ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Thread

[BIGWORM]

Originally Posted by No1Joker

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!)

More or less. The more heat given off requires more voltage to regulate whatever you're powering = more heat given off. You'll need to have both adequate ambient/case cooling and direct/active cooling on your components to keep yours components' temps down, and ultimately, your ambient down, also. Some people don't realize the importance of ambient temps, because what's the point in active, on-point cooling of your components if you case ends up being a make-shift oven? It'd be all for naught.

[Zippit]

Damn... I just hit the wall. It boots on 498 FSB but as soon as I login I BSOD and restart.


Ah well... new personal record and most expensive boards can even get this high.

[sircurmudgeon]

Howdy. Just got my upgrades. trying to get my memory to post. each stick passes memtest, and I can post each, 2 or even 3. But not 4.

GSkill- 6400CL5D-4GBPQ
5-5-5-15
1.8 to 1.9v
a pair of 2Gbx2 kits

So far, I've tried resetting to defaults, changing voltage to 1.920 and 2.018 manually and not getting anywhere.

what am I missing?

[dpawl31]

Congrats on that Zippit. Very much congrats

As far as the voltage, remember - most electronics nowadays are so well built, in such strict environments that they don't allow dust and what not. Think about this... you can pump 18 volts through something that requires 9 volts. As long as the item stays COOL, it will not burn out.
Granted, motherboards are very delicate electronics, but they have become much stronger lately. Solid state capacitors, thicker PCBs, etc.

Generally - heat is the main problem.
Now just because the surface of the chip is cool, doesn't mean the extreme innermost pieces of the chip are that cool. There IS a limit, and that is when they breakdown. But most boards won't let voltages even get to that meltdown point before the temperature gets to them...

In simple terms- Generally speaking most motherboards can take the voltage they allow - as long as the heat is kept in check.

E-t172, you still have plenty of toying to do Good job w/ the over 400 posts. Keep tinkerin!

And congrats again zippit! That statement you made about 'expensive boards can't even do it'
That's exactly why I started this thread over 2 years ago. The board was completely unknown.
And I was out to prove it was a real performer for the $$.
Granted, I only did it with a Pentium D. lol. But I accumlated so many people, posts, pages, views, etc... all compiling info on the board, that it really showed it's true colors.
I really think this thread turned out to be a premier place for P5N-E owners to find help.

Thanks for all the input guys!

OH PS- I have not added some of your coolers/ram etc because I asked for PMs and I got posts here, so I will have to go back a few pages and find those posts. Will try and do that later tonight. I did however add some more info on RAM/coolers etc on front page that I got PM'd to me.
If you get this message and don't see your cooler/ram on there, PLEASE PM ME!

[No1Joker]

Has anyone used THESE on their board?


[ P Q ] G.SKILL DDR2 PC2 8000 2x2GB (4GB) 1000MHz. Thanks

[Zippit]

Originally Posted by dpawl31

And congrats again zippit! That statement you made about 'expensive boards can't even do it'
That's exactly why I started this thread over 2 years ago. The board was completely unknown.
And I was out to prove it was a real performer for the $$.

Maybe we should have a list of people with their highest FSB speed. And highest OC and things like that?

If you don't have the time I could keep track of everything and send you a PM once in a while so you can add it in the OP?

[No1Joker]

^^^Seconded

[dpawl31]

I don't believe anyone has used that specific gskill but maybe while I was gone for a year lol...
Zippit I will take you up on that offer. Give me a few hours to design a format and then we'll talk

80 hour weeks @ work are def rough lol.

[Zippit]

Originally Posted by dpawl31

I don't believe anyone has used that specific gskill but maybe while I was gone for a year lol...
Zippit I will take you up on that offer. Give me a few hours to design a format and then we'll talk

80 hour weeks @ work are def rough lol.

PM me when you are done. I don't want to derail your thread.

You can already add me with 495FSB and a E8400 C0 @ 4Ghz.

I'll try and beat my 4Ghz record someday soon.

[dpawl31]

I already got 4.2 hehe
Not on an 8400 tho

My plan is to have names, FSB/QDR + Chip, linked to a CPUZ page.
Sound good?