Let's get back to this review and talk about Intel's P45 chipset. Codenamed "Eaglelake", this chipset is slated by Intel as a mainstream and performance chipset. It is paired with their new ICH10R southbridge, and supports all the latest Intel 45nm processors including Core 2 Duos, Quads and Extreme processors. Furthermore, the chipset will now support the higher 1600 FSB, as well as DDR2 ram upto 1200Mhz and DDR3 ram upto 1600Mhz.
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With the imminent launch of Intel's P45 chipset, Asus have improved on their energy saving features by adding a new EPU with 6-engines. Now you can save energy through controlling power usage on your CPU, VGA, FAN, PSU, HDD and memory. What is good about this feature is the fact you can change the level of energy saving on the fly.

Asus has serveral models in the P45 series, these include the higher-end P5Q3-Deluxe/WiFi-AP (which use DDR3 ram and include WiFi), and then there are the P5Q-Deluxe, P5Q-Premium and P5Q-E (all of which use DDR2 ram). In this review we'll be taking a look at the Asus P5Q-E motherboard.

You can read the entire review at CPU3D.