Beginning with the retail package, we can say that there isn't anything you can think of that is missing. All cables are included while the very helpful manual will help you during everything step. The black colored PCB looks rather impressive as well, with the colour coded interface connections. PCI-Express with SLI support, double Gigabit LAN, HD-AUDIO, SATA RAID, Dual Channel, N.O.S. are only some of the board's long list of features. Maybe a WireLess LAN or IDE in RAID mode are something we would like to see.

The board uses fanless cooling which is something you'll notice from the start. This means virtually no noise at all. The only thing we noticed was that the 65°C from the heatsink on the NForce4 chipset, increases the temperature of the board itself. However, there is no danger at all for the chipset since its limit is close to 180 °C.

In comparison to the A8N-SLI Deluxe, the P5ND2-SLI Deluxe had better overall performance as a result of the P4 3.73Ghz Extreme Edition we used.

The price at the time of this review was US$220 at newegg.com. This is a good price if we keep in mind what the board offers, its performance and the overall package. On the other hand, in comparison to the A8N-SLI Deluxe, it is kind of expensive.

Pros:

• Excellent features
• Good Retail Package
• Very Good performance
• Monitor utility from within Windows
• SLI support
• Q-Fan and AI NOS features
• Great motherboard overclocking capabilities

Cons:

• No Wireless Lan

Like to be fixed

• How about two extra IDE channels in Raid Mode?
• A lower price would be welcome

Features
Performance
BIOS/Overclocking
Value for money