The Asus P5K-E Thread

[JackMcIntyre]

Originally Posted by MikersSU

I was able to reach 3.6 on my Q6600 on this board at 1.5V in BIOS 1.45V in CPUZ and Speedfan. I also did the pencil mod. Fun stuff. I'll OC again and validate when I'm not feeling so damn lazy. So far, I like this board.

In addition, I've replaced the TIMs on the SB and NB when I replaced the NB cooler with the Swiftech MCW30. Oh, and I've replaced the MOSFET cooler in the rear with one from Thermalright.

Hey Jack, the picture you included doesn't include the MOSFET cooler on the right side of the board. Is that accurate? Mine actually came with one. Looks like Asus finally replaced the crappy greyish TIM with a sticky black one that actually makes good contact with the VRMs.

One complaint about this board is that the SATA ports are placed awkwardly since larger vga cards like the GTX almost completely covers the ports. Awkward yes, but everything fits.

BTW, thanks for starting up this thread

In regards to your MOSFET cooler, I think your version isn't the wi-fi version of the board pictured above. I'll try to find a standard P5K-E picture.

[Whodie]

I edited my post to show a regular P5K-E


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[JackMcIntyre]

Originally Posted by Whodie

I edited my post to show a regular P5K-E


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Ohh yes thankyou, will put a link to that in the first post. I can see the difference now, I wasn't aware the Wifi/AP was physically different aside from the WiFi conection. Thanks!

[||LAW||Doom]

I got the WIFI edition. I love this board. I have my e6300 running at 3.3GHz with 1.385 volts. Ill throw up screens when i get home

[MikersSU]

Originally Posted by Whodie

I edited my post to show a regular P5K-E


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And there you have it!

I do really like this board. I'm not a fan of a billion heatpipes snaking all over the place. I was grateful to find this board.

[itslogz]

Got the wifi-ap, love it. Good to see a thread for this board. Ill post whatever i can informative later on.

[JackMcIntyre]

Originally Posted by MikersSU

And there you have it!

I do really like this board. I'm not a fan of a billion heatpipes snaking all over the place. I was grateful to find this board.

Are the heatpipes effective while overclocking? My Nforce 650i only has a small heatsink in the way of chipset cooling, surely the heatpipes must have good effect?

[MikersSU]

Oh no, heatpipes are fine. I watercool so the heatsinks tend to get starved for airflow and therefore become a little more ineffective than I like.

I usually watercool the northbridge and cpu. The heatpipes make it a little difficult since removing them involves me having to replace the southbridge heatsink and MOSFET heatsinks. The P5K-E made my life a tad easier since it only has 1 heatpipe. I'm going to replace the stand alone SB heatsink down the road. I have an Enzotech copper one lying around but it doesn't fit.

[JackMcIntyre]

Updated the picture in the first post to show both the WIFI/AP version and the Standard P5K-E.

Thanks Linskingdom for the link!

Edit:

Come on guys, get your info posted up! Will update ASAP.

[JackMcIntyre]

Bump for input!