ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[ru7hl355]

ah ok so your saying i might be giving it too much juice!

i can run it on 3-3-3-8-2t if i run it on 800mhz.

have ordered a p35 DS3R anyways as these seem like better boards for the quads.

but i will try the memory vdimm out.

thanks

[SSJVegeta]

I need help with hitting atleast 3GHz with my E4300. I can hit 2.8GHz with stock vcore of 1.325v but only with CPU FSB at 350MHz (1400MHz QDR) and multi at 8x.

With 3GHz on 8x or 9x multi and even with 1.45v vcore my PC reboots or freezes when running Orthos.

I've never fiddled with the +100mV or northbridge voltages. Perhaps now is the time for me to test them and see if I can hit 3GHz with 333MHz FSB and 9x CPU multi.

Thanks for the guide!

[TriBeCa]

yeah, nobody's pretending this board is a good choice for quads

what's stock timing on those chips?

set your tRC to 12 with 3-3-3-8 and i bet you can get performance roughly as good as you could with your RAM at stock.

[FR4GM4ST3R]

Hey everyone, i am suspecting that i have an issue with my P5NE-SLi, Vista and sound. I have gone absolutely insane trying to find the cause for my problems, and this is what ive come up with so far:

When i have no sound device installed in Vista i get the same kind of FPS while maxing games as i do in XP. Basically close to no noticable performance decrease, however...

The moment i install a sound device, onboard or my X-Fi, i get occasional but incredibly frustrating stuttering in games almost as if its straining to load something, and the sound gets terribly garbled on occasion for a split second.

This has happened in every imaginable configuration: 3 different installs of Vista, every imaginable graphics and sound driver, onboard and X-Fi...

Recently my memory banks have begun to fail as well.

While the board might be a great OC friendly one i am seriously disappointed at the quality, or maybe i just got myself a monday build. Either way if anyone has experienced any of the above issues, how did you go about fixing them?

[TriBeCa]

Originally Posted by FR4GM4ST3R

Hey everyone, i am suspecting that i have an issue with my P5NE-SLi, Vista and sound. I have gone absolutely insane trying to find the cause for my problems, and this is what ive come up with so far:

When i have no sound device installed in Vista i get the same kind of FPS while maxing games as i do in XP. Basically close to no noticable performance decrease, however...

The moment i install a sound device, onboard or my X-Fi, i get occasional but incredibly frustrating stuttering in games almost as if its straining to load something, and the sound gets terribly garbled on occasion for a split second.

This has happened in every imaginable configuration: 3 different installs of Vista, every imaginable graphics and sound driver, onboard and X-Fi...

Recently my memory banks have begun to fail as well.

While the board might be a great OC friendly one i am seriously disappointed at the quality, or maybe i just got myself a monday build. Either way if anyone has experienced any of the above issues, how did you go about fixing them?

does this happen at stock, or just when you're OC'd? (very nice OC btw)



on another note...

hey dpawl - if you think of anything you think I should add to the OCing guide I wrote for the board (because we were getting a lot of newcomers who didn't want to read through a 400 page thread to find the info they needed...go figure ) I'd love to hear about it.

[FR4GM4ST3R]

Stock, OC'd same thing in every scenario. Its really driving me absolutely crazy now because i am tired of seeing FRAPS reporting 45+ fps and getting stuttering and garbled sound (both out of onboard and dedicated sound). And thanks, i really should update my sig rig since im running 3,6 atm to keep heat down. I was pushing some serious voltage to get 3,8 :P

[SSJVegeta]

Ok, just tried 3GHz with 1.425v vcore via +100mV setting.

Strange thing is my internet wouldn't work when I OC'd to 3GHz. I never had this problem when I OC'd to 3GHz in the past so I'm back to 2.8GHz.

BTW, what is the stock northbridge voltage for this board?

[slaney30]

Originally Posted by SSJVegeta

I need help with hitting atleast 3GHz with my E4300. I can hit 2.8GHz with stock vcore of 1.325v but only with CPU FSB at 350MHz (1400MHz QDR) and multi at 8x.

With 3GHz on 8x or 9x multi and even with 1.45v vcore my PC reboots or freezes when running Orthos.

I've never fiddled with the +100mV or northbridge voltages. Perhaps now is the time for me to test them and see if I can hit 3GHz with 333MHz FSB and 9x CPU multi.

Thanks for the guide!

I would push the Northbridge voltage to 1.39v. This could be holding you back from a steady overclock. I would definitely reseat the Northbridge Heatsink with AS5 or Shin Etsu thermal compound. I saw a big drop in motherboard temps after i did that to my board.

[slaney30]

Originally Posted by SSJVegeta

Ok, just tried 3GHz with 1.425v vcore via +100mV setting.

Strange thing is my internet wouldn't work when I OC'd to 3GHz. I never had this problem when I OC'd to 3GHz in the past so I'm back to 2.8GHz.

BTW, what is the stock northbridge voltage for this board?

Not sure I think 1.2v or its set to auto so it adjusts I believe. I would run the northbridge a 1.39v for now until you reseat the northbridge heatsink with artic silver 5 compound. If you do this, you could probably run it at 1.56v, but I dont really recommend it.

[slaney30]

Originally Posted by SSJVegeta

Ok, just tried 3GHz with 1.425v vcore via +100mV setting.

Strange thing is my internet wouldn't work when I OC'd to 3GHz. I never had this problem when I OC'd to 3GHz in the past so I'm back to 2.8GHz.

BTW, what is the stock northbridge voltage for this board?

I would back down the CPU Vcore voltage. I would set it at 1.35v manually in the bios, then enable the +100mV settings. Your VCORE is running over 1.5 which intel specs say is over its rating. You don't really want to fry your chip.