Asus P6T SE

Arachnae

Arachnae

Arachnae

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Just a quick question regarding my motherboard.

Basically I never intended to overclock my system too much, so i didn't buy the best of the best stuff, however like always I've been drawn into things since I like being the best, and feel the need to push as high as I can.

Now my basic question is: Is my P6T SE aka the cheap P6T going to be my limiting factor?

I know mobos are a big part of getting the most out of a system, but how much of a difference would it make if I had say the standard P6T instead of the SE, or maybe the Deluxe V.2?
 
for OCing, not too much, you should still be able to push your chip with it, not quite as high because lower number of power phases (if you believe the hype - a lot dont) but it should still clock nicely, main differences are lack of SLI support and prob less SATA/USB/etc
 
You can push the i7 920 to 4.0GHz on the P6T SE. I have the exact same motherboard and also have a Deluxe V2. Both have the CPUs set to 4.0GHz. I can easily push them further as both are watercooled (the SE using the new Corsair H50). But 4Ghz is more than enough for me.

but the only difference really with the SE to the V2 and the normal P6T is that it only uses Crossfire. Has on LAN port and 6 USB ports I believe.
 
Well, I've got an hd4870, and i dont feel like shelling out for any nvidias if im honest, so lack of SLI isn't a problem.

I'm not gonna need more than one lan port, and i've got plenty of usb ports too, looks like im okay then.

I thought maybe the cheaper mobo would have bandwidth limitations across the board compared tothe other two.
 
Custom PC mag loved the P6T SE, said it performs nearly as well as the P6T Deluxe.

I have the P6T vanilla and it does a good job, although I'm limited by my C0 920 I think.
 
Well I think (read as hope) I have a good 920, its a D0, and so far under stock cooling i've managed to get it to clock at 3.4Ghz stable while at a lwoer than stock voltage, i dunno how that compares with others since when i near 4ghz the voltage required might well skyrocket.. only time will tell i guess, thanks for the input guys.
 
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