Official Asus P5N-T Deluxe nForce 780i Review/Overclock/Guide Thread
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I was wondering, to those who have this board, is it worth using the AI Suite utility? At the moment i have it on, and its on the "High Performance" Mode, and have set Chassis and CPU fan to "performance". Haven't played around with any overlocking or anything yet. Just wondering if this utility is worth using, or just uninstall it?
I am not up to speed on over clocking, but will be attacking it over the coming weeks.
I have this board with a C2D E6600 with GeIL 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC6400C4 Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) Stock code MY-058-GL. I have upgraded the BIOS to 0703. At present I am using a single BFG 8800GT OC2 512Mb. Hoping to get another one when they are back in stock. Windows XP pro SP2
Questions if I may.
1. Will this RAM be ok for overclocking?
2. What is the highest clock speed I would expect to get with air cooling with standard cooler and fan? It is in an Antec 900 case.
I ask the above questions, because I am using the overclocking suite that came with the board, and while I can play my game on line of IL2 Forgotten Battles all day with a 15% overclock, as soon as I type in a box such as this, I find that the cursor will not stay in the correct place. It seems to have a mind of its own and jumps to another place in the text. Is this called instability? If so, would I expect this to happen if I manually overclocked the board. By the way, I have had to restart the mboard and revert to the default clock that comes with the A1 suite, just so that I can type here.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have this board with a C2D E6600 with GeIL 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC6400C4 Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) Stock code MY-058-GL. I have upgraded the BIOS to 0703. At present I am using a single BFG 8800GT OC2 512Mb. Hoping to get another one when they are back in stock. Windows XP pro SP2
Questions if I may.
1. Will this RAM be ok for overclocking?
2. What is the highest clock speed I would expect to get with air cooling with standard cooler and fan? It is in an Antec 900 case.
I ask the above questions, because I am using the overclocking suite that came with the board, and while I can play my game on line of IL2 Forgotten Battles all day with a 15% overclock, as soon as I type in a box such as this, I find that the cursor will not stay in the correct place. It seems to have a mind of its own and jumps to another place in the text. Is this called instability? If so, would I expect this to happen if I manually overclocked the board. By the way, I have had to restart the mboard and revert to the default clock that comes with the A1 suite, just so that I can type here.
Any help would be appreciated.
1) Yeh it should be find just unlock it from the FSB when you overclock
2) No idea i run a E6600 at 3.2 ghz in my media pc so you should be able to get more.
3) Dont use the overclocking suite overclock in the bios only, Just set you ram to it max rated voltage and increase the FSB a little prime it for a bit, If its stable knock it up a little more, so on and so on
4) Only adjust the CPU and ram voltages leave all the others on auto, I wouldnt go much above 1.45v with air cooling
2) No idea i run a E6600 at 3.2 ghz in my media pc so you should be able to get more.
3) Dont use the overclocking suite overclock in the bios only, Just set you ram to it max rated voltage and increase the FSB a little prime it for a bit, If its stable knock it up a little more, so on and so on
4) Only adjust the CPU and ram voltages leave all the others on auto, I wouldnt go much above 1.45v with air cooling
Thanks for this information. When you say I should get more, do you mean more than 3.0 ghz or more than your 3.2 ghz?
Regards
Your not kidding! I had 2 EVGA 680i motherboards and they both suffered from the same problem. If I left the PC off for a week, or I unplugged the power cord from the rear of the power supply and then reconnected it, they would not post until I had repeatedly pressed the power on button at least 20 or 30 times. To say the BIOS on both boards was intermittent was an understatement. That is why I am now using this board. Only time will tell if it lasts the distance.
Asus PC Probe II is picking this MB temp at around 57c ish, i know this mobo does get hot, is this an okay temp? Is it worth doing anything to try cool it better if i can?
Also at the moment i'm using the 0402 Bios version, things seem to be working okay i guess, should i just stuck with this version?
Cheers.
Also at the moment i'm using the 0402 Bios version, things seem to be working okay i guess, should i just stuck with this version?
Cheers.
It appears the size of the case and the fans and their speeds has a large bearing on the motherboard temperatures, as well as the CPU.
After a lot of experimentation with this board in my Antec 900 case and with the CPU voltage raised to 1.5volts and overclocked to 3.2ghz (e6600), I can advise that the board temperature has never gone over 45 degrees. Also the cores using Core Temp v 0.96.1 hardly ever go over 45 degrees. At idle with the cooling fans on the low setting, I am seeing whilst I type a MB temperature of 34 degrees and the cores are both sitting on 30 and 29 degrees. Once when I ran prime, I found one core was around 50 degrees approx. This is with air cooling (stock) and the lates BIOS of 0801 obtained from a guy who got it from Asus R&D.
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Hmm okay..
Well i'm using a:
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-172-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793
With this case:
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Black
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-GI&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=903
The case is nice and big and includes 2 back and 1 front fan, both big, and using ASUS AI Suite, i have placed the fan speeds to "Performance" which is the fastest those go at. Not sure if i can increase the speeds of those fans elsewhere?
