Motherboard and Intel Chipset P45 Express

[rayshatadru]

This is the Compatibility question which is between -
Two(2) Different Motherboard Manufacturers and the One(1) Single Intel
Chipset P45 Express.
Recently I am planning to buy a ASUS Motherboard P5Q
Deluxe,which has Intel P45 Chipset.[The reason is Intel P45 Chipset
based Intel-Original Motherboard is not available right now at my
place and also High-Priced (with DDR3 DIMM Slots).And the other
Available Intel Original Motherboards are not based on Intel P45
Chipset.]
The main thing is that I want to buy a Intel P45 Chipset based
Motherboard.The Questions are-

Question 1.) Is the ASUS P5Q Deluxe Motherboard having Intel P45
Chipset will give a descent Performance in CAD and DCC based High-end
jobs? Here,The Motherboard Manufacturer and The Chipset Manufacturers
are Two Different Companies which are - ASUS and INTEL respectively.

Question 2.) If the Motherboard and Chipset, are both Manufactured by
the same Company Then Only I will get a descent Performance in CAD and
DCC based High-end Software programs.As an example - Intel
Mothererboard DP45SG,having Intel Chipset P45.

So, is there any Compatibility Issues regarding the Motherboard
and Chipset Manufactures - for being Different(as stated in question
no.1 above) or Same(as stated in question no.2 above)while working for
CAD and DCC related jobs.

My work includes CAD(Computer Aided Design), DCC(Digital Content
Creation) - like 3d Animation,Lots of Rendering, Editing Video,Sound,
Photo, etc.

Your valuable suggestions are highly expected.

[furious_gamer]

Originally Posted by rayshatadru

This is the Compatibility question which is between -
Two(2) Different Motherboard Manufacturers and the One(1) Single Intel
Chipset P45 Express.
Recently I am planning to buy a ASUS Motherboard P5Q
Deluxe,which has Intel P45 Chipset.[The reason is Intel P45 Chipset
based Intel-Original Motherboard is not available right now at my
place and also High-Priced (with DDR3 DIMM Slots).And the other
Available Intel Original Motherboards are not based on Intel P45
Chipset.]
The main thing is that I want to buy a Intel P45 Chipset based
Motherboard.The Questions are-

Question 1.) Is the ASUS P5Q Deluxe Motherboard having Intel P45
Chipset will give a descent Performance in CAD and DCC based High-end
jobs? Here,The Motherboard Manufacturer and The Chipset Manufacturers
are Two Different Companies which are - ASUS and INTEL respectively.

Do u expect the ASUS to start a new company for developing their own chipset....

Originally Posted by rayshatadru

Question 2.) If the Motherboard and Chipset, are both Manufactured by
the same Company Then Only I will get a descent Performance in CAD and
DCC based High-end Software programs.

ASUS with ASUS A900 Chipset......... No man, its a noob question..... Just get out of that....

Originally Posted by rayshatadru

As an example - Intel
Mothererboard DP45SG,having Intel Chipset P45.

Nope.... no performance decrease...So dont worry.. Even ASUS P5Q Deluxe is better then their Intel Counterparts Mobo.....

Originally Posted by rayshatadru

So, is there any Compatibility Issues regarding the Motherboard
and Chipset Manufactures - for being Different(as stated in question
no.1 above) or Same(as stated in question no.2 above)while working for
CAD and DCC related jobs.

No compatibility issues........It works perfect with the work u mentioned...

Originally Posted by rayshatadru

My work includes CAD(Computer Aided Design), DCC(Digital Content
Creation) - like 3d Animation,Lots of Rendering, Editing Video,Sound,
Photo, etc.

Your valuable suggestions are highly expected.

Man....just go and buy ASUS P5Q Deluxe or else just give me the Mobo.....

