8GB, DDR2 1066 / 800 / 667 MHzДў x PCI-E x16 (blue x16 mode, black x4 or x1 mode) supports CrossFire Technology IntelВ® P35 / ICH9R with IntelВ® Fast Memory Access TechnologyД¤ x DIMM, max. *This motherboard supports FSB 1333/1066/800 Support IntelВ® next generation 45nm multi-core CPU LGA775 socket for IntelВ® Coreв„ў2 Quad / Coreв„ў2 Extreme / Coreв„ў2 Duo / PentiumВ® Extreme / PentiumВ® D / *PentiumВ® 4 ProcessorsД¬ompatible with IntelВ® 05B/05A/06 processors For those who want more detailed information on the P5K3 motherboard, check out our P5K review here as both boards share exactly the same layout.Д«efore we get down to the nitty gritty and bust the P5K3 out of it's packaging, let's take a quick look at the subtle differences in specs between the two boards using the information taken from Asus's website. Firstly we're going to take a brief look at the P5K3, and then we're going to load both motherboards up with some DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules, run some benchmarks at the the highest native memory speeds and analyse the results. So to summarise, today's review is going to be a bit of a mixed bag.

So when we managed to get our hands on both boards along with some cream-of-the-crop DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules, we couldn't help but wonder what the performance difference between these two motherboards and more importantly the two memory technologies (DDR2 and DDR3) would be. Essentially the same motherboard as the P5K, the P5K3 also added support for DDR3 modules along with a slightly revised chipset cooling layout. However, at the very same time Asus also released the P5K3. Despite the P35's native support for DDR3, the Asus P5K had been designed to satisfy the needs of people who wanted to move to Intel's latest 45nm chips while remaining on the DDR2 platform. Just over a month ago Overclock3D had the opportunity to review one of Asus's first Intel P35 based motherboards.

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