Since with the P45 chipset is the last of the mainstream chipset to be able to go with the LGA775 and support both DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules and the one to the last of the chipsets to support crossfire multiple graphics solutions, even reaching up to the memory clock speed up to 2000MHz over clocked and high spec board example like the ASUS P5Q3 deluxe, but we wouldn’t even expect this type of board that Asrock has made for the media users is the lower profile low with none of those out of control heat-sinks running around the board and also able to do most of the high mainstream board like from ASUS. The P45TS is the board that we are looking for and we are going to find out why.
First of all the P45 is the last remain mainstream and also to be honest one of the best enthusiast grade boards to go with the LGA775 and supports the full throttle of the crossfire support 16x in the first card and a smaller 8x in the other secondary card. With also Asrocks certified software to effectively help the boot time of the computer that we have said in the previous review about the Instant boot form Asrock, which was effective in starting up the Os in a matter of second but still has some flaws but a good inclusion to all of the products. The design phase of the P45TS board is as I said a low profile board with not large size heat sinks with only two from the North and the South bridges and also made out of a hybrid of copper and aluminum. Placements of other devices and ports like the memory modules still located right on top of the first PCIex slot but still manage to pull the pins without removing the long graphics, the CPU socket is out of range between any heat-sink so it is able to install very bulky cooler without the problems of hitting any of the heat-sinks which it doesn’t have. Also other part of the board is the placement of the motherboard power supply, just right on top of the CPU socket and annoyingly next to the first PCIex 1x socket so a normal $100 case is really not the case of easy installation, it would be lucky if they just place the power socket in the other side of the board. But most of the board still has some ports six SATA one in the back (internal), single Ethernet port, six USB ports and two of the PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard.
Performance money however shown that it can handle the pre stock speed of the Patriot, with it running at 2000MHz, so we tried that numbers and with some reason it cannot recognizes the frequency and unable to pass from the BIOS POST. So we turned down the frequency to 1600 MHz able to play in that frequency. Games and CPU raw performance was weak in overall standings going low in Sisoftsandra and in also in gaming the 4870 card came up as low as it with the 4850, so there is a real problem with the board and I cannot find out, even when it comes to over-clocking it able to go as high as 100 MHz, so a poor performance form the Asrock but also a poor design layout.
 