ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[jimmyj]

Ravin,

You have been a great help on these boards. I have followed your guidance many times on here! I've heard good things about the ABIT IP35 PRO also...If you had to choose a number one board for the Q6600, what would it be? Anyone else want to have a say?

[dpawl31]

I started this thread nearly 500 pages ago now...
And I still have my Pentium D 820 @ 3.7Ghz. haha.
I will be tearing down my rig for cleaning and removing the Linux HDD I have been on for months, since it is now failing (was a bad HDD to begin with)
Maybe it's finally time to upgrade some things eh?

BTW- my 7600GT/D820@3.7 still rockin'... NFS:Carbon on full flawless and gorgeous.

[Ravin]

Originally Posted by jimmyj

Ravin,

You have been a great help on these boards. I have followed your guidance many times on here! I've heard good things about the ABIT IP35 PRO also...If you had to choose a number one board for the Q6600, what would it be? Anyone else want to have a say?

Ok...money to burn? No budget #1 board I'd get for a Q6600 (DDR3)

#1 For DDR2.... Close #2 DDR2 runner-up

IMO the only Abit worth owning

[Ajimboalogo]

Back to this thread after a bit of an hiatus,

I replaced my B3 Q6600 with G0 and my temps are awesome, but my experience with OC'ing on this board is well, frustrating (I am being very very nice!!!) I can't get this FSB past 1200, 1 hz over and no POST no nothing. Have tried all BIOS flavahs and no go. I've been lurking a bit and I just can't get er done, lowering Vcore, upping NB (had to get active cooling for NB cuz she was getting very warm...okay hotter than H@#$!!) I am just going to put it down to an incompatibility. Seen some promising numbers with people running Q6600 on Abits, maybe I'll make the switch. Am getting very very tired of clearing CMOS every time I make a timing change on my memory does not like switching between 1T and 2T without clearing for some reason. Any help would be great...cuz I have grown attached to this board (okay....I'm as stubborn as a mule and refuse to let this thing win!!!) Cheers!!!

[MadDogX]

Originally Posted by Ajimboalogo

Back to this thread after a bit of an hiatus,

I replaced my B3 Q6600 with G0 and my temps are awesome, but my experience with OC'ing on this board is well, frustrating (I am being very very nice!!!) I can't get this FSB past 1200, 1 hz over and no POST no nothing. Have tried all BIOS flavahs and no go. I've been lurking a bit and I just can't get er done, lowering Vcore, upping NB (had to get active cooling for NB cuz she was getting very warm...okay hotter than H@#$!!) I am just going to put it down to an incompatibility. Seen some promising numbers with people running Q6600 on Abits, maybe I'll make the switch. Am getting very very tired of clearing CMOS every time I make a timing change on my memory does not like switching between 1T and 2T without clearing for some reason. Any help would be great...cuz I have grown attached to this board (okay....I'm as stubborn as a mule and refuse to let this thing win!!!) Cheers!!!

Looks like you're experiencing exactly the same problems as I am. I can't get my Q6600 past 1200FSB either, although I have had some moderate "success" - meaning at some FSBs it would actually say "unable to post", instead of just doing nothing and forcing me to reset the BIOS.

I got fed up last time I tried (after having to reset my BIOS three times in a row), but I still haven't given up. I'll let you know if I have any success.

[cscheat]

guys, best mobo for Q6600 Overclocking=

Asus P5K deluxe, Gigabyte P35-DQ6, Abit ip35 pro

[SSJVegeta]

Originally Posted by Asce

Just get a HR-05 Sli with AS5. Even without a fan it doesnt get too hot.

What is the difference between the Thermalright HR-05 SLI version and non-SLI version?

[pheoxs]

Originally Posted by SSJVegeta

What is the difference between the Thermalright HR-05 SLI version and non-SLI version?

Not much, just kinda the size, I have a HR-05-SLI, it fits fine with my BT, kinda awkward but it fits fine with a fan, although I took the fan off to do some testing / modding to the fan to waste my spare time.

[gooddog]

weird, I am having the exact same problem.
I am a total amateur.
I am fine at 1200, but anything beyond that doesn't work.
G0 stepping and great cooling.

Does changing the multiple make senseto do?
thanks

[pheoxs]

Originally Posted by gooddog

weird, I am having the exact same problem.
I am a total amateur.
I am fine at 1200, but anything beyond that doesn't work.
G0 stepping and great cooling.

Does changing the multiple make senseto do?
thanks

Don't think changing the multi will help overly, its just a fact that the p5n-e sli is crap for o/cing quads, theres only been a very small (very small) handful of people with minor success.