Asus P5Q-E (P45) Motherboard Review

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 18:59

Cob said:
Good find. haven't been in that thread for ages.

Taken at 412x7 with a Q6600

The lowest setting seems to have been fixed, but Auto is still way off the mark. Memory voltage seems to have gotten a little worse tho.

Hi Cob.

Does this apply to just the modded BIOS or all BIOS after 0702?

Currently tweaking at 450FSB and it seems the board doesn't need much voltage if any at all from the lowest values.

Am I OK to now use lowest values without fear of overvolt?

Shocky-FM · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:15

Cob said:
Did you up your NB voltage for running 4 sticks?

And 417mhz isn't really high FSB. The board should be able to do that with minimal chipset voltage adjustment.

Whatever, my P5Q-E can only just manage 425 with voltage adustments, the boards overated. :mad:

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:32

Or you have a crap board?

450FSB here all pretty much minimum voltages

Big.Wayne · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:39

Shocky-FM said:
Whatever

I can see people queuing up to help you trouble-shoot! :rolleyes:

Shocky-FM said:
my P5Q-E can only just manage 425 with voltage adustments, the boards overated.

It's probably easier for you to blame your problems on a piece of hardware than yourself but really you are either doing something wrong or you have plain maxed out your CPU, don't get mad, get clocking and try and enjoy yourself!

Overclocking is meant to be fun, although everyone hits problems from time to time there is no need to let the experience turn you into a grumpy git!

In your boots I would be seeking closure on your testing asap, maybe swap out some hardware, triple check my notes and finally if I still didn't get the result I wanted then I would sell the bit of kit that I thought was giving me gip!

Get on with it! :cool:

Shocky-FM · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:49

Big.Wayne said:
I can see people queuing up to help you trouble-shoot!

It's probably easier for you to blame your problems on a piece of hardware

That because it is the hardware, I just love the mine overclocks well so everybody else’s must too mentality.

Tom|Nbk said:
Or you have a crap board?

450FSB here all pretty much minimum voltages

Well it's certainly that, I have to increase both NB and vFSB a far bit just to get 425 stable, was tempted to send it back but my confidence in getting another that clocks better is so low I could'nt be bothered, I can live with 3.6GHz for the time being, it's not exactly slow.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:52

What hardware are you on?

Shocky-FM · 6 Feb 2009 at 19:58

Tom|Nbk said:
What hardware are you on?

Stuck with using 425*8.5 for now, CPU can do more though, can do 4 hours plus at 3.8GHz in OCCT CPU test, just fails anything memory intensive.

Q9550
P5Q-E
G.Skill C5 8500 2x2GB
Corsair 750W
GTX280

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:00

That's quite a good clock you have already.

Sounds like you need to tweak that memory more. What is TRFC set at?

Big.Wayne · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:06

Shocky-FM said:
That because it is the hardware

I'm trying to get up to speed with your situation but I've not seen a proper post from you explaining the scenario, what hardware is involved, how you have gone about testing etc etc

Youv'e got some great kit and I hope u can get the result you expected, as frustrating as the testing process is (I do understand honest!) but if you put your "I'm in a good mOod" head on and perform some quality trouble-shooting you may be able to isolate the problem, who is to say your CPU hasn't walled (as in your individual bit of silicon).

I want to help mate even though I'm not that good with advanced Quad clocking I'm sure I (and your other fellow OcUK forum members) can help you work this through! :cool:

Shocky-FM said:
I just love the mine overclocks well so everybody else’s must too mentality.

You own one of the most advanced LGA775 motherboards in the world with more BIOS options than you could ever need, don't be in such a rush to blame your failure on the P5Q-E . . . if it's anything like the P5Q-Deluxe then it's a quality bit of kit! . . . you just need to get the right trouble-shooting head on and work out what settings you may have missed or still yet to try, patience, good note taking and general methodical approach is the key! :cool:

If you continue the way you are going then you run the risk of turning green, swelling up and smashing your board to pieces! . . . . it happens! :eek:

Advanced Shocky-FM Troubleshooting!

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:16

Lol wayne

gurusan · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:18

425 is not the limit of any p5q series, i mean their stock settings are rated for 400fsb 1.1V.....

Shocky-FM · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:25

Tom|Nbk said:
That's quite a good clock you have already.

Sounds like you need to tweak that memory more. What is TRFC set at?

I'm pretty sure it's set to 55, somebodys asked me this before, try to bare in mind it's harder to overclock the FSB with quadcore cpu's, your using a dual core so i'm not that supprised your able to get to 450 without to much trouble.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:29

So your CPU will high a higher FSB with the board but you presently cannot because of the memory?

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:31

Shocky-FM said:
I'm pretty sure it's set to 55, somebodys asked me this before, try to bare in mind it's harder to overclock the FSB with quadcore cpu's, your using a dual core so i'm not that supprised your able to get to 450 without to much trouble.

I also KNOW for a fact that it can hit 450 with a quad.

http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/442896-q9550-p5q-stable-4-08-ghz.html

See this quote

EDIT: my easiest OC ever: my Q9550/P5Q is prime95 stable @3.83 Ghz -450FSB x 8.5- with everything on AUTO (CPU Vcore AUTO --> 1.24V @ 100% load). Give it a try.

Either sell the board for a new one or move on. Just because you are having a small problem out of the thousands that are running fine doesn't make it a rubbish board because, as statistics show. It is far from it.

Shocky-FM · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:33

Tom|Nbk said:
So your CPU will high a higher FSB with the board but you presently cannot because of the memory?

Well thats the thing, the memory does 1066 with tighter timings no problem at all, it's at 1066 right now and working perfectly, obviously at 450FSB (900) it's allot lower then it's rated speed so it's not the memory at fault, or at least it really shouldnt be.

Either sell the board for a new one or move on. Just because you are having a small problem out of the thousands that are running fine doesn't make it a rubbish board because, as statistics show. It is far from it.

Thought about it but my convidence in getting a board that clocks better is pretty low, plus I can't be bothered with the hassle, 3.6GHz will have to do for now.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:35

Memory should be fine for 450FSB. It just sounds like your particular board is a lemon or you need to tweak more with your particular board

What sort of volts have you put through the northbridge?

Shocky-FM · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:47

Tom|Nbk said:
Memory should be fine for 450FSB. It just sounds like your particular board is a lemon or you need to tweak more with your particular board

What sort of volts have you put through the northbridge?

Naa, it's a lemon, i've tried from 1.10 to 1.40+ in small increments and nothng seems to help, vFSB does but it's only the difference between booting and not booting, still unstable.

Can you guys just accept that my board sucks? I have.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 20:52

So how do you know your CPU can do more than what it's currently at?

Shocky-FM · 6 Feb 2009 at 21:00

Tom|Nbk said:
So how do you know your CPU can do more than what it's currently at?

I would have thought passing 4 hours + of the CPU test in OCCT would be a clue there.

Tom|Nbk · 6 Feb 2009 at 21:22

4 hours isn't enough.

8 and no less for stability.