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Asus P5N-E sli would CPU will overclock well with this board?
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HR-03 on mine and still got HOT, now there is a 120mm fan nearby and its pretty much at room/flesh temerature
my e6300 is stable at 3.15ghz, my mate actually got his e6300 stable at 3.5ghz but mine won't have any of it
at the time it was a good, budget board, good to know 8400's work in tho...
my e6300 is stable at 3.15ghz, my mate actually got his e6300 stable at 3.5ghz but mine won't have any of it
at the time it was a good, budget board, good to know 8400's work in tho...
the 650i chipset seriously restricts your overclocking though, i found that out so gotta buy a new mobo now
It's worse than you know - you have the 650i Ultra chipset (the better clocking one) - He has the 650 SLi which won't hardly clock quads past 333MHz, but it's OK with dualies.
Kmufc77
The 45nm duals work fine in the P5N-E-SLI.
Flash the bios whilst you still have the quad in it and you'll be good to go.
They will overclock quite well.
Ran an e8500 in mine a while back and it clocked over 4Ghz easy enough.
Trying to overclock a Q6000 in one is futile.
Best you'll get is 3Ghz if the wind is in the right direction and the planets are in alignment
I have been trying to get this board to run a Q6600 above 2.7 this weekend and was going nuts.
I know the Q6600 overclocks well and according to Anadtech the P5N-E SLI can do 500 FSB stable (with E6600) so I was getting miserable trying so many voltage combo's without success.
Finding out the board is crap with quads, might not be the best news but it is making me feel better...soothing the ego a bit you might say
I have been running it since it was launched (Q6600) but as I only had a 7800GTX I didnt really feel the need to bump it higher. Having just plumbed in a 4870 and a 24" monitor it was time to unleash some more horses under the bonnet but all to no avail...sigh.
Ah well, I think its OK for now anyway. Been so busy tinkering that I have not spent much time playing but the few games I have fired up are glorious at 1920x1200.
I dont think any hard earned cash spent now will be worth the real world gaming performance increase? Correct me if I am wrong please...like an E8600 at 5Ghz
) But judging from the GPU/CPU scaling at Toms it seems the Q6600 has enough power even at stocks speeds although admittedly they havent updated with the new GPU generation yet.(Not that I want to hi-jack this thread, was posting more to agree with PCZ that overclocking Quads in this board is futile unless you are blessed with some super-natural overclocker aura)
I even tried the 0608 BIOS which was mentioned on some website with FSB at 1333 which should have given me 3Ghz but no luck. Apparently a lucky few have reached 3Ghz using that BIOS.
Wish I knew this before forking out for a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme which is a bit wasted now.
yes i know your pain when i bought this board and done a little research and thought the board was ok, that was untill i tryed to overclock that is i will most prob be buying a wolfdale chip in the near future as i have just bought a true heatsink and cant overclock the quad anyway, but it will still be better than listening to my artic freezer which sound like a jumbo jet. i have tryed loads and loads of different options and configs to overclock my quad all which have failed so i have now give up trying to overclock on this board with a quad. oh and welcome to the forums.I have been trying to get this board to run a Q6600 above 2.7 this weekend and was going nuts.
I know the Q6600 overclocks well and according to Anadtech the P5N-E SLI can do 500 FSB stable (with E6600) so I was getting miserable trying so many voltage combo's without success.
Finding out the board is crap with quads, might not be the best news but it is making me feel better...soothing the ego a bit you might say
I have been running it since it was launched (Q6600) but as I only had a 7800GTX I didnt really feel the need to bump it higher. Having just plumbed in a 4870 and a 24" monitor it was time to unleash some more horses under the bonnet but all to no avail...sigh.
Ah well, I think its OK for now anyway. Been so busy tinkering that I have not spent much time playing but the few games I have fired up are glorious at 1920x1200.
I dont think any hard earned cash spent now will be worth the real world gaming performance increase? Correct me if I am wrong please...like an E8600 at 5Ghz
(Not that I want to hi-jack this thread, was posting more to agree with PCZ that overclocking Quads in this board is futile unless you are blessed with some super-natural overclocker aura)
I even tried the 0608 BIOS which was mentioned on some website with FSB at 1333 which should have given me 3Ghz but no luck. Apparently a lucky few have reached 3Ghz using that BIOS.
Wish I knew this before forking out for a Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme which is a bit wasted now.
My QX6700 quad was perfectly happy on this board at 333 x 9 = 3GHz, perfectly stable 24/7 under full load and Prime95 error-free.
So it CAN get quads up to 3GHz. But I didn't have any luck going further than that. What's more, this is the power hungry B3 stepping that would have been pulling 130w+
So it CAN get quads up to 3GHz. But I didn't have any luck going further than that. What's more, this is the power hungry B3 stepping that would have been pulling 130w+
well you are obvioulsy doing something which i havent done then as i have tryed loads of different things i cant overclock anything whatsoever i should have bought a Abit board but you learn from your mistakes
I got an E6320 from 1.86Ghz to 3.4Ghz stable with 1.375v through it. Had it like that for nearly a year until I changed boards and sold it on.
They are pretty solid for clocking dual cores well. Definitely the 65nm one's anyway. Not sure about the Wolfdales.
They are pretty solid for clocking dual cores well. Definitely the 65nm one's anyway. Not sure about the Wolfdales.
You should be able to get to 333MHz with a Quad-core - that's what the new ones run at at stock.
Could you post your current settings as it's highly likely that something small is throwing the overclock out.
I used to be quite good with these....
Could you post your current settings as it's highly likely that something small is throwing the overclock out.
I used to be quite good with these....
when you mean current settings you mean the settings i have used to try and overclock?You should be able to get to 333MHz with a Quad-core - that's what the new ones run at at stock.
Could you post your current settings as it's highly likely that something small is throwing the overclock out.
I used to be quite good with these....
if so:
i have tryed:
fsb = 1336 multi =9 memory unlinked and linked
i have increased the NB on 1.393 and 15.63V
i have also tryed to set the mutli to 7 and then set the fsb to 1716 tryed the memory at linked and unlinked set the nb from various volts upto 15.63
and have had no luck whatsoever in a overclock
I had:
QX6700 quad
4 x 1Gb Geil ultra low latency RAM
FSB 333 (1333)
Multi 9
Memory - linked running at 667 = 1:1
Memory set manually at 4-4-4-12 with 2.0875v
NB volts *auto*
CPU about 1.37
It was perfect. Not sure what else to suggest for you
When you say it won't overclock, what exactly happens ?
QX6700 quad
4 x 1Gb Geil ultra low latency RAM
FSB 333 (1333)
Multi 9
Memory - linked running at 667 = 1:1
Memory set manually at 4-4-4-12 with 2.0875v
NB volts *auto*
CPU about 1.37
It was perfect. Not sure what else to suggest for you
When you say it won't overclock, what exactly happens ?
hi tuvoc em when i alter bios settings save restart bios asus logo screen comes up then it wont boot past that screen hard drive light comes on for a few seconds goes off then no hard drive activity at all
Without wishing to state the obvious - a CMOS clear may help things, seems to solve a lot of issues with this board
The only odd thing I found was that I got a no-boot situation when I set NB volts manually. Leaving that at auto always worked.
What BIOS version are you running ?
The only odd thing I found was that I got a no-boot situation when I set NB volts manually. Leaving that at auto always worked.
What BIOS version are you running ?
havent tryed a CMOS never thought of that worth a shot though, i updated bios a few weeks back to the latest one is it 1003 i think?