The new Intel P45 Express chipset has no evident advantages over its predecessors. Nevertheless, it is extremely interesting as a very new solution and for a number of objective reasons, such as the use of more advanced production process. Therefore, enthusiasts pin a lot of hopes on Intel P45 expecting the boards on this new chipset to become one of the best overclocker platforms out there.

However, we cannot reassure the readers at this point. We haven’t tested a single Intel P45 based mainboard yet that would demonstrate better overclocking potential than any of the previously acknowledged overclocker boards on earlier Intel chipsets. ASUS P5Q3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP @n we tested today didn’t change anything. Unfortunately, our sample of this promising mainboard turned out pretty average during quad-core processors overclocking experiments, thus ruining our expectations.


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