[comp@ddict]

Nooo, give me the mobo, lolz

[imgame2]

Originally Posted by rayshatadru

This is the Compatibility question which is between -
Two(2) Different Motherboard Manufacturers and the One(1) Single Intel
Chipset P45 Express.

u are obviously confused about chipset maker and motherboard maker.
there are mainly 5 chipset makers i m aware of (correct me if i m wrong here people )-
1)Intel
2)AMD
3)nVidia
4)VIA
5)SIS

A chipset is collection of IC's (in layman terms )..which consists of two major parts
a)Northbridge -which controls CPU(through FSB),AGP,RAM
b)southbridge-which controls BIOS,USB,HDD and other peripherals ..

now these chipsets(or ICs) are manufatured from the above 5 companies....on the other hand chipset (or an IC) can't do anyting on its own it needs the complimentary circuitry to function through various interfaces ...this is provided by motherboard.

so any company can buy those chips (or IC's) from above five companies makes the rest of circuitry to compile a motherboard(even u can buy one of those chipset and a make a motherboard).Like any other circuits it requires capacitances,resistances and many other such electronic components.So any motherboard using a high quality components like Japanese or solid state capacitors or many such quality electronic components will give better performance and stability than the motherboard using average quality components. that's where all the difference comes....so even though u can find many companies making motherboard on same chipsets...but some will perform better than the others....

out of the above 5 mentioned companies Intel also makes their own motherboard,they are stable,but built with average quality components,doesn't support many features like overclocking or crash free BIOS to state a few ...and some fancy number of ports etc...ASUS motherboard is made by high quality components so its better..

but intel also sell their chipsets to 3rd party companies like ASUS,gigabyte,MSI etc.. and these company can innovate on design to bring out best of the chipset features and using quality components can give u a better performing motherboard.

ASUS has been leader in technological innovation of motherboard technology,their motherboards are rock solid,performance oriented and can do much more than the same chipset Intel motherboard can do...they use high quality components,and many other innovations to bring the best out of chipset...

Now coming to ur question the motherboard u are talking about from ASUS P5Q deluxe will perform much better when u compare it with intel DP45SG ... with same RAM,and CPU

i hope above explanation is sufficient to cast away Ur doubts ...if not please feel free to ask...

Question 1.) Is the ASUS P5Q Deluxe Motherboard having Intel P45
Chipset will give a descent Performance in CAD and DCC based High-end
jobs? Here,The Motherboard Manufacturer and The Chipset Manufacturers
are Two Different Companies which are - ASUS and INTEL respectively.

i hope i have answered the question in great detail above...

Question 2.) If the Motherboard and Chipset, are both Manufactured by
the same Company Then Only I will get a descent Performance in CAD and
DCC based High-end Software programs.As an example - Intel
Mothererboard DP45SG,having Intel Chipset P45.

again the answer is NO ... due to above mentioned reasons,depends on the quality of components and other innovations by motherboard maker.

So, is there any Compatibility Issues regarding the Motherboard
and Chipset Manufactures - for being Different(as stated in question
no.1 above) or Same(as stated in question no.2 above)while working for
CAD and DCC related jobs.

compatibility issue hardly arise with ASUS (its the best in my opinion)...so don't have to worry about it.

My work includes CAD(Computer Aided Design), DCC(Digital Content
Creation) - like 3d Animation,Lots of Rendering, Editing Video,Sound,
Photo, etc.

CAD and DCC depends more on the processor,RAM and graphics accelerator solution...if u buy the ASUS board,make sure u go for Core2Duo or Core2Quad and lots of RAM ...for such application the more the RAM the better,a faster hard disk ...and a decent enough graphics card or workstation graphics solution if u are a high end user and a sound card if u need quality sound solution......buying a good motherboard will obviously give an edge to make the best out of ur CPU and RAM ...but otherwise not so much ...cos those application are not dependent on motherboard as such...

my suggestion go for ASUS P5Q deluxe its the best u can get for a P45 chipset!!

[Power_user_EX]

Hmmm Asus makes PCB's for intel did any one knew that ? Yes its true - Asus had disclosed it their seminar at my college!
AFAI Asus is the TOP mobo manufacturer!
And i'm having Asus P5Q Deluxe which is stable than X38(maximus form.)at high FSB speeds! It has many,many,many,many cool features. Intel p45 desktop board does not even have 10% of the features asus gives!

