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Indy500 · 23 Jul 2007 at 15:45

manic111 said:
So it only supports DDR2? Does it support Penryn though?

Yes.

manic111 · 23 Jul 2007 at 15:56

Cheers. Does the deluxe version support DDR3? Its not mentioned in any of the reviews. Except for the Wi-Fi support, what do I get extra with the deluxe?

lay-z-boy · 23 Jul 2007 at 21:54

P5K3 Deluxe supports ddr3 only and the P5KC supports 4 sticks of ddr2 and 2 sticks of ddr3 (not at the same time ofc)

masterk · 24 Jul 2007 at 14:24

Hi guys quick question if i may, if im just using a standard SATA HDD on a P5K Deluxe will i need to install drivers at the F6 prompt with XP?

Cheers.

mmj_uk · 24 Jul 2007 at 14:28

masterk said:
Hi guys quick question if i may, if im just using a standard SATA HDD on a P5K Deluxe will i need to install drivers at the F6 prompt with XP?

Cheers.

Only if you set it to AHCI mode in the BIOS,if you leave it in standard IDE emulation mode then no you won't have to.

masterk · 24 Jul 2007 at 14:35

mmj_uk said:
Only if you set it to AHCI mode in the BIOS,if you leave it in standard IDE emulation mode then no you won't have to.

Excellent thanks, is it recommended to leave it in IDE emulation mode then?

jrodga2k5 · 24 Jul 2007 at 14:38

Question about the standard PK5....

Can you expect the same kind of overclocking results as say on the "deluxe" version of the board?

lay-z-boy · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:23

masterk said:
Excellent thanks, is it recommended to leave it in IDE emulation mode then?

Yes.

jrodga2k5 said:
Question about the standard PK5....

Can you expect the same kind of overclocking results as say on the "deluxe" version of the board?

No, but expect something close.

Dual cores will be clocking closer to the dlx than quads on the vanilla

jrodga2k5 · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:29

lay-z-boy said:
No, but expect something close.

Dual cores will be clocking closer to the dlx than quads on the vanilla

Thanks man, its an e6300 I have just now

House · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:31

Hiya guys im just after confirmation that the following set up will work.

Im gonna drop EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT onto a PK5 deluxe and i know its going to block some of the Sata ports. (Im looking at the PDF of the manual here)

Now I want to use 2 of them as a RAID0 (couple of 500gb drives) so im assuming I can use ports SATA1 and SATA3 with the rightangle connectors for that.

In addition to that I want to have 2 SATA DVD-DL burners (samsung), Can I plug those into ports SATA5 and SATA6 and have them work while the controller is set to RAID?

Forgive the question but ive always done this with IDE raid and as such they have been on separate controllers.

Also any problems installing Vista64bit if i use this setup? Does it require a driver floppy? i was gonna try and build a PC without on this time but if im gonna need one to install the OS I may as well drop one in.

Thanks for any help.

Hessian · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:45

woo, I can finally post in this topic

Because of my lack of cash, I was only able to but the P5KC, it should be here with me tomorrow, fingers crossed

lay-z-boy · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:46

House said:
Hiya guys im just after confirmation that the following set up will work.

Im gonna drop EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX KO ACS3 SILENT onto a PK5 deluxe and i know its going to block some of the Sata ports. (Im looking at the PDF of the manual here)

Now I want to use 2 of them as a RAID0 (couple of 500gb drives) so im assuming I can use ports SATA1 and SATA3 with the rightangle connectors for that.

In addition to that I want to have 2 SATA DVD-DL burners (samsung), Can I plug those into ports SATA5 and SATA6 and have them work while the controller is set to RAID?

Forgive the question but ive always done this with IDE raid and as such they have been on separate controllers.

Also any problems installing Vista64bit if i use this setup? Does it require a driver floppy? i was gonna try and build a PC without on this time but if im gonna need one to install the OS I may as well drop one in.

Thanks for any help.

For starters, you can still use all 6 internal stata headers with a gtx, i do.

2nd, plug your burners in the 'slave' ports and your 2 hard drives in 'master' ports

Enable raid in the bios and use the x64 floppy image from the first page.

woo, I can finally post in this topic

Because of my lack of cash, I was only able to but the P5KC, it should be here with me tomorrow, fingers crossed

Enjoy it

House · 24 Jul 2007 at 15:53

lay-z-boy said:
Enable raid in the bios and use the x64 floppy image from the first page.

Can that be done with a Flash drive now? Im a vista install virgin.

I really dont want a Floppy drive in my case anymore, I cant see much use for them except installing raid drivers.

Thanks for the advice my main concerns have all been about physical space.

Now to pick a case that will take this lot and look good at the same time...

Cybertronic · 24 Jul 2007 at 16:01

I didn't require any drivers for my RAID setup since the Vista (both 32 Bit and 64 Bit) installation detected the hard drives fine

Mansize_tissue · 24 Jul 2007 at 17:06

lay-z-boy said:
For starters, you can still use all 6 internal stata headers with a gtx, i do.

This isn't possible with the ACS3 edition of the card, though.

House · 24 Jul 2007 at 18:13

Mansize_tissue said:
This isn't possible with the ACS3 edition of the card, though.

Ok so will it work as i said?
RAID on ports SATA1 and SATA3 with the rightangle connectors, DVDs on ports SATA5 and SATA6

Mansize_tissue · 24 Jul 2007 at 20:03

House said:
Ok so will it work as i said?
RAID on ports SATA1 and SATA3 with the rightangle connectors, DVDs on ports SATA5 and SATA6

That will physically work, yes. But i have know experience with RAID arrays, so i can't say anything beyond that; i don't see why it wouldn't work, though.

Sean_UK · 25 Jul 2007 at 00:54

ATI said:
Scythe Infinity Heatpipe CPU Cooler

I can confirm this one fits Asus P5K Deluxe, you should use two 1400 or 1600rpm fans though instead of the poxy 1200rpm Scythe boxed one.

Sarduk · 25 Jul 2007 at 01:11

Hi P5-experts

Basically a quick question - will I run into any problems with this setup and my selecting motherboard choice?

Basically with regards to size and cooling.

Asus P5KC Combo
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600
2x GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz
Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium
Sapphire HD 2600 Pro 512MB DDR2 Dual DVI
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular

1) PSU good enough?
2) Is the motherboard going to fit the Tuniq Tower ok?
3) Do I need any other cooling for the northbridge (or alike?)

I wouldn't be "extreme" overclocking, only squeezing no moree than 3GHz.

Best,

Sean_UK · 25 Jul 2007 at 04:53

Jamie Edwards said:
1) PSU good enough?
2) Is the motherboard going to fit the Tuniq Tower ok?
3) Do I need any other cooling for the northbridge (or alike?)

I wouldn't be "extreme" overclocking, only squeezing no moree than 3GHz.

1) Corsair HX620 tbh as your overclocking, HX520 has enough though.
2) Scythe Infinty fits so i dont see why Tuniq Tower wont.
3) Nope, well not for 3Ghz.

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