ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[Nevaziah]

nice, this board is REALLY popular.
FIrst thing i loved with this board is it just works.

took it out of the box, damn store had broken of the springs on the chipset cooler so i just put in screwdrivers and O bolts to pin it down (no biggie, no hassle). no need to update bios, at least not for me unless i need that 'one' new function or i run into problems

[Perry]

Another question. Are the FSB and memory frequency linked or can you increase each independantly?

Not to thread jack but people over on newegg.com are loving the MSI P6N SLI-FI. It's retailing for about $20 less than the P5N-E.

Which will be more deserving of my money?

[dpawl31]

Another question. Are the FSB and memory frequency linked or can you increase each independantly?

You have 3 options.
Linked Full - 800FSB and 800RAM. But if you go up on FSB, RAM stays with it.
Thus, 1000 FSB is really 250Mhz, and your RAM would be 500Mhz. You will always run a 1:2 divider with this option because of QDR Intel and DDR RAM.

Linked Syncronous - Keeps 1:1 Divider, thus 1000FSB is 250Mhz and RAM is 250Mhz, or DDR2-500.

Full Manual - Individual manual entries. Helps a LOT, honestly. Full control.

Not to thread jack but people over on newegg.com are loving the MSI P6N SLI-FI. It's retailing for about $20 less than the P5N-E.

Which will be more deserving of my money?

Asus or MSI - most definately Asus.
Totally worth the money, it's only $17 more.
Don't trust the Eggs reviews. It is full or noobs.
Also... MSI's website for the board...
HERE
The picture showing the I/O panel.. it's not even the same BOARD!?
Look at the heatsink, it's a heatpipe, over the voltage regulators and what not. I wouldn't trust a company that can't even get their pictures together.
I did that once - with an Asrock board. Total trash.
Saw a quote for an asrock board the other day, said he loved his asrock board, the nb/sb heatsinks made nice keychains. HAHA.

[Kopi]

You come in to a p5n thread asking if p6n is better? PSSH p5n is for the win. Its been out for a little longer, got a couple bios updates out, and look how many people adore it. Its such an uber leet board.

p5n for the win

[dpawl31]

P5N-E FTW!
Also remember, prices GENERALLY reflect quality, when comparing identicle things. The boards are almost exactly the same. And $17 cheaper should tell you something.

Hey Kopster... I finalized my Orthos on 3.7Ghz
Check this: Intel Stable OC Thread

[Kopi]

Awesome man...thats a while overclock! Go P5N-e lol

[The Pook]

It detected a floppy for me too.
I'm reformatting soon, so while I'm at it, I'll probably just disable the floppy connector on the mobo so it'll shut the **** up about a non-existent floppy drive.

[dpawl31]

I'll probably just disable the floppy connector on the mobo so it'll shut the **** up about a non-existent floppy drive.

LMAO

OK now that I got my 3.7 Orthos verified... I am off to try CMOS clear and go back to 0202, then try both sticks of RAM again

[JCushing]

anyone have anything to say about the new bios? im using 401 right now.

also anyone else have any other feedback on NB cooling? i noticed the stock HS getting pretty warm at stock settings. i had some instability recently at some pretty mild overclocks 2.4-2.7ghz (system freezes) so i set everything back to stock and a overheating NB is the only thing i could think of. i upped the speed of the fan on the side of my 900 since it pretty much blows on the NB but im wondering if putting on 2 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835185039 on the NB will be sufficient or if i should get a better active cooler.

[dpawl31]

I reseated my NB with AS Ceramique way back when...
It's @ 1.5v and don't have issues.

So far, not so good with the 0505 bios. But it could be my RAM giving me troubles, still troubleshooting... :s