[imgame2]

Originally Posted by Power_user_EX

Hmmm Asus makes PCB's for intel did any one knew that ? Yes its true - Asus had disclosed it their seminar at my college!
AFAI Asus is the TOP mobo manufacturer!
And i'm having Asus P5Q Deluxe which is stable than X38(maximus form.)at high FSB speeds! It has many,many,many,many cool features. Intel p45 desktop board does not even have 10% of the features asus gives!

i remember reading it somewhere but thanks anyway to bringing it to light ....by the which college is urs and what was seminar about ?

[tkin]

Originally Posted by Power_user_EX

Hmmm Asus makes PCB's for intel did any one knew that ? Yes its true - Asus had disclosed it their seminar at my college!
AFAI Asus is the TOP mobo manufacturer!
And i'm having Asus P5Q Deluxe which is stable than X38(maximus form.)at high FSB speeds! It has many,many,many,many cool features. Intel p45 desktop board does not even have 10% of the features asus gives!

I'm planning on getting the ASUS P5Q mobo and the E8500 proccy, should I worry about any incompatibility issues?

Also, how's the EPU engine?

[Power_user_EX]

@ imgame2 :
My college is SIES Grad. School of Technology.
The seminar was about the their latest (at that time) notebook and on ASUS-CEO contest.

Its listed on their index page at www.asus.in

here is the link frm asus.in : http://event.asus.com/in/2008/ceo/index.htm

@ tkin :
The P45 chipset supports all Duals , Quads and Extremes.
The support for the CPU by a chipset depends on the chipset only.
No matter who makes the mobo or which mobo it is the imp thing is the chipset i.e the northbridge and southbridge!

Visit here to know more about P45 chipset :
http://www.intel.com/products/deskto...5-overview.htm

And Here is my review on P5Q deluxe :
http://thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=941400

Also if u don't want to spend much and want a good mobo then P5Q Pro is the best choice for U!

[john_the_ultimate]

If you want to buy the P5Q series then go for P5Q Deluxe as Power_user_EX has suggested or P5Q-E.
P5Q Pro has just monor issue with the layout, The IDE connector is akwardly placed, so if you have the black memory slot occupied the installation/removal of the ide cable would be a bit problem. Other than that, if you still use a FDD then its connector is placed at the bottom of the mobo, a very bad placement.
But since most don't use FDD nowdays, that shouldn't really be a problem.
Also the placemnt of the sata port, is not that good. Reason being that, if you use a dual-slot gfx card or the newer HD 4800series or GTX200 cards, you will most probably loose 2-4 of you sata port (will be covered by the long gfx card).
Other than these, P5Q Pro is a good mobo.

[tkin]

Originally Posted by Power_user_EX

@ imgame2 :
My college is SIES Grad. School of Technology.
The seminar was about the their latest (at that time) notebook and on ASUS-CEO contest.

Its listed on their index page at www.asus.in

here is the link frm asus.in : http://event.asus.com/in/2008/ceo/index.htm

@ tkin :
The P45 chipset supports all Duals , Quads and Extremes.
The support for the CPU by a chipset depends on the chipset only.
No matter who makes the mobo or which mobo it is the imp thing is the chipset i.e the northbridge and southbridge!

Visit here to know more about P45 chipset :
http://www.intel.com/products/deskto...5-overview.htm

And Here is my review on P5Q deluxe :
http://thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=941400

Also if u don't want to spend much and want a good mobo then P5Q Pro is the best choice for U!

Thanks for reply, anyways as I was saying How's the E.P.U engine? Does it actually work good? And does it create any conflicts with windows?

P.S- Is it mandatory to use the E.P.U engine? What if I don't need it? Can I uninstall it then?

[Power_user_EX]

For me EPU 6 engine doesn't have any conflicts with windows - im using 64 bit xp & vista.
Epu will not work if u overclock ur pc - but will not conflict in any way.

[tkin]

Originally Posted by Power_user_EX

For me EPU 6 engine doesn't have any conflicts with windows - im using 64 bit xp & vista.
Epu will not work if u overclock ur pc - but will not conflict in any way.

Can you uninstall it if not required?