- Installation

Using Everest Ultimate Edition 2006, we can get fairly detailed rundown on our P5W64WS Pro:

Both the North Bridge and South Bridge chipsets unveiled:

For our review, we had the latest available BIOS (0402 release). What troubled us is that with our default setup (memory modules 2x1GB Crucial PC2-8000), the P5W64 WS Pro couldn't get a stable memory divider at 1:2 (1067MHz). We assume this is a BIOS problem and hopefully will be fixed with a newer revision. Let's now see how our CPU was identified with CPU-Z:

More information on our motherboard:

For comparison, we also post the test results for the following motherboards:

• Asus P5B Deluxe with memory running at 534@5-5-5-15
• Intel DX975XBX2 with memory running at 400@4-4-4-8
• Asus P5W64 WS pro with memory running at 445@5-5-5-15