THE Asus P5E X38 Thread

[Leepox]

Does anyone here use q6600 with p5e? The memory problems are really annoying. Which bios gave you a stable system (and one that overclocks the q6600 like mad)?

[ericeod]

Originally Posted by Leepox

Does anyone here use q6600 with p5e? The memory problems are really annoying. Which bios gave you a stable system (and one that overclocks the q6600 like mad)?

I just got my Q6600 and am working on the overclock. SO far the 605 bios seems the best IMO. But I recently switched to the Rampage Formula bios.

[Ravin]

Originally Posted by ericeod

I just got my Q660 and am working on the over****. SO far the 605 bios seems the best IMO. But I recently switched to the Rampage Formula bios.

lol. You must have said "over c. o. c. k." The other day I used W. T. F. as in World Trade Federation and it got ***(blanked) out.


OT... getting ready to OVERCLOCK

[ericeod]

Originally Posted by Ravin

lol. You must have said "over c. o. c. k." The other day I used W. T. F. as in World Trade Federation and it got ***(blanked) out.


OT... getting ready to OVERCLOCK

Thats too funny. Thats why I dont like typing on laptops!

[fontman49]

I have a Q6600 and I can get up to 3.6 (450*8 or 400*9), but the temps are going over 70C so I tend to run it at 3.4 (425*8)

Currently I'm on BIOS 201. It seems good so far, but I have yet to try 605 or 607.

[Leepox]

Originally Posted by ericeod

I just got my Q6600 and am working on the overclock. SO far the 605 bios seems the best IMO. But I recently switched to the Rampage Formula bios.

do you think i can blame my memory modules as well? (Geil) I might try flashing the non standard rampage one... or even the maximus but too scared to screw it up.. but then again the bios on this one is screwed up enough already. Worse comes to worse ill RMA the damn thing and sell the replacement.

[Leepox]

Originally Posted by ericeod

I just got my Q6600 and am working on the overclock. SO far the 605 bios seems the best IMO. But I recently switched to the Rampage Formula bios.

do you think i can blame my memory modules as well? (Geil) I might try flashing the non standard rampage one... or even the maximus but too scared to screw it up.. but then again the bios on this one is screwed up enough already. Worse comes to worse ill RMA the damn thing and sell the replacement.

I got so desperate i even bought crucial 8500+ tracer =/ then i found out that memory problems with this board isnt something rare

[fontman49]

Alright, here are the benchmarks from the latest Everest on my system. The system was at 3.4ghz (425*8) on each BIOS and memory was @ 5-5-5-18 CR2. These are with no tweaks to the BIOS settings with the exception of any needed voltage changes on CPU & NB. (BIOS 201 required highed voltage on CPU & NB. Rampage did not require as high of a voltage on CPU and no changes at all needed to be made to NB.) There really weren't any huge differences as you can see. Most scores were a little higher on the 201 BIOS. The system did "feel" faster and smoother while on the 201 BIOS, but that could all be in my head. Maybe the 1.5ns reduction in memory latency added to this, who knows. For some reason my WD Raptor 150 seemed louder on the Rampage BIOS as well - once again, maybe this was in my head, but it seemed like it wasn't working as well as on the 201 BIOS. Maybe there are tweaks just needed on the Rampage to correct both issues.

201:

Memory Read: 8427 MB/s
Memory Write: 7744 MB/s
Memory Copy: 8292 MB/s
Memory Latency: 62.5 ns
CPU Queen: 24484
CPU PhotoWorxx: 21661
CPU ZLib: 89638 KB/s
CPU AES: 25387
FPU Julia: 12633
FPU Mandel: 6225
FPU SinJulia: 3185

Rampage 219:

Memory Read: 8299 MB/s
Memory Write: 7706 MB/s
Memory Copy: 8243 MB/s
Memory Latency: 64.0 ns
CPU Queen: 24457
CPU PhotoWorxx: 21623
CPU ZLib: 89621 KB/s
CPU AES: 25384
FPU Julia: 12632
FPU Mandel: 6221
FPU SinJulia: 3185

I have since tweaked the 201 BIOS memory timing and the Everest scores have improved some, too. I can post those findings later if anyone is interested.

[Ravin]

Previously stable 400x9 settings not so stable yet with the Rampage 0207 BIOS. Still need to tinker a bit.

Edit: Just realized that I now have Vdroop! Before what I set in BIOS is what I got with my DMM. Now it's sagging 0.025V. I'm going to give it a little more V and run stability tests, but I think I just found my culprit.

In other observations I need much less VMCH than I did. I absolutely needed 1.63V to run a 400MHz FSB before, currently I'm at 1.49V, which makes me happy.

[fontman49]

Ravin, did you use AS5 on your 9700? If so, did you use the one single line of it going across the middle technique? I'm just curious because my temps are much higher than yours. Thanks...