Asus P5Q-E (P45) Motherboard Review

setter said:
Look forward to seeing how you get on with the new setup.
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Yeah I hope the P5Q-E handles the same as the P5Q-Deluxe. I've just received my used (mint!) board from RaiderX @ MM and it does look exactly the same as the P5Q-DLX, the only real difference I can tell is 8-phase vs 16-phase, wonder if that means much to dual core clocking?

Tom|Nbk said:
Wayne do you want some BIOS shots?
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I should be fine Tom heh! :p

Just think it's funny I'll have the same subsystem as you! What you gunning for? 4.5GHz or? :D

Tom|Nbk said:
1.84v from 1.8 in the bios for the memory at the moment let's see how this does if it passes I'll drop back to 1.82
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Yeah? that sounds promising . . . 533MHz @ 1.84vDimm? . . . with the OCZ PC2-8500 Plat? I haven't managed to test my kit properly yet beyond 533MHz . . . I'm wondering if 600MHz-666MHz is possible! :eek:
 
Big.Wayne said:
Yeah I hope the P5Q-E handles the same as the P5Q-Deluxe. I've just received my used (mint!) board from RaiderX @ MM and it does look exactly the same as the P5Q-DLX, the only real difference I can tell is 8-phase vs 16-phase, wonder if that means much to dual core clocking?
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I'm pretty happy at 4Ghz. May try for 4.2 in the future but it requires an excess voltage which im not keen on

4.5Ghz is a stretch for an E8400 on air, you'll be lucky!

Big.Wayne said:
Yeah? that sounds promising . . . 533MHz @ 1.84vDimm? . . . with the OCZ PC2-8500 Plat? I haven't managed to test my kit properly yet beyond 533MHz . . . I'm wondering if 600MHz-666MHz is possible! :eek:
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540mhz @ 1.84v

I think 600MHZ should easily be doable. The kits are rated all the way to 2.1v with this board that shouldn't be hard to achieve
 
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Big.Wayne said:
Yeah I hope the P5Q-E handles the same as the P5Q-Deluxe. I've just received my used (mint!) board from RaiderX @ MM and it does look exactly the same as the P5Q-DLX, the only real difference I can tell is 8-phase vs 16-phase, wonder if that means much to dual core clocking
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Did you not own the deluxe at a time Wayne? and they certainly are very similair, regarding the 8 phase v's 16 phase power, i think cob and a few other users on here, reckoned that 16 phase power was maybe beneficial when running quads at high fsb speeds.
 
Tom|Nbk said:
4.5Ghz is a stretch for an E8400 on air, you'll be lucky!
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Really? gutted! :(

Tom|Nbk said:
540mhz @ 1.84v

I think 600MHZ should easily be doable. The kits are rated all the way to 2.1v with this board that shouldn't be hard to achieve
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600MHz/DDR2-1200 sounds handy! :cool:

setter said:
Did you not own the deluxe at a time Wayne?
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Yeah about 5 months ago! :o

Tom|Nbk said:
Gah annoying. Intel Burn test failed again on test 9 and that was after 0.04v bump on the memory from 1.8v. I wonder if the NB needs some more volts from 1.16
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i.e is that a straight 9x444? what strap etc?

Post some CPU-z screenies Tom and also include

MemSet v:4.0
 
Im pretty sure it's memory related as before this I could only manage 6 loops and that was with DRAM Static control and DRAM Training set to AUTO.

When I set these to disabled I managed 9
 
Thanks Guys
My needs are 1.16 for good stability but I guess I'm the only one around here running the memory at 4.4.4.12 (2x2gb)
 
Somebody post up some CPU-z & Memset & HWMonitor screenies of their overclocked P5Q-Series! please! :D

Also any ideal what the VIN1 and VIN3 voltages are likely to be?

(AUXTIN seems to pop up from time to time? just a random screwy readout or?)

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You know I think 4x1gb may be a better option if I run tight timings, I will try 4 sticks of 1gb Gskill HZ but I don't want to pull My server apart ATM

All My DLX board has ever seemed to need is more northbridge voltage for stability in Crossfire setups and now this new memory

Maybe Your board is the same and when everything else defies logic ,give the northbridge a Tweak ;)
 
Big.Wayne said:
400MHz/DDR2800 is too slow JAKUS!

Screw the timings, get the MHz pumped up and your system will flyyyyyy! :eek::p
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Ahh, but Wayne this system is My everyday PC and Games Rig and it runs at 116watts total in the desktop with a 1 gig HD4870 card :D Kinda set for economy/performance and so I try do everything at the lowest voltages

I have another P5Q that I started building/testing a few months back with a 45nm Quad which I will get back to when I get some time !
 
JAKUS said:
this system is My everyday PC and Games Rig and it runs at 116watts total in the desktop with a 1 gig HD4870 card :D Kinda set for economy/performance and so I try do everything at the lowest voltages
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That's pretty good power draw considering you got a mama Radeon sitting in there!

However the fact that it's your "Games Rig" really does justify getting the memory frequency running faster?

You have a Radeon HD4870 which tells me you crave FPS so I don't understand why you would slow your gaming performance down with slow system memory? :confused:

Tom's running his sticks at little over 1.8vDimm @ 540Mhz so it just shows how good modern sticks can run with a little tweakage! :cool:
 
Gurusan recommended at least 1.2v for 450fsb and said he had problems with anything lower I'm currently at 1.16v so tommorow i will give that a nudge and see how we go. The system is pretty solid at the moment but i want at least 10 runs of intel burn (mega system stresser) and 8 hours of blend orthos test.
 
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