**- Official Asus P5K Thread -**

Got the P5K Deluxe up and running yesterday with a Q6600, 2gb PC2-8500 Reaper Memory at rated 1066mhz 5-5-5-15 (another 2gb coming soon) and several 500GB SE16 Caviars

Windows x64 Ultimate installed perfectly, no driver issues!

I did notice however that sometimes on a cold boot it takes 2-3 starts to make it start up but I think I have narrowed that down to settings being wrong/weak (eg VDIMM etc) as it seems fine now!
 
Should be recieving my new comp parts today. I really wanna overclock it and i never have done it properly, the last AMD chip i tried to over clock i fried burnt a mark in it.
ive read the overclocking guid and still a bit misty from it, anyone got any tips on doing it apart from only go up in 5's. I want to overclock the Ram, CPU and graphics card.

CPU : E6600

Ram : OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 = x 2 (4GB)

Grahpics : BFG 8800 GTS 640mb

PSU : Enermax 620w

:)
 
scottmane said:
Should be recieving my new comp parts today. I really wanna overclock it and i never have done it properly, the last AMD chip i tried to over clock i fried burnt a mark in it.
ive read the overclocking guid and still a bit misty from it, anyone got any tips on doing it apart from only go up in 5's. I want to overclock the Ram, CPU and graphics card.
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It's really very simply. First of all, which motherboard are you getting? Basically, when you get into the BIOS, head over to the "Advanced" tab and enter the "JumperFree Configuration" sub-menu. In there, set "Ai Overclocking", "CPU Ratio Control" and "DRAM Timing Control" to "Manual". Then, set the "Ratio CMOS Setting" to the highest value available, in this case it will be 9. Set "PCIE Frequency" to "101", "DRAM Frequency to "DDR2-667Mhz" and the "DRAM Timing Control" settings should be as follows:
CAS# Latency: 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
RAS# Precharge: 5
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 18
Leave the rest, from TWR to TRTP on "Auto". Also, for now, leave "DRAM Static Read Control", "Transaction Booster" and "Clock Over-Charging Mode" on "Auto".
Disable "CPU Spread Spectrum" and "PCIE Spread Spectrum", and set the CPU Voltage to 1.4v, for now. Then set the DRAM voltage to what ever your memory is rated to run at and enable "CPU Voltage Damper" if it's available. The rest of those voltage settings can stay on "Auto" for now, too.

Go back to the "Advanced" tab and enter the "CPU Configuration" sub-menu. Disable "C1E Support", "Max CPUID Value Limit" and "Vanderpool Technology".

Finally, back in the "JumperFree Configuration" sub-menu, you can start to increase the "FSB Frequency". Try 300Mhz to begin with, and see what happens.

Also, before doing any of this, check your CPU's core temperatures at idle and under load using Orthos Small FFTs of Intel TAT, for example. And use a temperature monitoring program like SpeedFan or Core Temp.

That's pretty much it. If i've made any obvious mistakes, please point them out; i'd hate to let someone take some advice which is likely to damage their system.
 
i know that overclocking can damage the mobo and shorten its life but by the times its balls'd it will be old and replaced. got the asus p5k deluxe.
 
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Mansize_tissue said:
It's really very simply. First of all, which motherboard are you getting? Basically, when you get into the BIOS, head over to the "Advanced" tab and enter the "JumperFree Configuration" sub-menu. In there, set "Ai Overclocking", "CPU Ratio Control" and "DRAM Timing Control" to "Manual". Then, set the "Ratio CMOS Setting" to the highest value available, in this case it will be 9. Set "PCIE Frequency" to "101", "DRAM Frequency to "DDR2-667Mhz" and the "DRAM Timing Control" settings should be as follows:
CAS# Latency: 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
RAS# Precharge: 5
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 18
Leave the rest, from TWR to TRTP on "Auto". Also, for now, leave "DRAM Static Read Control", "Transaction Booster" and "Clock Over-Charging Mode" on "Auto".
Disable "CPU Spread Spectrum" and "PCIE Spread Spectrum", and set the CPU Voltage to 1.4v, for now. Then set the DRAM voltage to what ever your memory is rated to run at and enable "CPU Voltage Damper" if it's available. The rest of those voltage settings can stay on "Auto" for now, too.

Go back to the "Advanced" tab and enter the "CPU Configuration" sub-menu. Disable "C1E Support", "Max CPUID Value Limit" and "Vanderpool Technology".

Finally, back in the "JumperFree Configuration" sub-menu, you can start to increase the "FSB Frequency". Try 300Mhz to begin with, and see what happens.

Also, before doing any of this, check your CPU's core temperatures at idle and under load using Orthos Small FFTs of Intel TAT, for example. And use a temperature monitoring program like SpeedFan or Core Temp.

That's pretty much it. If i've made any obvious mistakes, please point them out; i'd hate to let someone take some advice which is likely to damage their system.
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Thanks for the help worked a treat, i think its at 324Mhz atm, but ive got my 620w psu on the way. my current psu is 480w lmao from my old machine.

What programme would be best for overclocking my 8800GTS once i get my new PSU?
 
Did anyone else get a few low profile sata cables with this board (vanilla p5k)? IMm gonna be buying a second 2900xt next week and just realised the longer sata cables im using are too tall to let a second card into the second pci-e slot, im not even sure if the cables were packaged with my mobo. :confused:
 
Gerard said:
Did anyone else get a few low profile sata cables with this board (vanilla p5k)? IMm gonna be buying a second 2900xt next week and just realised the longer sata cables im using are too tall to let a second card into the second pci-e slot, im not even sure if the cables were packaged with my mobo. :confused:
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