ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[The Pook]

http://www.overclock.net/rants-raves...rave-asus.html



Most likely be getting a P5K this time for RMA. Last time I thought the same thing, so I won't count my chickens before they hatch (one), but I'm pretty sure I'll get one this time.

[DonNiger]

Hi,

I was just replaceing a new WC block. Because I still do not have a mem to OC, I took my time. And I found out something I wanted to share.
The plate which is holding a CPU in it's socket is too high. I covered the hole plate with some stuff and placed the waterblock - and according to the markes that stuff left behind, the block was sitting also on the block as well.

So if somebody is wondering, why his CPU temps are high without any reasons, that is something to check out.
Or mayby it is just with my board.

[Dooginater]

Is it possible to get a 1:1 ratio with DDR-800 PC6400 RAM on an E6600? I have it overclocked @ 3.0 Ghz and my ratio is 5:6.

I manually set the timings on my memory and was wondering if having two G-Skill 1GB's and 2 512 Corsair (both DDR-800 and PC6400) would mess up my ratio somehow. I don't want to bottleneck anything.

I tested ORTHOS and it ran stable for over 12 hours with my current settings.

Oh, somehow running orthos improved my cooling ability. I installed the Arctic Freezer 7 and was getting idle temps of about 39 degrees @ stock settings. Now I'm overclocked to 3.0Ghz and my idle is 32~33 degrees and my load never reaches 50?

Did I need to bake my thermal grease or what?

[Praeses]

I got my new system:
P5N-E
E6550
2x1GB Mushkin EM2 (had to move them to the black slots)
GeForce 8800GTS 640MB

Running like a dream!

My CPU is running cooler than my NB...I guess I should add a fan to my NB HS

[TriBeCa]

Originally Posted by Dooginater

Is it possible to get a 1:1 ratio with DDR-800 PC6400 RAM on an E6600? I have it overclocked @ 3.0 Ghz and my ratio is 5:6.

I manually set the timings on my memory and was wondering if having two G-Skill 1GB's and 2 512 Corsair (both DDR-800 and PC6400) would mess up my ratio somehow. I don't want to bottleneck anything.

It's possible, yes. You'll need to inch your FSB up to 400 though (3.6 GHz if you keep your multi at 9x). Let us know how you fare...you have to pump your NB voltage up some. Having the two sets of RAM in there won't help, that's for sure...but it may still be possible. Can't say I've ever tried OCing with two different RAM kits in.

Originally Posted by Dooginater

Did I need to bake my thermal grease or what?

Very possibly--a long burn-in can help, such as running 12 hours of orthos....

[willhub]

Uh my Ballistix ram aint doing too good now, 2.35V for 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15, kept getting Bsod's

[AzN1337c0d3r]

It appears my cooler isn't up to the task of handling my CPU @ 3.6 GHz., I can do Orthos for about 5 minutes before temps get so high they force my CPU to shutdown. I can't do 3.5 or 3.4 GHz due to FSB hole (board very unstable for some reason, can't even boot to Windows before it crashes)

It appears that I'm back at 3.3 GHz until I can get a better CPU cooler. Any recommendations? I'm currently running an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro.

Also I noted on the 2nd post that the Coolermaster Blue Ice is SLI-capable SouthBridge cooler? The thing is almost 7 cm high, how is an SLI card going to fit into that slot with the cooler installed?

http://www.coolermaster.com/products...bcate=1&id=106

[Christiaan]

Hey boys, mind heading over here for my little P5N-E SLI issue. I decided to make it a thread of it's own, since it will most likely not get much attention in here. I have some unanswered posts somewhere in the past of this thread.

[Dooginater]

Originally Posted by TriBeCa

It's possible, yes. You'll need to inch your FSB up to 400 though (3.6 GHz if you keep your multi at 9x). Let us know how you fare...you have to pump your NB voltage up some. Having the two sets of RAM in there won't help, that's for sure...but it may still be possible. Can't say I've ever tried OCing with two different RAM kits in.



Very possibly--a long burn-in can help, such as running 12 hours of orthos....

Why would I have to inch up my NB voltage? How do I check those temps anyway?

Is a 5:6 ratio that bad? I was thinking on maxing out @ 3.2Ghz. I don't really want to add anymore cooling equipment since I want to save space for my next video card, whichever that may be. Any suggestion would be nice.

[TriBeCa]

Originally Posted by willhub

Uh my Ballistix ram aint doing too good now, 2.35V for 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15, kept getting Bsod's

But you say it tested fine in memtest?? And remember...this board dislikes loose timings. Stick to stock...or if 5-5-5-15 is stock maybe try 4-4-4-12.

Originally Posted by AzN1337c0d3r

It appears my cooler isn't up to the task of handling my CPU @ 3.6 GHz., I can do Orthos for about 5 minutes before temps get so high they force my CPU to shutdown. I can't do 3.5 or 3.4 GHz due to FSB hole (board very unstable for some reason, can't even boot to Windows before it crashes)

It appears that I'm back at 3.3 GHz until I can get a better CPU cooler. Any recommendations? I'm currently running an Arctic Freezer 7 Pro.

Also I noted on the 2nd post that the Coolermaster Blue Ice is SLI-capable SouthBridge cooler? The thing is almost 7 cm high, how is an SLI card going to fit into that slot with the cooler installed?

http://www.coolermaster.com/products...bcate=1&id=106

The Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme gets very good reviews (e.g. this one), and is a favorite over in the Intel Air Cooling forum. The thing is huge though (needs 6.3" clearance above your CPU), so make sure it'll fit in your case.

It was designed with quad cores in mind. As you can see from the review, nothing outperformed it in a closed case when it had two 1200rpm fans on it, although two of the coolers with higher rpm fans had it idling a few C lower.

I just got mine in the mail today, but haven't installed it yet as I'm waiting on the fans (I got two 114.7 CFM panaflo's for it) and a lapping kit (apparently the heatsink frequently comes with a highly convex base--mine doesn't seem too bad, but once I'm ready to install I'll check how well it contacts with the cpu heatspreader). I'm hoping those two >2700rpm fans on this cooler will give me the best cooling for my CPU I can achieve with air. The thing looks great, too.

Originally Posted by Dooginater

Why would I have to inch up my NB voltage? How do I check those temps anyway?

Is a 5:6 ratio that bad? I was thinking on maxing out @ 3.2Ghz. I don't really want to add anymore cooling equipment since I want to save space for my next video card, whichever that may be. Any suggestion would be nice.

Because at higher FSB's the NB needs more voltage to keep up. Though you can't really 'inch' it up the way you can on the CPU, because iirc it only has 3 settings.

No, 5:6 isn't that bad. 1:1 is better, but not in any sense necessary. And I thoroughly agree that 3.6GHz on an e6600 is a bit on extreme on air, unless you've got some really premo air cooling happening.

What you might try, though, is reducing your multiplier to 8x, and try getting to 400 FSB at 3.2GHz. Up to you.

P.S. In my reply to your original post I meant to say you "may" have to up the NB voltage...the "may" was missing.