ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[e-t172]

Originally Posted by No1Joker

For your board, would it be better to find a water cooling solution for this though? (never had one so not sure)

Not really. It would decrease the flow rate for a debatable gain. Besides it would take a lot of time to put it in the water loop.

[e-t172]

Seems I have my confirmation : http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums...=444290#444290

I also decided to try the HR-05 SLI IFX NB cooler. I slapped the 70mm fan I had from before on the HR-05. Works like a charm but it is a HUGE pain in the back end to install !!!!!!

OK, ordering now a HR-05 SLI IFX with a 80mm Noiseblocker fan.

EDIT: order canceled, big problem: my watercooling pipes run right on top of the NB, so no room for the HR-05 SLI IFX.

EDIT2: I took some measures, the HR-05 SLI IFX probably won't fit but the HR-05 IFX will probably do. (Re)ordering now. I hope the "105 mm" height indication on the Thermalright website is correct...

[e-t172]

Originally Posted by Zippit

Put your CPU at 6x aswell and your ram at stock speed and try to find your max FSB you can boot in and if you're not getting passed 400 FSB then its your board holding you back.

No matter how hard I try, I still can't get to 400 even with stock RAM speed (sync mode) and CPU 6x (at 380 it runs perfectly with 6x and 9x). I also changed all values which were set to "Auto" to the stock value (RAM timings, RAM voltage), with no luck.

Originally Posted by dpawl31

have you tried the +100mv option?

Yes. No difference either.

Here are my more detailed temperature readings (at 380 x 9), using SpeedFan:

IDLE
Motherboard: Temp1 = 36C, Temp2 = 40C, Temp3 = 25C
CPU: Core 0 = 24C, Core 1 = 22C

LOAD
Motherboard: Temp1 = 42C, Temp2 = 40C, Temp3 = 25C
CPU: Core 0 = 35C, Core 1 = 33C

[BIGWORM]

Considering your wc setup, you may have to settle with a smaller active-cooling NB solution. You should be hitting 400 FSB easy, especially with a WC setup. Your load temps are nothing to snicker at. Give the Cooler Master Blue Ice Pro a shot. It's definitely more low profile than the HR-05 you were looking into getting.

Honestly, NB cooling at this point would be the last thing to consider outside of a bad board/CPU. =/

[Zippit]

I have WC aswell and I never hit higher then 40c on anything! So is 1.7 save to run 24/7 with that?

[Asce]

I ran 1.7v on the NB for nearly a year and the board still works.

[dpawl31]

As long as it stays cool, you are OK.

[No1Joker]

Originally Posted by dpawl31

As long as it stays cool, you are OK.

So the main danger is the heat generated from the higher voltage as opposed to the voltage itself?
When people say "you'll fry your board/chip" is that the heat damage or the electronic damage (thats if there is a difference when its broken!)

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I just came accross the P5N-E SLI guide. I wasn't aware of this "FSB Hole" thing, and didn't try to go over 400 FSB. I did some more tests and it seems I got some results with FSB 415-420: I can get to the bootloader at this FSB, whereas when I try 400 I get a black screen and nothing else (no POST screen). Windows still doesn't boot, but that's a start. Strangely, it works only with VNB 1.563: with 1.363 or 1.768 I can't get past POST.

Maybe the new radiator for the NB will unblock the situation.

[Zippit]

I'm going to try and get to 500 FSB and into windows.

Last attempt was 489 with 1.5 volt.

EDIT:
CPUZ @ 495

ALMOST THERE!