ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard

Pros: Nice board, great non-buggy chipset. Express Gate is really cool and potentially a very useful feature, and it worked flawlessly for me the first time I tried it. Setting up my PPPoE connection for internet access was a breeze. Overclocking is a great with this board; there are a gazillion settings you can play with in the BIOS. No RAM compatibility problems at all so far, like some ASUS motherboards.

Cons: The version of Express Gate that comes installed on this mobo doesn't have the music (MP3) player. It has a photo viewer, Firefox web browser, and some other stuff. Don't know if Asus plans on including the MP3 player in future updates. The firm that produces Express Gate makes a version with an MP3 player, but Asus doesn't include it. I would really like to see that included someday.

Overall Review: Bought this mobo to replace an Asus P5E that I had nothing but trouble with. I didn't return the P5E to Newegg because the return period was up. Scavenged the P5E for parts, and discovered that the cool looking copper heatsinks on the P5E are actually copper-plated aluminum. Stay away from the P5E. Get the P5Q instead.

Pros: Motherboard generally boots up and works without blue-screening

Cons: Motherboard, rated at being capable of DDR2 1200 MHz Qualified Vendor Memory with the BIOS AI Tweaker set to Auto only runs at 800 MHz. If the memory is configured to run at 1200 MHz, the motherboard takes a lot of time to boot, as it is then over-clocked and unstable.
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Additionally, the ASUS AI Nap and PC Probe II software is flaky, and doesn't function because of Memory address errors. ASUS Tech support isn't much help, as their only remedy is to reformat the hard disk and re-install WinXP again.
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This motherboard has been RMA'd back to NewEegg

Overall Review: NewEgg packaging for shipping is certainly not up to standard, with apparent laziness, the packers seeming just literally throw products for shipping in to carton, then throw the "popcorn" packing material on top and tape it up, leaving the product being shipped unprotected on the bottom. NewEgg gets one egg docked for their deficient and incompetent packers.