The Asus P5K-E Thread

[JackMcIntyre]

Asus P5K-E


Well,

I couldn't find a thread for the P5K-E, since i'm looking into getting one I thought i'd make a thread. If you guys want to post up any information or any of your findings about this board feel free to do so, I've included a few fields you can submit and I will update, please note this isn't a contest thread. This is purely a thread to gather information and help people decide on the purchase.

Information:
Asus Page

UK Prices:
£90 - Ebuyer
£99 - OCUK
£92 - Scan

Member Records - Please post Clock Speed and a Validation for all.

P5K-E

Sucessful Overclocks:

4.2Ghz | Whodie | E6850 | 1.57V | Water | Proof
3.9Ghz | kazakia | E6850 | 1.50V | Air | Proof
4.0Ghz | !!GoNe^BuCk^W!lD!! | X3210 | Air | Proof
3.3Ghz | ||LAW||Doom | E6300 | Air | Proof
3.1Ghz | spice003 | E4400 | Air | Proof
3.4Ghz | Ballistic Jello | Q6600 | Air | Proof

SuperPi 1M:
12.620s | Whodie | E6850 | 4.2Ghz | Proof
12.641s | !!GoNe^BuCk^W!lD!! | X3210 | Proof
16.774s | ||LAW||Doom| E6300 | Proof
19.565s | spice003 | E4400 | Proof


Other links of interest:
Picture of a Standard P5K-E installed - thanks to Whodie
Information on the AHCI section of this board - thanks to MikersSU

[JackMcIntyre]

Bump.

Surely someone has some information to share?

[Whodie]

well here's mine, just got it up and running again tonight after I killed an IP35-E, then a Blood Iron....

4.1ghz stable
1.54 vcore





http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...2ghz_P5K-E.jpg
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-5/1182098/cpu-z.jpg

I can boot Vista at 4.2ghz but it is barely stable, still may be attainable I just haven't messed with it much.

[JackMcIntyre]

Thanks for your input Whodie, nice OC!

Added your info the table, also remaking the results tables.

[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

[Whodie]

just as a reminder, the pic you have on the first post is the P5K-E WiFi/AP, the P5K-E doesn't have a heatpipe and has an extra heatsink on the top most mosfets



Don't flame me too much, I haven't finished putting the case together but here's a pic of the plain P5K-E

[FrankenPC]

SATA port position stinks. My heatpipe is dead out of the box. So, I put a fan on the NB sink. Other than that. I'm lapping my quad and putting a new heatsink on this weekend. I hope to get to a cool/stable 3.6 with an OCZ Vindicator.

[JackMcIntyre]

Can't seem to find a picture of the non-wifi version.

In the UK the standard P5K-E seems to be quite rare, can't find it on many online retailers. So I put that picture from scan.co.uk on there.

If anyone has a suitable image for the first post feel free to link me.

[FrankenPC]

Originally Posted by Whodie

just as a reminder, the pic you have on the first post is the P5K-E WiFi/AP, the P5K-E doesn't have a heatpipe and has an extra heatsink on the top most mosfets

OOPS! I have the WiFi also.

[linskingdom]

Add me in. I think I would keep it for few more months.