THE Asus P5E X38 Thread

[mothow]

It works with this board no problem.Im not using one now but i was.Ive used the Ultima 90 and it works to but you have to use the Ultra 120 extremes mounting.Or mod the ultima 90s


ericeod and aleiro thanks for the advice

[lumaform]

thanks mothow. I'll be purchasing this board pretty soon. I'll be sure to post my results here.

[mothow]

Yeah let us know how it works out for you

[lumaform]

fo sho, fo sho... I'm just having a ball with these deals that I'm getting.

As listed in my sig.:

$185 cpu
$55 psu
$49 ram
$52 case

this will be the cheapest quad build evah!

[Ravin]

Ok....So I finally pulled the trigger on the Rampage flash for my Maximus, however it looks like I may not get a good comparison between the two. Funny thing.....

I backed up all my files with the intent to re-install XP and prepped my USB drive for the flash. Click Start---Turn Off Computer--->Shutdown. Wait 30 seconds after power off. Push the power button. Maximus splash screen. Then it's stuck- with DET DRAM on the LCD poster. freak! I haven't even flashed yet!

Turns out my Crucials died. freak. These are the second pair of D9GMH IC modules that have died right at the 6 month mark. And they were run on stock voltage (2.2V) and underclocked with tight timings. Are the timings blowing my sticks? Oh well, there RMAd now, and I need a rig.....

So.....off to Fry's for a quick replacement. Hmmm....$100 for 2x1Gb PC2/8500 or 2x2Gb PC2/6400? Well, I did run my PC2/8000 mods at 800MHz, and a little extra RAM couln't hurt right? So I bought the 2x2Gb PC6400 XMS from corsair. Nice heat sink, hope it holds up to what I throw at it. I pray for overclockability and good timings. Especially good timings (at least good for 2x2Gb).

Stick in the new XMS and she fires right up. Check windows just to make sure I actually did save everything before my curcials died. All good. Back to reboot, clear CMOS , ran the cripple, flashed the bios, cleared CMOS, reset the BIOS to Mfgr stock spec sheet (I hate auto for stock even), reboot and.....Tada! Conversion complete. The OS was, so far as I could tell, not impacted, although I did re-install anyway.

I'm almost done updating software, got a few letters and e-mails to write, then off to tweaking.

[trueg50]

I apologize if this is a little off topic, but for the former owners of 680i's, is it worth the switch to a Maximus Formula?

[Dostoyevsky77]

I moved over from a P5N32-E, but only because I wanted to really OC my quad. Personally, with your C2D, I think there is very little incentive for your to switch. The P5N32-E remains probably one of the best C2D OC'ers that will ever hit the market.

Furthermore, the Maximus has been discontinued. It probably means fewer BIOS revisions. I think that alone should make you lean towards either a P5E or a Rampage Formula.

That said, the Maximus will offer you PCI-E 2.0 and some really good overclocking potential (especially with quads compared to the Nvidia chipsets as they exist today). To me, these are small points: PCI-E 2.0 offers mostly potential and not real bandwidth on today's cards (even including your PCI-E 2.0 8800GT). Quad OC is significantly better on the X38/X48, but again: if you're sticking with your C2D or if you're only interested in a mild OC on a quad, the P5N32-E is a great board.

[aleiro]

Originally Posted by Ravin

Ok....So I finally pulled the trigger on the Rampage flash for my Maximus, however it looks like I may not get a good comparison between the two. Funny thing.....

I backed up all my files with the intent to re-install XP and prepped my USB drive for the flash. Click Start---Turn Off Computer--->Shutdown. Wait 30 seconds after power off. Push the power button. Maximus splash screen. Then it's stuck- with DET DRAM on the LCD poster. freak! I haven't even flashed yet!

Turns out my Crucials died. freak. These are the second pair of D9GMH IC modules that have died right at the 6 month mark. And they were run on stock voltage (2.2V) and underclocked with tight timings. Are the timings blowing my sticks? Oh well, there RMAd now, and I need a rig.....

So.....off to Fry's for a quick replacement. Hmmm....$100 for 2x1Gb PC2/8500 or 2x2Gb PC2/6400? Well, I did run my PC2/8000 mods at 800MHz, and a little extra RAM couln't hurt right? So I bought the 2x2Gb PC6400 XMS from corsair. Nice heat sink, hope it holds up to what I throw at it. I pray for overclockability and good timings. Especially good timings (at least good for 2x2Gb).

Stick in the new XMS and she fires right up. Check windows just to make sure I actually did save everything before my curcials died. All good. Back to reboot, clear CMOS , ran the cripple, flashed the bios, cleared CMOS, reset the BIOS to Mfgr stock spec sheet (I hate auto for stock even), reboot and.....Tada! Conversion complete. The OS was, so far as I could tell, not impacted, although I did re-install anyway.

I'm almost done updating software, got a few letters and e-mails to write, then off to tweaking.

what voltage are you running... at least for the P5E it overvolts the ram ALOT so i run my g skill at 1.96v in the bios which in AISuite yields 2.1 on the nose. That may be the reason you are cooking them. Even when i put 2.1 in the bios, i checked AISuite and it said 2.36v! my two cents

[fontman49]

Can you flash back from the Rampage bios using the afudos method back to the P5E bios without a hitch? I successfully flashed to the Rampage, but I'd like to flash back to do some benchmarks. Thanks...

[aleiro]

Originally Posted by fontman49

Can you flash back from the Rampage bios using the afudos method back to the P5E bios without a hitch? I successfully flashed to the Rampage, but I'd like to flash back to do some benchmarks. Thanks...

please post your findings because i downloaded it and have been turning it over in my head of whether i will see an improvement or not, oh and ya there are some posts a few pages back that said it was reverseable... sorry to who posted i forgot the author