• Asus P5KPL-AM/PS has Anti Power Surge Technology

    Asus P5KPL-AM/PS has Anti Power Surge Technology

    Jayesh Limaye, Jun 03, 2009 1250 hrs IST

    Face power surges without worrying about frying your motherboard

    Good layout, decent performer, anti-surge protection technology, HDMI, supports 1600 MHz 45 nm processors, supports up to 8 GB 1066 MHz DDR2 RAM

    Inadequate heat sinks, meager bundle

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One of the worst enemies of PC electronic components is power surge, which usually occur due to irregularities in the power supply from the mains. They can also happen during a thunderstorm due to lightning. Power surges can destroy the motherboard, and also other components attached to it. To address this problem (at least for the PC), Asus has launched the P5KLP-AMPS motherboard featuring surge protection, thanks to Japanese 5000 hrs conductive polymer solid capacitors in VRM. The motherboard is based on Intel G31 + ICH7 chipset and therefore has onboard graphics. Read this review to find out more.



The Asus P5KPL-AM/PS comes packed in a plain blue box. The 5000 hrs Solid Capacitors, 1600 MHz FSB support, 1066 MHz DDR2 support and Gigabit LAN are advertised at the front, while the board specifications are there for your ready reference at the back.


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  • 1 SATA cable
  • 1 IDE cable
  • I/O shield
  • Quick Installation Guide
  • Manual
  • Driver disk
  • Case badge

As you can see, there are absolutely no frills; Asus has provided just what is required, thus cutting cost. We would have definitely liked to see some brackets included with the board, as this would not have increased the cost by much.

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(11) Comments
meka
,portsaid, on Dec 21, 2010 12:02 AM
good
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SnowViper
,London, on Sep 17, 2010 04:37 PM
Dosen't have HDMI dumb!
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Tsioh Ni
,Manila, on Sep 14, 2010 07:06 PM
im working in computer laboratory in a university. buy any mobo except from asus.
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mimo
,cairo, on Jul 22, 2010 03:39 PM
love
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Pace
,malappuram, on Jun 03, 2009 03:37 PM
verry bad boarb
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Anonymous
,delhi, on Jun 03, 2009 05:28 PM
why???? Please post feedback with reason.
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ahmed
,ahmedabad, on Dec 03, 2009 08:32 AM
ur right. I had XFX mobo but it does not have integrated graphics. My smps failed thrice in a month. So i dump it and got this mobo. It works prettty sloooooooooooooow
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kamata87egy
,cairo, on Jun 24, 2009 06:52 PM
thanks bil; zooooof
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rohit
,kolkata, on Jun 03, 2009 06:20 PM
Could u recommend between this and the gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L, as both come at the same price.which one should i go for?
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Techguy
,Mumbai, on Jun 03, 2009 07:59 PM
I would rather go for this one because it comes with the Burnt warranty
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marees
,chennai, on Jun 05, 2009 06:52 PM
go for Gigabyte EG31M-S2L @2700 (energy efficient) or Gigabyte EG43M-S2H @5400 (energy efficient + HDMI)
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