Asus P5N7A-Vm

[cabal2000]

1. What is the best distro to use on this board?

2. What is the best kernel to use?

3. what is the best setup configuration?

4. I have no other cards installed on this system, just using what is on the board.

5. Intel quad core

 

<h3 class="tab_name">Specifications</h3> CPUIntel® Socket 775 Core™2 Quad/Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo/Pentium® D/Celeron® dual-core/Celeron Processors

Compatible with Intel® 05B/05A/06 processors

Support Intel® 45nm CPU

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ready

* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list

ChipsetNVIDIA GeForce 9300/nForce 730i

Front Side Bus1333/1066/800 MHz Memory 4 x DIMM, Max. 16 GB, DDR2 800/667 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory

Dual Channel memory architecture

*When installing total memory of 4GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operation system may only recognize less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less than 3GB is recommended.

** Refer to www.asus.com or user manual for Memory QVL (Qualify Vendor List) Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16

1 x PCIe x1

2 x PCI

VGA Integrated GeForce 9300 GPU

Hybrid SLI support (support Windows Vista only)

CUDA support

PhysX support

Maximus shared memory of 512MB

Integrated GeForce Series DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 graphics processor

Supports HDMI interface with HDCP compliant with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 (1080p) @70Hz

Supports DVI interface with HDCP compliant with max. resolution up to 1600x1200 @60Hz

Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536, Horizontal:115KHz Vertical:75Hz

Supports DP with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @60Hz Storage Southbridge

5 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports ，1 xExternal SATA

Support RAID 0,1,0+1,5,JBOD

 

JMicron® JMB368 PATA controller

1 xUltraDMA 133/100 (RED)

 

LAN Gigabit LAN Audio Realtek ALC1200 8 -Channel High-Definition Audio CODEC

USB 12 xUSB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel) ASUS Unique Features

EPU-4 Engine

Express Gate

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

ASUS Q-Fan 2

ASUS EZ Flash 2

ASUS MyLogo 2

ASUS O.C. Profile

AI NAP

ASUS Q-connector

Overclocking FeaturesPrecision Tweaker

- vDIMM: 64 -step DRAM voltage control

- vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0625V increment

SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)

- FSB tuning from 133MHz up to 600MHz at 1MHz increment

Overclocking Protection

- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)

Back Panel I/O Ports 1 x PS/2 KB/MS Combo

1 x Optical SPDIF

1 x DP

1 x HDMI port

1 x VGA port

1 x DVI port

1 x ESATA port

1 x LAN (RJ45) port

6 x USB 2.0

8 Channel Audio I/O Internal I/O Connectors 3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports

3 x Fan Connectors: CPU(1) / Chassis(1) / Power Fan(1) connector

Front panel High Definition audio connector

1 x S/PDIF Out connector

1 x Chassis Intrusion connector

1 x CD audio in connector

1 x 24-pin EPS Power connector

1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector

System Panel

BIOS 8 Mb Flash ROM

AMI BIOS, Green,PnP,DMI v2.0,Wfm2.0,ACPI v2.0a, SMBIOS v2.5

Manageability WOL, PXE, WOR by Ring, PME Wake Up