, and is expected to garner US$23 billion in 2007.

ASUS products' top quality stems from product development. It's like learning Chinese Kung-Fu; one must begin with cultivating the "Chi" and inner strength. Besides innovating cutting-edge features, ASUS engineers also pay special attention to EMI (electromagnetic interference), thermal, acoustics and details that usually go unnoticed to achieve complete customer satisfaction. ASUS notebooks are the first TCO'99-certified notebooks worldwide. The requirements for this honor include radiation emission control, energy (battery consumption), ecology (environment friendly) and ergonomics.

To succeed in this ultra-competitive industry, great products need to be complimented by speed-to-market, cost and service. That's why all 100,000 over employees of ASUS strive for the "ASUS Way of Total Quality Management" to offer the best quality without compromising cost and time-to-market while providing maximum value to all customers through world-class services.

With unyielding commitment to innovation and quality, ASUS won 2,168 awards in 2006, meaning on average, the company received over 5 awards everyday last year. BusinessWeek ranked ASUS amongst its “InfoTech 100” for the 9th straight year. The readers of Tom's Hardware Guide, the world's largest IT website, selected ASUS as the best maker of motherboards and graphics cards. Furthermore, the company is ranked as No.1 in quality products and services by the Wall Street Journal.

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