Asus sent me a P5N-D

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Krunk_Kracker

Discussion Starter · Nov 25, 2009

I sent in my P5B-Deluxe (which I loved) for RMA and they sent me a P5N-D.

My old mobo was a P965 chipset, this one is a 750i.

I'll admit, I know nothing of this chipset.

Is this an upgrade or did they just pawn me off? I'm kind of peeved that they didn't even asked me, especially since they said they were sending me a P5B-Premium so I wouldn't have had to reinstall.....

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EMP7Y

· #2 · Nov 25, 2009

I liked my 750i chipset that was EVGA

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meticadpa

· #3 · Nov 25, 2009

I had an ASUS P5N-D!

It was a great board, actually. It took my Q6600 to 4GHz for a validation, so it wins in the overclocking department, and it's quite a good looking board, in my opinion. It's probably an upgrade from your old motherboard.

Note: The NorthBridge runs ridiculously hot, like REALLY hot. I touched it and burned my finger; you should put a smaller fan on there to help with things.

Edit: Forgot to mention that I bought it used and it died after 5 months. My fault; not the board's.

Edit again: Check out the P5N-D guide thingy here on OCN, it's really good.

http://www.overclock.net/intel-mothe...ml#post3533456

I recommend the pencil mod for overclocking... the board had ungodly vDroop.

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Krunk_Kracker

Discussion Starter · #4 · Nov 25, 2009

I guess I could get another G80 and go SLi and upgrade to a Q6600 to get some more time out of this rig before a massive upgrade.

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Afrodisiac

· #5 · Nov 25, 2009

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Originally Posted by Krunk_Kracker

I guess I could get another G80 and go SLi and upgrade to a Q6600 to get some more time out of this rig before a massive upgrade.

To me that would just be money wasted that could go into making the massive upgrade either even more massive, or make it cost less. My 2 cents.

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Krunk_Kracker

Discussion Starter · #6 · Nov 25, 2009

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Originally Posted by Afrodisiac

To me that would just be money wasted that could go into making the massive upgrade either even more massive, or make it cost less. My 2 cents.

Well, my next upgrade wont be for more than a year from now.

Of course, getting the second card and quad I would get them all used.

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slickwilly

· #7 · Nov 30, 2009

Krunk_Kracker I have the P5N-D and it OC's pretty good, the chip set does get warm even with the Asus supplied fan on it, there are two chips under that cooler, the 750i
chip and an NF-200 PCIe chip giving this board a true dual X16 PCIe 2.0

I solved the heat issue by making a water block for mine, I have resently procured a
Xeon cooler with fan, this cooler is solid copper and big enough to cover both chips
but will need 4 long screws and a piece of plexi to hold it in place

I have not got that far with it yet, do check out go4life's thread about this board

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yellowtoblerone

· #8 · Nov 30, 2009

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Originally Posted by Krunk_Kracker

I guess I could get another G80 and go SLi and upgrade to a Q6600 to get some more time out of this rig before a massive upgrade.

Btw, when I slied my G80 640, on a 650i board P5n32, evga 750i ftw, I saw only a 10 fps increase in most games. I also had the same processor. I don't think it's worth it.

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slickwilly

· #9 · Dec 1, 2009

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Originally Posted by yellowtoblerone

Btw, when I slied my G80 640, on a 650i board P5n32, evga 750i ftw, I saw only a 10 fps increase in most games. I also had the same processor. I don't think it's worth it.

which board was it the Asus P5N32 with a 650i chip or the Evga 750i FTW?

they are not the same board

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