ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[willmarth2]

"fill out your system specs in the CP"

Not sure what you mean.

[willmarth2]

Oh, you mean control panel. OK.

[willmarth2]

The Crucial website scanner could not detect my memory specs so I must have an off brand. Cpuz say it is single channel, Dram freq 419.6, fsb:dram2.3, cas latency 5 clks, ras to case delay 6 clks, ras precharge 6 clocks, cycle time 31 clocks, bank cycle time 24 clocks, command rate cr 2T.
Remember I am overclocking 5%. I hope I am giving useful info.

[willmarth2]

Hey I found my memory info in cpuz under spd tab.
2 gigs
Kingston pc2-6400 400 mhz
part# KTC1G-UDIMM. 1.8v.
Pretty slow.

[XPbeatsVista]

so the p5n-e has a big heatsink for the nb but no fan for its be green range of boards
anyone come up with something that cools better
i have a 60mm fan lying around and i might somehow mount that on to the stock heatsink
what have you got?
anything interesting?
cooling better than stock?

[Ravin]

Originally Posted by willmarth2

Hey I found my memory info in cpuz under spd tab.
2 gigs
Kingston pc2-6400 400 mhz
part# KTC1G-UDIMM. 1.8v.
Pretty slow.

Those should be Elpida 8E IC's- maybe even the same ones that I run. If so, they OC really well with very little voltage. 2.0V on them should get you to PC8500 (1066MHz) speeds.

Originally Posted by XPbeatsVista

so the p5n-e has a big heatsink for the nb but no fan for its be green range of boards
anyone come up with something that cools better
i have a 60mm fan lying around and i might somehow mount that on to the stock heatsink
what have you got?
anything interesting?
cooling better than stock?

Looks like you've got a quad in there...meaning you probably run your FSB at 333MHz or less. The stock HS is more than adequate to handle a low FSB @1.5ish volts. Just reseat it with some decent TIM like AS5 or Shin-Etsu. After I reseated my P5N-E NB HS with AS5 I ran my quad 333x9- with NB temps nudging ~40C in 90F+ ambients.

[r0b126]

wow, can't believe this thread is still alive lol. I "upgraded" to the 750i FTW board a while back, but went back to this one. Went through 4 boards that wouldn't allow me to play WoW with 2x 9600GT's in SLI. Didn't give up easily either.

Am curious as to what the more recent overclocks with this board and an E8400 have looked like. Next time I upgrade this CPU, I think it is going to be for a Q9550. I am just wondering if people are stably overclocking to 4.5ish GHz with the newer memory. PC7200+

[XPbeatsVista]

Originally Posted by Ravin

Those should be Elpida 8E IC's- maybe even the same ones that I run. If so, they OC really well with very little voltage. 2.0V on them should get you to PC8500 (1066MHz) speeds.


Looks like you've got a quad in there...meaning you probably run your FSB at 333MHz or less. The stock HS is more than adequate to handle a low FSB @1.5ish volts. Just reseat it with some decent TIM like AS5 or Shin-Etsu. After I reseated my P5N-E NB HS with AS5 I ran my quad 333x9- with NB temps nudging ~40C in 90F+ ambients.

I run my FSB at 333Mhz or less?
So my CPU isnt running at 1066Mhz?
what the hell?
i haven't OCd yet... at all.
please elaborate :P

[Ravin]

Originally Posted by XPbeatsVista

I run my FSB at 333Mhz or less?
So my CPU isnt running at 1066Mhz?
what the hell?
i haven't OCd yet... at all.
please elaborate :P

I'm quoting as single data rate (SDR)- the actual operating frequency of the MCH. The Core CPUs use a Quad pumped bus (QDR)- so a 333MHz FSB equates to 1333 QDR. A 266MHz FSB would equate to a 1066MHz QDR (stock for the Q6600).

[XPbeatsVista]

Originally Posted by XPbeatsVista

I run my FSB at 333Mhz or less?
So my CPU isnt running at 1066Mhz?
what the hell?
i haven't OCd yet... at all.
please elaborate :P

oh right soz
you mean for each core im kinda tired atm
so yeah
i might just do what you said and reseat it with some akasa TIM i got when i replaced my cpu cooler