Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

[colormebad]

Is their realy any differance between these 2 boards besides price...I see 1 extra blue heatsink.. Im running the P8Z68-V LE

[Scenic]

Re: Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

LE suggests "Lite edition" or something along those lines.

Perhaps crippled BIOS, lacking overclocking features and fine-tuning settings or something.

Gigabyte at least does it that way. If their motherboards have a "L" in their model number (like EP35-DS3L), the BIOS is crippled, and some features (hardware and/or software) are missing or limited in some way.. For example 10/100 ethernet instead of gigabit, or 5.1 sound instead of 7.1 and stuff like that..

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

Not just that...

With Asus you will see cheaper parts on the lower 'cost point' boards.

For example a 'Deluxe' or 'Premium' version is more likely to have good caps while lesser boards built on the same -exact- PCB blank are virtually guaranteed to have junk for caps.

Asus plays a lot of games like that.

From what I've seen..
xx-Premium .. fair chance of premium jap caps but not for sure.
xx-Deluxe .. anyone's guess
xx-(nothing or anything else) .. very slight chance of premium caps.

Was more obvious when they are all lytic boards but I'm sure they still do it.
Some of their poly are off-beat brands like APAC.
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[colormebad]

Re: Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

Well as i posted in another post' im switching to the items below i guess..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231497

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157271

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Tpk=19-115-070

[PCBONEZ]

Re: Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

Links aren't working.
Sometimes that happens here.
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[colormebad]

Re: Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

G.SKILL Ripjaws Z----- Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231497


ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155--Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813157271


Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz---Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Tpk=19-115-070

[c_hegge]

Re: Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

All of their poly are off-beat brands like APAQ

Fixed

I've never seen ASUS use anything but Apaq on their newer gear.

[mockingbird]

Re: Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

Apaq is Taiwanese, not Chinese...

I wouldn't worry as much about their polymer caps as I would their transistors...

Asus fairs better with their mosfets than Gigabyte or MSI.

[Scenic]

Re: Asus p8z68-v pro & p8z68-v le ?

^ by using shitloads of junk parts instead of a few good ones..?

One of my customers computers died while he was using it. Turned out that the CPU VRM (12V input) was dead shorted. Still in warranty, but a total painus in the anus nonetheless..
I wasn't even sure if the CPU was damaged in the process or not till I got a replacement board..

The board was a Asus P7H55-M/USB3 (or whatever the exact name was)

edit: http://motherboards-reviews.com/moth...M-USB3_top.jpg