Intel X48 è l'ultimo chipset di punta Intel. Nato per superare alcuni problemi che affliggevano una partita di X38, rispetto a quest'ultimo introduce il supporto ufficiale al bus Quad Pumped a 1600 Mhz ed alle DDR3 alla medesima frequenza.

Costruita attorno a questo ottimo chipset, la Asus P5E64 WS Evolution promette molto. Dal punto di vista strutturale deriva dalla P5E64 WS Professional equipaggiata con chipset X38. Andiamola a scoprire in dettaglio.


ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution: l'evoluzione della specie 1 

ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution e le RAM DDR3 Cell Shock usate per i test


Di seguito, una tabella riassuntiva con le caratteristiche.


CPU

Intel Socket 775 Core™2 Quad/Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/Pentium® Extreme/Pentium® D/Pentium® 4 Processors
Compatible with Intel® 05B/05A/06 processors
Support Intel® 45nm CPU

Chipset

Intel X48
Intel ICH9R

Front Side Bus

1600/1333/1066/800 MHz

Memory

4 x DIMM, Max. 8 GB, DDR3 1800*/1600*/1333/1066/800 Un-buffered Memory
Dual Channel memory architecture
*Overclock speeds
**When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.

Slot di espansione

4 x PCIe x16 (@ x16, x16, x4, x4) (Dual PCIe 2.0 x 16)
1 x PCIe x4
2 x PCI 2.2

Storage

Southbridge
6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports
Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
Ext PATA and SATA controller
2 xExternal SATA 150/300 (RAID 0,1,10,5)
2 xSATA 150/300 (RAID 0,1,10,5)
1 x ATA 133/100

LAN

Marvell 88E8056/88E8001 Dual Gigabit LAN controller

Audio

ADI® AD1988B 8 -Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming

USB

12 USB 2.0 ports

Caratteristiche speciali

- AI Gear3 (ASUS EPU)
- AI Slot Detector
- Q-Shield
- Q-Connector
- Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution
- Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2
- Noise Filter
- AI Audio 2
- MyLogo 2
- CrashFree BIOS 3
- EZ Flash 2
- C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
- SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
- O.C. Profile

Caratteristiche speciali Asus Workstation

- ASUS HE 95
- G.P. Diagnosis Card Bundled
- ASUS SASsaby RAID Card support

Porte I/O Back Panel

1 x PS/2 Keyboard
2 x External SATA
1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical)
1 x IEEE 1394a
2 x LAN(RJ45) port
6 x USB 2.0/1.1
8 -Channel Audio I/O

Connettori I/O interni

24-pin ATX Power connector
8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
Chassis intrusion
CPU fan with PWM control
Chassis fan1 with Q-fan control
Chassis fan2 with Q-fan control
PWR fan
IDE connector
Floppy disk drive connector
CD audio in
6 x USB2.0
20-pin Panel connector
1 x IEEE 1394a port
1 x COM port
TPM header
Front panel audio connector

BIOS

16 Mb Flash ROM
DMI 2.0
AMI BIOS
PnP
WfM 2.0
SM BIOS 2.3
ACPI 2.0a
Multi-language BIOS
ASUS EZ Flash 2
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

Accessori

1 x 2-port USB2.0 / 1-port IEEE1394 module
1 x COM port module
Serial ATA signal cable for 8 devices
Serial ATA power cable for 8 devices
1 x Ultra DMA 133/100 cable
1 x Floppy disk driver cable
1 x Q-Shield
3 in 1 Q-connector
1 x G.P. Diagnosis Card

Software incluso

ASUS PC Probe II
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS AI Booster
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Microsoft Direct X ver 9.0C

Form Factor

ATX Form Factor
12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )