ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[marsey99]

pc probe should give you the same readings as the bios.

black slots were more stable on the earlier boards but others have said this was later fixxed, but for most people it wont do much (oc wise) with all 4 dimms full.

try upping nb volts if you still cannot get to ddr800, i had 2x2gb ocz's doing 1066 on mine but 1040 was about the max i would call 100% stable, ymmv. that was with vdimm-2.08 and nb 1.5.

best bios for earlier conroes was 0404, later versions added ram/quad and newer cpu support/fixes.


above all you need to cool the board, the nb and the power regs both need better than stock cooling.

[Ghostkilla]

Originally Posted by marsey99

pc probe should give you the same readings as the bios.

black slots were more stable on the earlier boards but others have said this was later fixxed, but for most people it wont do much (oc wise) with all 4 dimms full.

try upping nb volts if you still cannot get to ddr800, i had 2x2gb ocz's doing 1066 on mine but 1040 was about the max i would call 100% stable, ymmv. that was with vdimm-2.08 and nb 1.5.

best bios for earlier conroes was 0404, later versions added ram/quad and newer cpu support/fixes.


above all you need to cool the board, the nb and the power regs both need better than stock cooling.

Thats funny, I updated bios to 1201 and ran orthos prime for 9 hours right out of the gate with a 3.2Ghz OC from 2.13Ghz. Thats a pretty damn good oc for air if you ask me. Got 4x1GB of ram too. The newer bios had fixes for vista 64-bit. I never had any issue with xp running this same setup using bios 0901. How can you say 0404 is the best bios? I highly dissagree with pc probe too. I use coretemp and after confirming real temps with a probe the bios temps arent very accurate either. go with what you know, I always say.

[marsey99]

if you think thats its fixxed for you then great m8 but tbh 3.2 from 2.1 aint much for a c2d is it....i had this board since it was 2 weeks in the shops and tested bios' along the way. for the 800/1066fsb c2d 404 was the best 608 was the best for c2q and the later ones, well i stopped as the chipset is fsb limited so.....


but yea, ignore me m8 as i know nothing lol, its not like pcprobe and the board are made by the same people, o wait......

[PersianOverClocker]

any review for Bios ver 1503 ?

[Ghostkilla]

Originally Posted by marsey99

if you think thats its fixxed for you then great m8 but tbh 3.2 from 2.1 aint much for a c2d is it....i had this board since it was 2 weeks in the shops and tested bios' along the way. for the 800/1066fsb c2d 404 was the best 608 was the best for c2q and the later ones, well i stopped as the chipset is fsb limited so.....


but yea, ignore me m8 as i know nothing lol, its not like pcprobe and the board are made by the same people, o wait......

Im not ignoring anyone, Im talking to you arent I? Over a 1Ghz increase on air is pretty good IMO. If My temps would go lower im sure I could get more but damn, it runs every game out including crysis on full on settings @ 1920x1200 res. What more do you need? Ive had this board since day one as well. Ive used EVERY bios out except anything between 0901-1201 I just skipped past that. Makes no sense to go any further since I can upgrade my cpu for less than 100 bucks and be faster than my current E6400 with stock settings. I personally just go for practical gains that increase performance for my needs not just bragging rights.

[s1ckz]

Hey whats up guys! i need your help! check this thread out!
http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...ot-oc-all.html
thank you.

[deltaepsylon]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

Make sure you have your ram set to the timings and voltage set to the values specified by the manufacturer.

Weird... I tried that again, and stable so far! Thanks

[willmarth2]

This is my first post and introduction. I am 51, married with 2 boys. I only play games on pc, no consoles. The last 7 years I have worked in call centers, 4 years computer related.
I have a p5n-e sli mb with a e6300 OC 5%. I want to overclock the simplest way, to 20%, using the jumper free utility. I will need new memory and heatsink because it shuts down with what I have. I want to be able to play Crysis. I have a Nvidia 8800 GTS card, 648mb. I have to get up to 2.2 mhz or ghz, I forget which one. I am a former phone tech for Gateway computers. By next summer I want to get a quad cpu. I want my heatsink and memory ready for a quad. I had my system built to my specs. I wanted and sli ready, quad ready system. I have never OC before. I want my HS to easily installed. I don't want to trim anything. I don't want to pull out the MB to install something in the back. I am thinking in the $25-$50 range for HS and same amount for the memory. I like to buy from Newegg. This forum looks perfect for research. I get paid this Friday so let's me hear from you quickly. Lastly, I built my system with the game Alan Wake in mind. That was 2 years ago.

