ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[Awesome]

The onboard sound quality is terrible.

[brandon6199]

...still no 500+ fsb proof pics?

[Ravin]

Originally Posted by brandon6199

...still no 500+ fsb proof pics?

I think that The Pook hit 515 on a suicide run. Somewhere between page 150-250.

[pheoxs]

Originally Posted by Ravin

I think that The Pook hit 515 on a suicide run. Somewhere between page 150-250.

Wait tell my roommate leaves this weekend I'll open the windows bring my ambient down to sub-zero crank my fans and get 500 lol

[xaks]

First time poster, been reading the site for about a week now.

Up front, some really great information here. Instead of the usual 'looking to the ends of the earth for relevant technical data', here I find almost too MUCH data, and have to figure out which to use! Nice change!

That aside, I've joined the ranks of the OCers for the first time in over 15 years of sysadminning. On advice gleaned from posts here and on OCForums, salvaged a CPU from an otherwise dead chassis and built an OC rig. Let's see if I can post a screenshot on my first try...

I'm hoping to eventually get something around 2.8-3.2Ghz out of this rig. So far I've spent ~ $215USD (lots of hardware laying around that I can scavenge for) for the MB, power supply, case, and CPU HSF, so I'm seeing how far I can reliably push the cheap

Anyhow, as you can (hopefully) see from the screenie, I'm playing with settings and seeing what happens. I'm in a fairly hot environment with this PC (72-80F) so I don't think I can go too much higher with air cooling....it's a stock HSF intel fan. Nothing extra as far as sinks go, but I did grab a case with nice, open archi and giant front air intakes...so I bolted two 120mm fans in (one front mount intake, one rear mount exhaust) and then two 80mm fans (also one front intake, one rear mount exhaust)...doing so gives enough airflow to keep the current OC at reasonable temps (sub-52C at 100 percent load).

Oh, and as I was poking around the last couple of pages and came across the Realtek driver referral links...and while the pages load, none of the download links are working to get at the files. Anyone have an alternate host available?

Allright, I'm done rambling on my opening post. Hi all! *waves

[hometoast]

@xaks: welcome! Fill in your system specs to give everyone a quick look. You'll definitely want a new cpu cooler. If you've been reading then you know the zalman 9700, tuniq tower, and arctic cooling freezer are all highly recommended.

[Asce]

Originally Posted by hometoast

@xaks: welcome! Fill in your system specs to give everyone a quick look. You'll definitely want a new cpu cooler. If you've been reading then you know the zalman 9700, tuniq tower, and arctic cooling freezer are all highly recommended.

Or if you are like me, Pook and Kopi, go watercooling

[xaks]

i've built a couple of water-cooled rigs for some friends. nice cooling, but wayyy too PITA and complicated for me to fuss with right now (not to mention my wife would have a coronary at the prices).

updated the system specs i think ... try that out!

as to the cooling: yea, I know I have to address the cooling situation right quick....that's the first thing on my list. I don't want to push it much harder without some bolt-on heat sinks over the n/s bridges and better CPU unit. But it is a good first step, methinks

[hometoast]

if you're getting sub 52C on stock fans in that hot of a room; then you've certainly got some room to play. Follow Tribeca's guide in his sig -- it's definately the best.

[r0b126]

are there any other changes I'll be needing to make (like in voltage) before I change the 333 freq to 400 on the E6750? Am using the 0801 bios atm