Asus is a hardware company, generates many motherboards. Both Intel-based and AMD-based, Asus motherboards target overclockers and gamers, little industry owners and general users. Many Asus motherboards are well-suited with Windows 7 and with Linux and offer Energy Star 5.0 aspects. Because of their fame with overclocking community and their steadiness, Asus motherboards have received many awards from hardware review sites.

Energy Star 5.0 Compliance

1. Asus become first Motherboard Company to release products that met Energy Star 5.0 necessities. Energy Star started new Off Mode, Sleep State, and Idle State standards and many Asus motherboards are well-suited with these updated specifications. These modes decrease energy use of PCs by shutting down unused and unnecessary hardware parts. Energy Star 5.0 well-suited motherboards contain Asus' P5Q and P5KPL Intel series and M4A78 for AMD CPUs.

Windows 7 Compatibility

2. Asus P5Q Pro was first motherboard to achieve Windows Hardware Quality Labs' certification for 32-bit version of Windows 7. Asus now presents a broad variety of Windows 7 well-suited motherboards, including some in Republic of Gaming series, Intel Socket 1366, Intel Socket 1156, Intel Socket 775 and AMD boards.

TUF Series

3. Asus revealed TUF series of motherboards in 2009. First TUF motherboard, the Intel-based SABERTOOTH 55i, aspects CeraM!X heat sinks that cool through ceramics-based compounds as opposed to anti-oxidant compounds. Asus TUF motherboards experience wider testing than their other motherboards. Then motherboard's capacitors are certified for military-grade usage.

Linux Compatibility

4. Asus has checked and supports a broad variety of both Intel-based and AMD-based motherboards on four various Linux distributions Fedora Core, Red Hat, Suse and Ubuntu. Asus presents a list of motherboards supported, along with Linux distribution and edition number.

Awards

5. Asus Crosshair III AMD-based motherboard has won awards. Intel-based motherboards like P7P55D Deluxe and P7P55D EVO have win award also.

6. Asus maker’s motherboards, video cards and laptops below its ROG brand. Now these motherboard align contains AMD-based Crosshair II and III, Core 2 Duo-based Rampage Extreme and Striker II, and iCore7-based Maximus III and Rampage II.