Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology

This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves.

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ASUS AI Life Features

Express Gate

Taking only 5 seconds to go online from bootup, Express Gate is the one-stop gateway to instant fun! It’s a unique motherboard built-in OS. You can utilize the most popular Instant Messengers (IM) like MSN, Skype, Google talk, QQ, and Yahoo! Messenger to keep in touch with friends, or quickly check on the weather and e-mails just before leaving your house. What’s more, the user-friendly picture manager lets you view your pictures without entering Windows at anytime!

• The actual boot time is subject to hardware configuration and product models.

• ASUS Express Gate supports file uploading from SATA HDDs, ODDs and USB drives and downloading to USB drives only.

•Express Gate complies with OpenGL standard. Refer to http://support.asus. com for Express Gate source codes.

ASUS Power Saving Solution

ASUS Power Saving solution intelligently and automatically provides balanced computing power and energy consumption.

ASUS EPU-4 Engine

The new ASUS EPU - the world’s first power saving engine, has been upgraded to a new four-engine version, which provides total system power savings by detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power in real-time. The EPU automatically provides the most appropriate power usage for the CPU, VGA card, hard drives, and CPU cooler fan - helping save power and money.

ASUS P5QLD PRO

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