ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[Qbert]

EMERGENCY!!!!

Please help!!!

I just got a call from the company assembling my rig that they had stability problems with 2 of the ASUS P5N-E boards they tried out and they recommended going to the EVGA 680i LT (122-CK-NF67-T1) for the same price! FYI…this was one of the newer P5N-E with a SB heatsink so keep any eye out for quality issues on these possibly!!!!

I have not had time to research this board and wanted to find out if anyone has any thoughts on this board…

1. What are pluses & minuses on the features between the 2 boards (see my system specs in sig)?
2. Any idea how this puppy OCs in general?
3. Can you go Unlinked?

I plan to OC my rig but not to the exteme - just hoping to get my e6420 to 3 – 3.2ghz. I have basic Corsair 667 ram right now too.

I appreciate any quick responses so I can decide what to do today and not have them hold up my build until Monday!!!!!

Super big thanks on any speedy responses!!!

[The Pook]

Originally Posted by dpawl31

Pook WTH are you talking about, I just put two SilenX fans in a $1400 build for a friend and they are great... what'd they do to you, lower your FSB some more?

Take it you never had a 80+CFM fan to compare it to.
Specs are bloated, and my $5 RFX-120 fan (70CFM, 32dBa) is quieter and keeps temps lower.

Click the link in my sig and you would've known. >.>

[dpawl31]

Q tell them to manually set ram timings vdimm and get bios 05xx. i just built a p5ne and 6320 last night and got bsod till i did that. dont get the other board. bad oc-er from what ive seen.

[Qbert]

Originally Posted by dpawl31

Q tell them to manually set ram timings vdimm and get bios 05xx. i just built a p5ne and 6320 last night and got bsod till i did that. dont get the other board. bad oc-er from what ive seen.

Thanks dpawl31! Looks like I can get it at the same price as the P5N-E so I may be tempted. Will do some more rsrch this weekend for reviews.

Interesting about the SB heatsink though, huh?

[dpawl31]

I bought that P5N-E for the e6320 rig I built last night from newegg w/ the new photo (with SB HS) and it didn't come with one... bastards! I think I might tell them I was expecting a SB HS and ask them to discount one Obviously not the one in the photo though hah.

PS I sent that other msg from my cell phone @ work, so that's why there were few and far between capitalizations and a lot less blabber than I normally type, like this!

[Sora1421]

I just recieved this board open box from the egg and everything is in its plastic still. The SB didn't come with a heatsink but I don't care because Im going to grab a Blue Ice Pro off SVC soon anyway because I love Blue LED heh. Im in a different state right now but I will be back tommarow

The real question here is will my Arctic Freezer Pro 7 fit? if not can I just mod something easily and make it fit without problems? Also the NB and SB have the same hole size right? 40x40mm?

[dpawl31]

The NB is extra long...
The Freezer 7 Pro will fit, you will have to snip the lower corner of the fan housing for it to sit far enough down but it's fine. If you remove the ASUS sticker from the NB center it'll drop another mm or so, but you will still have to trim the housing a little.

[Sora1421]

So your saying snip the HS metal a little bit then to make it fit? With what do you recommend. Also does the NB cool very good? It better for how ****ing long it is.

[dpawl31]

No no...
You can just trim the corner of the fan housing plastic with a sharp pair of scissors. If you want, you can remove the ASUS logo, it's just an aluminum sticker on top of the fins.
If you are a loser like me, you would take that sticker off and bend the NB fin down under the Freezer. But then it just looks retarded- especially once you notice, OH I could have trimmed the plastic on the fan O_O

It cools OK as long as 1) You reseat it with AS5 2) You have decent case cooling.
If you don't have good case cooling, I suggest a 40/60mm fan you can just rest it on your GPU and fit it in the fins of the NBHS.

[Qbert]

Originally Posted by dpawl31

I bought that P5N-E for the e6320 rig I built last night from newegg w/ the new photo (with SB HS) and it didn't come with one... bastards! I think I might tell them I was expecting a SB HS and ask them to discount one Obviously not the one in the photo though hah.

PS I sent that other msg from my cell phone @ work, so that's why there were few and far between capitalizations and a lot less blabber than I normally type, like this!

Hey dpawl31!!!

Well, after you said your new P5N-E came w/o a SB HS (those bastards!) I went back and looked at the images Newegg has on that page and you know what? I think those images may have been doctored!!! Check out the SB HS...doesn't it look a little less clear or of worse quality than the rest of the image? Am I losing it or just looking for a late night conspiracy? Check it out and decide for yourselves...



P.S. Anyone want any Spamturd sammiches again?