ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread - Page 8 - Overclock.net

gtboi604 · 01-23-07

hey man, im here!
yeah i checked the new bios, but i read in the asus forums that it sucks...so i think im going to hold out for the next one.
hows the new bios in ur comp?
notice any performance difference?

with regards to the freezer 7 question, yeah, it doesnt fit wit the HUGE NB HS...so u may want to look into an alternative way to cool ur NB.
i got myself a Noctua Nu-06 i think, fits and works like a charm.
good luck with that!

marin8n · 01-23-07

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Originally Posted by gtboi604

hey man, im here!
yeah i checked the new bios, but i read in the asus forums that it sucks...so i think im going to hold out for the next one.
hows the new bios in ur comp?
notice any performance difference?

with regards to the freezer 7 question, yeah, it doesnt fit wit the HUGE NB HS...so u may want to look into an alternative way to cool ur NB.
i got myself a Noctua Nu-06 i think, fits and works like a charm.
good luck with that!

I'll have to look at the Noctua. I saw that someone on here also had the Zalman 9700 LED, how does that cooler fit? Any modification necessary?

dpawl31 · 01-23-07

I believe he said the Noctua is for his NB. The Zalman is a CPU cooler.
Get the freezer. I researched for a month every part of this PC, the Freezer is better. The Zalman, as far as I have read, barely gets a C2D in the high 30's for idle, and low 50's load, and that is stock, no OCing.
With this freezer, I am running 52C max load, and that's with a 2.8 HOTTT Pentium D running @ 3.5.

dpawl31 · 01-23-07

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yeah i checked the new bios, but i read in the asus forums that it sucks...so i think im going to hold out for the next one.
hows the new bios in ur comp?
notice any performance difference?

Yeah I read the forums too- after I updated. Oops.
Haven't noticed a difference, but it supposedly fixed RAM issues and I was stable before the new one. But now I will try and go to DDR2-1000, to achieve my 1:1 @ 3.5Ghz.
Some of those guys on that forum (ASUS) are just idiots.
"I soldered my motherboard to my case for strength and now it wont start, damn you asus you suck".
That's what I expect from those guys.

hermit · 01-23-07

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Originally Posted by dpawl31

I believe he said the Noctua is for his NB. The Zalman is a CPU cooler.
Get the freezer. I researched for a month every part of this PC, the Freezer is better. The Zalman, as far as I have read, barely gets a C2D in the high 30's for idle, and low 50's load, and that is stock, no OCing.
With this freezer, I am running 52C max load, and that's with a 2.8 HOTTT Pentium D running @ 3.5.

might i suggest the scythe ninja. it fit my board perfectly, and i get 40c on full load. (not overclocked yet)

marin8n · 01-23-07

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Originally Posted by hermit

might i suggest the scythe ninja. it fit my board perfectly, and i get 40c on full load. (not overclocked yet)

I didn't notice he was talking about his NB cooling. I will probably look into that as well once I get OC'ing. If the Ninja fits without modification, that would be nice.

I guess this would be a general question for everyone then: "What cooler are you using and what are your idle/load temps?" Are you overclocking? Also if anyone has pics, that would be awesome!

Thanks!

hermit · 01-23-07

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Originally Posted by marin8n

I didn't notice he was talking about his NB cooling. I will probably look into that as well once I get OC'ing. If the Ninja fits without modification, that would be nice.

I guess this would be a general question for everyone then: "What cooler are you using and what are your idle/load temps?" Are you overclocking? Also if anyone has pics, that would be awesome!

Thanks!

idle is 33c right now. but i just built it, so the burn-in is not quite completed with AS5

the 120mm fan is pushing towards the top of the case, my psu is at the bottom and i have a fan at the top of the case. the cpu fan is sitting on the HS of the NB, but i don't think it changes anything.