ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[TriBeCa]

keep an eye on this thread...in the next few days i'll be posting a link here to a thread i'll be starting in the air cooling section. i took a TON of pictures of my lapping job...if you don't mind voiding the warranty on your e6400 you might consider lapping your HSF and IHS

[Dooginater]

I'd still like to know what voltage I should have my NB @ so I can achieve 400Mhz FSB for my E6600. I want that 1:1 RATIO @ x 8 multiplier.

[TriBeCa]

you'll probably have to max it out (1.7V). I had to to get stable @ 400 x8 on my e6400. But according to azn there's an FSB hole in the board between 400-425, and apparently some board can't even post in that range, while they'll do 430 fine.... So if you're not not posting at or near 400, try jumping to 430-450....

[UkGouki]

i got mine to 3.5Ghz but Vista wouldn't boot! set the Fsb to Manuel Fsb=1750 which is 450mhz X8 and the Vcore Voltage to Auto at stock voltage i can only get 3.2ghz out of my E6400 you should be able to get 3.5 on your E6600 very easily

[Aaron_Henderson]

Finally picking mine up tomorrow...hoping to get this e4300 past the 3.5 GHz mark with my Zalman air cooling, we'll see how it goes. This board might allow me to run 8x450=3600MHz, which is what I am hoping as I hear the e4300's usually require a hair less voltage for stability with the 8x setting.
Anyone suggest some good ram for these settings I am hoping for? So it'll be running at DDR2 900MHz, so I just need the cheapest DDR2 that'll hit 900MHz with good timings.

[Mussels]

Just like to add in here that this mobo doesnt play well with G0 quads, i managed 3.1GHz for about 24 hours (OCCT stable) but since then the PC wont boot at anything other than stock with this CPU.

Just a heads up for anyone tempted to go quad.

[TriBeCa]

Originally Posted by Aaron_Henderson

Anyone suggest some good ram for these settings I am hoping for? So it'll be running at DDR2 900MHz, so I just need the cheapest DDR2 that'll hit 900MHz with good timings.

my corsair dominator's have been beautiful, although i haven't tried OCing them, other than tightening timings to 4-4-4-12 and setting them to 1T without a hitch. they're built for OCing though: the monstrous stock heatsinks don't even get warm at 800MHz.

[SavageFuDD]

I'v posted on other forums, But no much response to my questions... But it looks like a good crowed here


Ok, What do you guys think of My Volages?
in Everest In Bios "How I set theme"
Vcore 1.41 1.45
1.2v HT 1.36 1.35
NB 1.49 1.45
SB 1.53 auto
CPU VTT 1.41 1.40

I'm at 3.4 Orthose Stable so far at 1 hour and 10 minutes
I would like o go higher, Just don't want to blow anything up!!

My Temps are good around 30C no load and 46c at 85% load

And anyone know what the stock vid is for my cpu? and the ranges?

[Mussels]

stock vid actually varies a few settigns on the latest models, i've even seen a Q6600 with 1.20V stock (compared to 1.325v on the box)

Voltages wise, i think you shouldnt trust software :P its very inaccurate.

(And your sig is kinda long, go into the user CP and set it up like we have)

[TriBeCa]

yeah...i'm loath to try and actually read through those system specs ;p go back to the user CP and hit 'edit system'

your copy-paste of voltages etc is a bit hard to read....

your temps seen great though. what temps do you hit after a couple hours of orthos?

and, from experience, i wouldn't call anything under 8 hours of orthos stable...my OC hit errors at 4 and 6 hours before i got it stable with a couple more vcore nudges.