ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[SSJVegeta]

Originally Posted by pheoxs

LDT frequency is the communication between the NB and the SB, lowering it a notch or two shouldn't decrease performance any, and if it helps you overclock higher, then it is worth it.

My NB is set at the 1.5xxV option, but I never tried to bring it down any.

I tried LDT at 4x and my PC still reboot @ 3GHz under Orthos or I'd get errors in Orthos and when I tried LDT at 3x the PC wouldn't boot so I had to take the mobo battery out to reset the CMOS.

It's hopeless.

[pheoxs]

Originally Posted by SSJVegeta

I tried LDT at 4x and my PC still reboot @ 3GHz under Orthos or I'd get errors in Orthos and when I tried LDT at 3x the PC wouldn't boot so I had to take the mobo battery out to reset the CMOS.

It's hopeless.

I dunno what else it could be, only other thing that comes to mind was I remember some people pin modding the e4xxx serious to 1066FSB which let them overclock past a FSB wall, but I don't know if that works with this MB, and don't even remember how they did it.

[tekseven]

I think I'm going to stay with this board for right now, as it is I won't be able to afford quad core so I'll probably sell it when I do get quad core. Thanks for the tips though. Rep.

[pheoxs]

Originally Posted by tekseven

After looking-- is it worth the extra money? All of the X38's are out of my range and the P35's as well.

Whats your price range and we can find a board for you, theres this one for 115$, theres a thread about it on OCN its got some great results from members so far.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136038

[sherpa_man]

Hi im new to this board and overclocking in just wondering what kinda speeds can you clock to with a core 2 quad 6600 on this board with stock cooler on the cpu but 4 good case fans

[tekseven]

Originally Posted by pheoxs

Whats your price range and we can find a board for you, theres this one for 115$, theres a thread about it on OCN its got some great results from members so far.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136038

I found the Blood Iron but the main problem with it is the single IDE channel. I have an PCI to IDE card, but for right now I won't have a quad core processor for at least two months it looks like, so I'll hold off on the Blood Iron and get that at the same time I buy my quad, so that I can make basically two rigs with some Ballistix for overclocking on my quad rig and my "stable" rig on the P5n-e.

Side note: 2x2 G.Skill 800 work alright on this board?

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by pheoxs

According to PC probe it dropped my MB temperatures ~10C

wow. that sounds pretty good. Do you think I should get one? Currently I run at about 44 degrees celcius idle, 49 while gaming. Prime95 only rises it to about 46.

[pheoxs]

Originally Posted by sherpa_man

Hi im new to this board and overclocking in just wondering what kinda speeds can you clock to with a core 2 quad 6600 on this board with stock cooler on the cpu but 4 good case fans

Not very much, depending if its G0 or B3, p5n-e isn't the best for overclocking quads, especially on stock cooling.

Originally Posted by tekseven

I found the Blood Iron but the main problem with it is the single IDE channel. I have an PCI to IDE card, but for right now I won't have a quad core processor for at least two months it looks like, so I'll hold off on the Blood Iron and get that at the same time I buy my quad, so that I can make basically two rigs with some Ballistix for overclocking on my quad rig and my "stable" rig on the P5n-e.

Side note: 2x2 G.Skill 800 work alright on this board?

What do you need more than one IDE channel for? each IDE channel can support two devices remember.

Yeah that G skill ram should work fine in this board

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

wow. that sounds pretty good. Do you think I should get one? Currently I run at about 44 degrees celcius idle, 49 while gaming. Prime95 only rises it to about 46.

It should help a bit, I have to try and rearrange mine, the way its positioned my HR-03 is right near the backside of my graphics card, so once I turn it so its on the side of the ram and add a fan it'll help a lot more. You could probably just reseat the stock NB cooler with as5 and add a fan and that should help quite a bit.

My NB loaded was 45C, idle 42C before, now I'm about 29C and 33C loaded but my ambients dropped a bit.

[tekseven]

Originally Posted by pheoxs

What do you need more than one IDE channel for? each IDE channel can support two devices remember.

Yeah that G skill ram should work fine in this board

I have three IDE hard drives and one burner, but I may forgo two of them and just get the Blood Iron. Not sure yet, we'll see.

Thanks for your help on this

[EDIT] Okay, new plan. I don't know how I didn't notice a plethora of nice P35-based motherboards square in the middle of my price range, so now I feel stupid. But I'm getting an Asus P5K-E (supposed to have nicer components than a vanilla P5K and it's only marginally more expensive)-- that will give me P35 and I don't really need 2 IDE channels-- I'll just deal with it. I'm buying a SATA DVD burner anyways so it'll just out one (dying) hard drive. Win-win. Don't know why I didn't go for it earlier.

[sherpa_man]

is there a know problem with memory on these boards i have 4 x 1 gig sticks and every now and again the sytem hangs and i have to unplug the computer and restart any ideas ?