The P5AD2-E Premium is ASUS’ latest LGA775 based motherboard. ASUS paired this board with the Intel 925XE chipset, boasting full support for all LGA775 based processors including the latest release 1066 MHz FSB processors, DDR2 RAM operating in Dual Channel mode up to speeds of 533 MHz FSB officially, as well as PCI Express type devices. The P5AD2-E is a feature complete solution, needing only a processor, DDR2 memory, PCI Express video card, drives, and PSU for a fully functioning system.

ASUS integrated with the following into the P5AD2-E’s design: 1 IDE ATA-133 port on ICH6R controller; 2 IDE ATA-133 ports (RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 capable) on ITE controller; 4 SATA-150 ports (RAID 0 and 1 capable) on ICH6R controller; 4 SATA-150 ports (RAID 0, 1, and 0+1 capable) on Silicon Image controller; 8 USB 2.0 capable ports (4 in rear panel, and 2 onboard headers supporting 2 ports each); 3 IEEE 1394 capable ports (1 in rear panel, 2 onboard headers supporting 1 port each); 2 Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet ports (1 in rear panel, 1 onboard header); 802.11g Wireless controller; C-Media High Definition 7.1 channel audio codec featuring S/PDIF RCA and optical output ports; and parallel, and PS/2 port support.



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