ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[seantheman]

Hello, I have a quick question. I am somewhat of a noob at overclocking, and I was wondering, I have an intel chip in this p5n-e sli motherboard, what overclocking settings should I use? Right now, i'm just using the ai overclock to get a 20% boost, and my cpu multiplier is at x12. I don't want to melt anything, but I do have decent cooling. Can any1 help plz?

Much appreciated

Oh ya, my intel cpu is 2.4ghz core 2 duo

[rsfkevski]

Originally Posted by seantheman

Hello, I have a quick question. I am somewhat of a noob at overclocking, and I was wondering, I have an intel chip in this p5n-e sli motherboard, what overclocking settings should I use? Right now, i'm just using the ai overclock to get a 20% boost, and my cpu multiplier is at x12. I don't want to melt anything, but I do have decent cooling. Can any1 help plz?

Much appreciated

Oh ya, my intel cpu is 2.4ghz core 2 duo

Please fill in your system specifications in your profile, thanks

[seantheman]

Originally Posted by rsfkevski

Please fill in your system specifications in your profile, thanks

ok did it can help now plz?

[daniel_in_black]

Just thought I'd throw in some quick info. Although G.Skill F2-6400CL4D is not on the QVL, I've been running two gigs of it fine and dandy for a year now. Well, with the price of RAM dropping, I added two more gigs for a total of 4. I COULD NOT get it stable until I loosened up the timings to 5-5-5-12-20 2T from its 4-4-4-12 defaults. I also flashed to BIOS 0703 through the ASUS Update in Windows as EZ Flash would not work under any circumstances.

Just a tip for anyone else running this ram and looking to add more.

[marsey99]

i watch for my cpu to start throttling itself and if it does it means its too hot and i then try to drop the voltage to a threshold bellow the point it starts. this is different with every cpu regardless of rating.

i dont see the point in having a cpu that can only idle at 4.0ghz but as soon as i put it underload it drops to 3.2ghz because it cant stand the heat(not mine but i have read about others having this happen).

[phantasm]

hey people i will buy e6750 and want high oc with water cooling. is P5n-E SLI the board for me??

[davidisflash]

Originally Posted by marsey99

i watch for my cpu to start throttling itself and if it does it means its too hot and i then try to drop the voltage to a threshold bellow the point it starts. this is different with every cpu regardless of rating.

i dont see the point in having a cpu that can only idle at 4.0ghz but as soon as i put it underload it drops to 3.2ghz because it cant stand the heat(not mine but i have read about others having this happen).

Yo, were you responding to me? If so, I wouldn't be throttling the CPU since when I'm determining max overclock, CPU EIST function is disabled.

[sherpa_man]

ok so i have me new akasa evo 98 cooler so i wanna start having a bit of a play i would like to get me q6600 to 2.9 that should be ok on a good air cooler shouldnt it ? id just like some pointers to help me out cheers my bios is 060

what kind of temp should i be getting on a q6600 with this cooler ?

fan speen reads
51
51
48
48
this is just why im on the net writng this message that sound right ?

[sherpa_man]

Originally Posted by sherpa_man

ok so i have me new akasa evo 98 cooler so i wanna start having a bit of a play i would like to get me q6600 to 2.9 that should be ok on a good air cooler shouldnt it ? id just like some pointers to help me out cheers my bios is 060

what kind of temp should i be getting on a q6600 with this cooler ?

fan speen reads
51
51
48
48
this is just why im on the net writng this message that sound right ?

lol didnt take the plastic thing of now idle at 16 per core

[gooddog]

Can someone briefly explain the meaning of TDP on processors? I know it is how much power they deal with, but the question is if I have two processors that exactly identical except for TDP, which is the better processor? The one with the lower TDP or the higher TDP?
Especially if overclocking.
thanks