[Ghostkilla]

Originally Posted by willmarth2

This is my first post and introduction. I am 51, married with 2 boys. I only play games on pc, no consoles. The last 7 years I have worked in call centers, 4 years computer related.
I have a p5n-e sli mb with a e6300 OC 5%. I want to overclock the simplest way, to 20%, using the jumper free utility. I will need new memory and heatsink because it shuts down with what I have. I want to be able to play Crysis. I have a Nvidia 8800 GTS card, 648mb. I have to get up to 2.2 mhz or ghz, I forget which one. I am a former phone tech for Gateway computers. By next summer I want to get a quad cpu. I want my heatsink and memory ready for a quad. I had my system built to my specs. I wanted and sli ready, quad ready system. I have never OC before. I want my HS to easily installed. I don't want to trim anything. I don't want to pull out the MB to install something in the back. I am thinking in the $25-$50 range for HS and same amount for the memory. I like to buy from Newegg. This forum looks perfect for research. I get paid this Friday so let's me hear from you quickly. Lastly, I built my system with the game Alan Wake in mind. That was 2 years ago.

fill out your system specs in the CP. for that small of an oc you wont need any more cooling especially if you run the case with the sides off. Go nad a program called coretemp and see what your temps are looking like before you try ANY OCing. My system came with an oem fan/HS and I could do small oc's with just that fan. Check out my rig, Im doing that on air but I run a tuniq tower 120 which is probably the biggest HS/fan out there. It takes up ALOT of room but it works very well.

[willmarth2]

This is data from HWmonitor. I played about 10 minutes of Advanced War Fighter then ran the numbers.

ITE IT87 hardware monitor

Voltage sensor 0 1.38 Volts [0x51] (CPU VCORE)
Voltage sensor 1 3.28 Volts [0xCD] (+3.3V)
Voltage sensor 3 4.92 Volts [0xB7] (+5V)
Voltage sensor 4 12.16 Volts [0xBE] (+12V)
Voltage sensor 7 4.89 Volts [0xB6] (+5V VCCH)
Voltage sensor 8 3.12 Volts [0xC3] (VBAT)
Temperature sensor 0 69°C (156°F) [0x45] (TMPIN0)
Temperature sensor 1 57°C (134°F) [0x39] (TMPIN1)
Temperature sensor 2 23°C (73°F) [0x17] (TMPIN2)
Fan sensor 0 2778 RPM [0xF3] (FANIN0)
Fan sensor 1 1439 RPM [0x1D5] (FANIN1)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 -39°C (-39°F) [0x7D] (Core #0)
Temperature sensor 1 -40°C (-41°F) [0x7E] (Core #1)

Dump hardware monitor



Hardware monitor
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GeForce 8800 GTS hardware monitor

Temperature sensor 0 82°C (179°F) [0x52] (GPU Core)Processors Information
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Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Codename Conroe
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz
Package Socket 775 LGA (platform ID = 0h)
CPUID 6.F.6
Extended CPUID 6.F
Core Stepping B2
Technology 65 nm
Core Speed 1958.5 MHz (7.0 x 279.8 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 1119.1 MHz
Stock frequency 1866 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 7.0x
max VID 1.325 V
Features XD, VT



Here is info from Belarc Advisor.
Operating System System Model
Windows Vista Ultimate Service Pack 1 (build 6001) No details available
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.95 gigahertz Intel Core 2 Duo
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5N-E SLI 1.XX
Bus Clock: 279 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS P5N-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revision 0307 12/25/2006
Drives Memory Modules c,d
320.07 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
106.51 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITE-ON DVDRW LH-18A1P ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
Generic STORAGE DEVICE USB Device [Hard drive] (2.06 GB) -- drive 2
ST332062 0AS SCSI Disk Device (320.07 GB) -- drive 0 2046 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM_A1' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM_A2' has 1024 MB
Slot 'DIMM_B1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM_B2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes


c: (NTFS on drive 0) 320.07 GB 106.51 GB free