Using a BGF 8800GTX on the board, its placed on the lowest PCIe2.0 slot of the board too, (the first slot closest to the CPU dosen't seem to work, as it dosen't post with the card in :S )
Well i'm using a:
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-172-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793
With this case:
Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 Black
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-007-GI&groupid=701&catid=7&subcat=903
The case is nice and big and includes 2 back and 1 front fan, both big, and using ASUS AI Suite, i have placed the fan speeds to "Performance" which is the fastest those go at. Not sure if i can increase the speeds of those fans elsewhere?
Using a BGF 8800GTX on the board, its placed on the lowest PCIe2.0 slot of the board too, (the first slot closest to the CPU dosen't seem to work, as it dosen't post with the card in :S )
Xion
I would not be surprised if both of our motherboards are generally working at the same temperature. I say that because I presume there are not numerous sensors all over the board! I don't know for sure, but I would not be surprised if there is only one and in your case that sensor may be covered/shielded by a component, so receives less cool air and so that area might be a hot spot. In my case it might be completely the opposite, and open to the airflow and hence that same area is a cool spot. Just my thoughts on the subject you understand. Perhaps you need to concentrate on the CPU core temperatures. If they are running at the correct levels, IMHO that should be all you should worry about.
I would not be surprised if both of our motherboards are generally working at the same temperature. I say that because I presume there are not numerous sensors all over the board! I don't know for sure, but I would not be surprised if there is only one and in your case that sensor may be covered/shielded by a component, so receives less cool air and so that area might be a hot spot. In my case it might be completely the opposite, and open to the airflow and hence that same area is a cool spot. Just my thoughts on the subject you understand. Perhaps you need to concentrate on the CPU core temperatures. If they are running at the correct levels, IMHO that should be all you should worry about.
Have you spoken to overclockers about this? Sounds as though there might be a fault!
I have just installed this board over the weekend and have had a few issues although most are sorted out now.
The running of 2 gig only instead of 4 was annoying but a bios switch sorted this issue.
I do still have an issue where it has not installed a couple of sata ports according to device monitor. I have installed the latest chipset drivers etc but this has not solved this. Any ideas as to what is causing this?
Also has anyone had any problems with the HDD being constantly in use? Think this may be a windows issue but thought i would ask just in case.
As for overclocking so far i have got my e6600 to 3.2 @ 1.4 volts and then dropped it down to stock again (was getting tired and figure i would continue to work the issues out before I move on to overclocking.
Overall seems to be a nice board, nice flexible options in the bios and im impressed with it so far. The hickups were annoying but thats life with a new board.
The running of 2 gig only instead of 4 was annoying but a bios switch sorted this issue.
I do still have an issue where it has not installed a couple of sata ports according to device monitor. I have installed the latest chipset drivers etc but this has not solved this. Any ideas as to what is causing this?
Also has anyone had any problems with the HDD being constantly in use? Think this may be a windows issue but thought i would ask just in case.
As for overclocking so far i have got my e6600 to 3.2 @ 1.4 volts and then dropped it down to stock again (was getting tired and figure i would continue to work the issues out before I move on to overclocking.
Overall seems to be a nice board, nice flexible options in the bios and im impressed with it so far. The hickups were annoying but thats life with a new board.
Hey everyone, well the board has been out for a lot longer now, and i presume more people have bought it, i am just wondering if anyone encountered the same problem as me yet?
The problem being, my BFG 8800GTX only seems to work on the lowest PCIe2.0 slot, and when i place it in the slot closest to the CPU, i just get one long beep and 3 short, and the PC will not boot. So only seems to boot in that one slot..hmm.
The problem being, my BFG 8800GTX only seems to work on the lowest PCIe2.0 slot, and when i place it in the slot closest to the CPU, i just get one long beep and 3 short, and the PC will not boot. So only seems to boot in that one slot..hmm.
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only 1 pci and ide, this is not for me 
damn thought soI'll probably end up giving it an RMA, one thing im worried about is i am not sure if i have the cover for the CPU slot, which is required on an RMA of the mobo i think.
Still debating on Sli or just one really good card too...
TBH i'd go single card or crossfire with an intel board, much less hassle in the long run.
I might do that, in that case, should i use the same mobo i have? or when i end up upgrading again, get a better mobo for a single card, and good for overclocking my CPU a bit. Just want to try get a good, 'futureproof' mobo, so i don't have to change it for a real long time 
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Anyone experiencing the odd 'pop' noise when game playing or even listening to music when using the onboard SoundMax audio ?
....ignore .... went into Sound settings (Windows) and found my speaker sound setup was to low by default ... cranked it up and all is good
....ignore .... went into Sound settings (Windows) and found my speaker sound setup was to low by default ... cranked it up and all is good
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I might do that, in that case, should i use the same mobo i have? or when i end up upgrading again, get a better mobo for a single card, and good for overclocking my CPU a bit. Just want to try get a good, 'futureproof' mobo, so i don't have to change it for a real long time
There isnt really a future proof mobo atm, This series of intel chips is the last before they switch socket, But a good X48, P45 board should last a pretty long time.