go4life

thats right!

Blend is for everything, but small fft`s are for cpu only! You dont need to test your ram when you are only OC`ing your cpu right?

To check ram use memtest or something!

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UkGouki

hey guys i just got this motherboard to update from my p5n-e 650 sli which teh pcie is failing its been a good board and lasted nearly 3 years

anyway my system is in my sig 9800gtx+ q6600 go 1.250vid 2gb xms2 cas 4 4 hdds single dvd drive will be installing tonight when the kids go to bed im hoping this will stop the nv4 display driver errors i get when i try to play newer games and also when im running in 1080p hd via my 26" monitor

im hopfully gonna get 3.0ghz stable on my cpu im not gonna overclock the ram and im currently on stock cooling as the fan has died on my blue orb so advice on a decent cpu cooler in the uk would be appreaciated too

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kimosabi

Hey, welcome to the P5N-D zoo! This board has served me well as long as I`ve had it and IMO it`s one of the greatest bang for the money. OC`s well and runs quite cold.
One thing about this mobo though is that it doesnt have more than about 1020mHz Rated memory-speed to chunk out(800mHz officially) so keep that in mind with your Dominator`s. It`s FSB is rated at 1333mHz but I`m currently running 1910mHz so it`s overclockable allright.

Be sure to install all the latest drivers though.

A decent cpu cooler would be the T.R.U.E or Ocz Vendetta 2. My Silent Knight II works fine but it`s not as efficient as the above so I`ll be upgrading that whenever i upgrade.

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UkGouki

ty for the info i was looking at the TRUE 120 black edition i can use my blue orb 2 but tbh its not much better than stock cooling on the quad :-/

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go4life

the true is great on quads btw congrats on your new board! With your low vid q6600 you will get quite far, I would say 3.6ghz without a problem (when you get a new cooler that is).

About your nv4 failure, have you tried other drivers? that may fix the problem

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UkGouki

was happening on my p5n e on all drivers from 179.19 i.e cuda/physx enabled drivers hopfully this new board a clean os install going vista only and i should be golden i had my old board tested and the pcie lane was failing so im glad ive got a new board before it took my new 9800gtx out with it.

also i only want 3.0ghz ill be very happy with that when i get my true will see how far it will go

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go4life

oh my bad I read wrong lol

Why only 3ghz when you can do 3.6-4ghz?
Actually you can do 3ghz on the stock cooler! Try my setting for 3.2ghz on the first page and lower the vcore and fsb a bit

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UkGouki

well im all installed no overclock yet still updating windows etc.. i dont even know what bios im on yet either lol will sort it once i reinstall everest etc...

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go4life

hehe.. If you use Asus Update you can see what bios you have, and update it

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UkGouki

im on 0601 got a bit of a prob though i have to leave my ram on auto i cant have dep on because i get bsod on windows it done it during install until i switch it off it wont boot into windows no speedstep no eist or enhanced halt state ill take a pic of my bios screen i got a feeling my xp oem disk is borked as it bsod'd on installing due to dep :-/

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