ASUS P5WDG2-WS<GREEN> ATX Server Motherboard LGA 775 Intel 975X DDR2 667/533, Native DDR2 800 Support

Pros: 1. I think its got a better layout than the P5WD2-E Premium board. 2. Very easy to setup. 3. Overclock it too the moon 4. Asus AiBooster is pretty trick tool. P4 930 Dualcore with Zalman Fatal1ty Heatsink/Fan 2GB DDR2 PQI Turbo 5400 Sapphire 1900XTX 512 10270 3DMark05 oc'd at 3750 I am running at 3900 right now.

Cons: Only hitch I ran into was Windows XP Pro would blue screen on install until I flashed the bios.

Overall Review: You will have to manualy set DDR2 timings in bios. They get a default setting when you boot the first time. I also strongly reccomend Enermax Liberty 620 better safe than sorry. READ the instruction manual. It will save alot of headaches!

Pros: Good board overall - but the CONS is what makes it not worth buying.

Cons: ASUS refuses to support their secondary SATA RAID, their support site has no comment made from ASUS when/if they ever plan on supporting the Marvell onboard RAID and the complaints by other ASUS owners should be telling ASUS to get off their butts but apparently ASUS doesn't care. Perhaps my last ASUS board if they don't fix this flaw soon - I'm not dropping this kind of money on a MB and not having all the capability it is SUPPOSED to have available out of the box.

Pros: I'm not going to list all the pros, but this motherboard does stand out above the rest in these areas: - Seems to recover well from incorrect BIOS settings or overclocking - 64bit PCI! - Stable as a rock - Lots of settings available in BIOS for tweakers - Marvell SATA/RAID seems to be fixed with latest beta driver

Cons: - Full length 64bit cards in the second slot will block 2 of your SATA ports - Marvell... why ASUS? Why? - Utilizing Crossfire blocks 1 of 2 valuable 64-bit slots - Many breakout plates required to get all I/O at rear of comp, may not be feasible for some computer cases.

Overall Review: Overall I am pleased with this board. It has met my expectations and performs it's duties without a hitch. I do wish some of "cons" were changed. The Marvell SATA and LAN is poor compared to competitors. Although the Marvel SATA/RAID has improved with the latest BIOS and will actually pickup a SATA CD-ROM such as a Plextor PX-716A. BTW, the SATA ports along the bottom edge are for the Marvell controller. The SATA ports that can get covered by a full length 64bit card are the Intel ports, which is a bummer.

Pros: Nice overclocking - fair memory control - first 4 satas very nicely handled

Cons: No conroe support, dual enet ports very difficult to split and forget the upper 4 raid sata - very unreliable

Overall Review: This was overpriced by 3x for how it performs and ASUS support is almost non existent

Pros: See my earlier post 7/15/2006, but Conroe support is questionable.

Cons: See my earlier post 7/15/2006 - Furthermore: I had to install old Realtek 8139 PCI NIC and disable the onboard Marvell/Yukon controller because Marvell LAN driver (x64 system) would not work with onboard NIC! According to Asus.com forums, the onboard NIC has problems when PCI-X card is installed, in my case Adaptec 29320 controller.

Overall Review: After reading numerous reports, Conroe support is not clear. The board's VRM might not support Conroe, but haven't been able verify VRM info of different boards. One report mentioned that Core2 Duo might not work, but Core2 Extreme would. Confusing: Both P5WDG2-WS and P5WDG2-WS Pro have rev. 1.02G, but supposedly only Pro supports Conroe. Since this is a premium priced mainboard marketed as an extreme workstation with superior expandability (see: Asus.com), in my opinion, if Conroe will not be supported, Asus should give consumers the option to send back P5WDG2-WS boards to vendors to exchange for Pro version for a small fee.

Pros: very high build quality, works well, intel raid controller easy to setup, overclocks well, gig ethernet works, overclocked 3.2Ghz DuoCore to 3.875Ghz just fine.

Cons: wish it had 2 COM ports, its a bit pricey

Overall Review: very well built, drivers worked, although I did have to hunt around for them a bit, not a big deal. using the Intel RAID controller with (2) 320GB drives in Raid 1, works great.

Pros: Since this was exactly what I was looking for to meet a particular need it had all the features I was looking for. It runs great like the last ASUS board I had I will probably buy another ASUS board for the next PC I build.

Cons: I had a rather small case, a mid tower ATX case so I had some issues with heat and the AI quiet fan had to be disabled to keep things cool enough. I installed a 3.4 GHz Pentium D with a retail Intel heat sink and fan. I ended up having to install an extra fan in my case to move more air through my case to keep things cool. It put my fan total at two fans moving air in and one moving air out plus the Power supply fan also pulling air out so it runs a little loud with 4 80MM fans.

Overall Review: I would suggest a large case to have a bit more air volume inside the case and possible liquid cool if you want quiet while it runs.

Pros: Great board a little expensive but very stable. I would urge anyone intrested to visit Asus Forums and research before buying. Thats where you get facts not stories.

Cons: Price. I have had a few problems but all have been solved by simply reading through the Asus forums.

Overall Review: CURRENTLY there is no support for CONROE I have searched the Asus forums. There are rumors but nothing in black and white yet. So if you have to have Conroe wait for the P5WDG2-WS PRO to be released which does support Conroe. They may or may not be able to support Conroe.