Asus Slaps Energy Star 5.0 Label On Motherboards
These days, power savings are just important as frame rates, gigahertz
and megabytes. With the whole world going "green," what better way to
join the bandwagon than to slap an Energy Star 5.0-compliant
motherboard into your main rig? This week, Asus has announced an
industry first by bringing that very label to its mainboards.
The Energy Star 5.0 standard is the latest and greatest, and it's set to take effect on July 1st of this year. Asus' motherboards exceed Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) standards for the reduction of harmful materials in its products and in the environment, and moreover, these boards feature an Energy Processing Unit (EPU) to simultaneously control power profiles to motherboard components for minimized power consumption. A look at the full list of ES 5.0-certified boards are below, and if we had to guess, we'd surmise that companies such as MSI and Gigabyte will be following suit in short order.
The Energy Star 5.0 standard is the latest and greatest, and it's set to take effect on July 1st of this year. Asus' motherboards exceed Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) standards for the reduction of harmful materials in its products and in the environment, and moreover, these boards feature an Energy Processing Unit (EPU) to simultaneously control power profiles to motherboard components for minimized power consumption. A look at the full list of ES 5.0-certified boards are below, and if we had to guess, we'd surmise that companies such as MSI and Gigabyte will be following suit in short order.
ASUS Motherboards Enabling Energy Star 5.0 Qualified PCs
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Intel Platform |
AMD Platform | ||
| Model | Chipset | Model | Chipset |
| P5Q Deluxe | P45+ICH10R | M4A78-E | AMD 790GX+SB750 |
| P5Q-E | P45+ICH10R | M4A78 PRO | AMD 780G+SB700 |
| P5Q3 | P45+ICH10R | M4A78-HTPC | AMD 780G+SB700 |
| P5Q PRO Turbo | P45+ICH10R | M4A78-VM | AMD 780G+SB700 |
| P5Q PRO | P45+ICH10R | M4A78-AM | AMD 780G+SB710 |
| P5QC | P45+ICH10R | M4A78 | AMD 770+SB700 |
| P5Q Turbo | P45+ICH10R | M4N78 PRO | NVIDIA GeForce 8300 |
| P5Q | P45+ICH10R | M4N78-AM | NVIDIA GeForce 8200 |
| P5Q SE PLUS | P45+ICH10 | M4N72-E | NVIDIA nForce 750a SLI |
| P5Q SE2 | P45+ICH10 | M4N78 SE | NVIDIA nForce 720D |
| P5QL SE | P43+ICH10 | M3A76-CM | AMD 760G+SB710 |
| P5QL-VM EPU | G43+ICH10 | M2A74-AM SE | AMD 740G+SB700 |
| P5QPL-VM EPU | G41+ICH7 | M2N68-AM SE | NVIDIA GeForce7050PV/nForce630a |
| P5QPL-VM | G41+ICH7 | M2N68-AM PLUS | NVIDIA GeForce7025/nForce630a |
| P5KPL/EPU | G31+ICH7 | M2N68 PLUS | NVIDIA nForce630a |
| P5KPL-AM EPU | G31+ICH7 | | |
| P5KPL-AM | G31+ICH7 | | |
| P5KPL-AM SE | G31+ICH7 | | |
| P5Q Deluxe | P45+ICH10R | | |
| P5Q-E | P45+ICH10R | | |
| P5Q3 | P45+ICH10R | | |
| P5Q PRO Turbo | P45+ICH10R | | |
| P5Q PRO | P45+ICH10R | | |
