** The Official ASUS P5N-E SLI & Ultra 650i Thread **
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Soldato
OK - Thanks to OC_A64 and Dravic we now have;
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=154975
Also my first ever sub-14 second Super-Pi with this chip
Which has been stable in Orthos for about an hour now, so I'm quietly confident. I now have an Akasa 40mm chipset cooler stuck to the top of the Northbridge heatsink (I can touch it now
) and I'm pretty chuffed for a £70 motherboard. It's now clocking better (for me) than my DS4 did.
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=154975
Also my first ever sub-14 second Super-Pi with this chip
Which has been stable in Orthos for about an hour now, so I'm quietly confident. I now have an Akasa 40mm chipset cooler stuck to the top of the Northbridge heatsink (I can touch it now
) and I'm pretty chuffed for a £70 motherboard. It's now clocking better (for me) than my DS4 did.
Soldato
why is your ram running so slowly?
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SidewinderINC said:
Is it running slowly? It's cheapo Patriot PC5300 (333/667MHz) so by running it at 375/750MHz it's got a small overclock on it. By controlling the timings like that I get the best SuperPi performance. I could lash out £215 in some Crucial Anniversary but I'd rather spend it on better chipset cooling to be honest. There is so much potential in this board
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oh, i thought you had the crucial stuff 
my bad
@ myself
you reckon with better chipset cooling it'll be a winning board? better than the P5B-Deluxe?
my bad @ myselfyou reckon with better chipset cooling it'll be a winning board? better than the P5B-Deluxe?
WJA96 said:OK - Thanks to OC_A64 and Dravic we now have;
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=154975
Also my first ever sub-14 second Super-Pi with this chip
Which has been stable in Orthos for about an hour now, so I'm quietly confident. I now have an Akasa 40mm chipset cooler stuck to the top of the Northbridge heatsink (I can touch it now
Nice
*Should* have mine tomorrow, will test with 6300 (6600 later) and crucial anniversary. Looking forward to seeing the results based on what you've shown so far
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SidewinderINC said:oh, i thought you had the crucial stuff
No, you were right I do. I only had it in there yesterday when someone asked what the max FSB was, so I used the CA. It's gone back into one of my other machines - the DS4's need the best clocking RAM there is, which is the Crucial Anniversary. As I'm certain you know, the 650i can run quite happily with poorer RAM because of the asynchronous speeds.
SidewinderINC said:
I haven't had a P5B-Deluxe, but it's better than a DS4.
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OC_A64 said:Nice
When you get it, check out the originating shipping address
Soldato
You're not allowed to post competitor names! I'd take it down smartish if I was you!
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Well I Have just ordered this board from a competitor, any of you guys recommend a heatsink for the southbridge and fan for the northbrige? Also can you use a Zalman CNPS9700 with this board 
Was originally going for the 680i, but way over priced for a beta board. This looks like a real bargin if the price stays low
Was originally going for the 680i, but way over priced for a beta board. This looks like a real bargin if the price stays low
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Soldato
At last a decent board at sensible prices ?
Thanks WJA for the alpha test looking good m8.
PS whats the max this board can get to on air ?
Thanks WJA for the alpha test looking good m8.
PS whats the max this board can get to on air ?
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Subliminal Aura said:
I got a suicide shot in CPUz at 4GHz but it's taken out the RAID array now so I'm rebuilding it
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WJA96 said:I got a suicide shot in CPUz at 4GHz but it's taken out the RAID array now so I'm rebuilding it
Sorry to hear that mate ...
No divider locks at your frequency ?
Anyway I'd be happy to get to 3.6 and leave it there : If I get greedy I'll pay the consequences.
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Subliminal Aura said:Sorry to hear that mate ...
No divider locks at your frequency ?
Anyway I'd be happy to get to 3.6 and leave it there : If I get greedy I'll pay the consequences.
There are no divider locks at all in the unlinked mode.
As for being greedy I ate the whole all you can eat buffet and then some more!
Associate
To cap it all im nearly building from scratch
after days and days of searching and reading endless reviews of mobo's ive decided to go for this one as seems superb
all i need to know what memory to go for chip power supply and most silent fans
money is a bit tight and dont really need to overclock atm
also any memory voltage problems with this and if u can paste the links from o/c hopefully buy later
Ps im an old dog learning new tricks
after days and days of searching and reading endless reviews of mobo's ive decided to go for this one as seems superb
all i need to know what memory to go for chip power supply and most silent fans
money is a bit tight and dont really need to overclock atm
also any memory voltage problems with this and if u can paste the links from o/c hopefully buy later
Ps im an old dog learning new tricks
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easyrider said:@ WJA96
when you have finished playing with the mobo can you post it to me(usual address) so I can test it with my quad core please
Thanks
will check my inbox in the next few days for confirmation
Of course. I genuinely think 4GHz is feasible (week 28B CPU) with active water cooling on the CPU and Northbridge.
The Vdroop is horrific though so the difference between idle and 100% utilization temperatures is quite small - It's idling at 48C and maxing out at 62C and even with an 80mm cable-tied to the Northbridge the heatsink is still 70C (thermometer measured). Silent it's not!
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I'm also intrigued by what NB fan will fit this mobo.OC_A64 said: