ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[UkGouki]

Originally Posted by dasparx

Hey, Im free too

I still have the P5N-E Sli tho.. paired with an p4 520 and a 6600GT

il be free at christmas going to EVGA 780i ftw I NEED a board capable of tri sli + getting more out of my ram i.e being able to use all 4sticks and higher than 3.0ghz from my quad core

my p5ne sli has served me well for the 3 years ive had it

[willmarth2]

I have a slide show online. I tried to OC before buying HS and it would not boot. I still need to study more. I set the bios to default setting. This is a quick slide show of my bios now.

http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/f...view=slideshow

I buy the HS's tomorrow.

[OptimusPrime]

Originally Posted by Ghostkilla

set your volt setting to the +100 setting. I use bios 1201 and that setting and the vdrop isnt apparent at all.

I would say be careful of this setting. While it works, it will also add +100 MV's to your voltage. While i myself see fluctuations, a Voltage of 1.3xx will end up being 1.4V's !

what i've been wondering, is the V-core more stable with the +100 offset and a lower voltage, or no +100 and a higher core voltage.

1. = +100 and 1.2xx = 1.3xx ?

2. = no +100 and 1.3xx volts...

which is more stable, and/or does it make a difference?

[willmarth2]

I am buying these coolers for my p5n-e sli tomorrow from newegg. Let me know what you think.

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier - OEM
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop
EVERCOOL MNC-E Fans - for memory
Scythe SY124010L Fans - cheap fan for NB
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Total cost: $104.47

The Cooler Master Blue Ice is not available for SB. It is on back order. Let me know I am overdoing it.

[willmarth2]

My non-oc cpu core temp is 80 C. Is that hot? It is a E6330.
Correction. That is the max. My idle temp is 36 C.

[raven117]

hey guys i have been having issues lately with my mobo which drivers are most stable for you guys.

[Auld]

The new 15.23 drivers gave me BSOD so i went back to the ancient 15.08 which doesnt BSOD me daily.

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by willmarth2

I am buying these coolers for my p5n-e sli tomorrow from newegg. Let me know what you think.

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM
Arctic Silver ACN-60ML (2-PC-SET) Thermal material Remover & Surface Purifier - OEM
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop
EVERCOOL MNC-E Fans - for memory
Scythe SY124010L Fans - cheap fan for NB
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Total cost: $104.47

The Cooler Master Blue Ice is not available for SB. It is on back order. Let me know I am overdoing it.

I would get a different, non-conductive thermal compound personally. I recommend OCZ Freezie, or Tuniq TX-2, both of which perform better than AS5.

As for the cpu cooler, I do not recommend the Freezer Pro 7 because you have to modify it to fit, and it doesn't work that well anyway in my experience.
Personally I would splurge a little extra and get a Xigamatek 120mm with a bolt-thru kit, which clears the nb, and cools much better.

edit: also don't get the ram fan; you only start to need cooling above 2v, and unless you are planning to really push you ram, you are going to be running at stock 1.8v (unless of course you ram has a higher stock voltage)

[krambo]

Hi, my CPU multiplier seems to be locked at x9. I can change it but when I reboot it resets to x9.

Any ideas?

[willmarth2]

I don't get it. I change my mulitplier to 8. I follow the guide at the beginning of this thread. I boot up and cpuz says my multipler is 6 and I have no OC.