**- Official Asus P5K Thread -**

ironfistx said:
what temps are u guys running at? Mines hitting around 43-45 this is with 1 small fan on the passive heat pipe cooler. Is this normal for this board as it seems quite hot?
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Is that temp from the asus software? It sounds about right I think mine gets up to about 43c after a long gaming session.

It sort of depends though on which board you've got I think but I believe that on the P5K-E the sensor is near the RAM slots and not the NB.
 
Big.Wayne said:
Me too? But I hardly ever Cold boot my PC. My older P5B-Deluxe did the same but I didn't pay it much attention.

It's almost as if it is making a quick hardware adjustment and needs to power itself down for the settings to take place?

If you start-up the pc normally it just boots straight away. How many people unplug their PCs between use?
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I do, I power down my UPS/mains conditioner each night.

Found out it only does it when the board isn’t happy with a certain setting.

I’ve re-flashed my bios and the double reboot phenomenon stopped.

What’s this 0503 and 0602 bios people speak of? Asus only list 0504 as the latest bios for the Premium board :confused:

Cheers :)
 
^ Yeh, I was wondering too about the 06xx ones, I went upto 0504 thinking that was the latest from the Asus support site, 0504 has been fine so far
 
Anybody tried the new P5K-E/WiFi-AP Release BIOS 0906, i'm still using the original bios that came with the mobo 0603.
Other than not able to turn off wifi or lan in the 0603 which is a pain, is there any reason to go up to 0906.
 
redknight333 said:
Anybody tried the new P5K-E/WiFi-AP Release BIOS 0906, i'm still using the original bios that came with the mobo 0603.
Other than not able to turn off wifi or lan in the 0603 which is a pain, is there any reason to go up to 0906.
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Adds support for more memory types, and also adds official support for the new 45nm CPU's.

I'm running 0906 and its working great.

The only 'bug' with it is that CPU voltages are -0.1V from whatever you set in BIOS.

So if I set 1.5V, I actually get 1.4V.

Other than that its great.
 
MaX_PoWah said:
Thinking of going from a p5b deluxe wifi, to a p5k premium to get the most out of my q6600, good move ?, or should i go for a maximus / ix38 quad gt?
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I went from a P5N-E board which struggled to get my Q6600 to 3GHz, the board is known to have issues with quad overclocking and knowing I had a good G0 stepping I went and bought a P5K Premium.

I went from a prime stable 3GHz to a prime stable 3.8GHz on the Premium, ATM Im only 32m super PI stable at 4Ghz, but Im so close to 4GHz prime stable it must be possible!

But anyway this new board netted me an extra 800mhz.
 
Hesky82 said:
I went from a P5N-E board which struggled to get my Q6600 to 3GHz, the board is known to have issues with quad overclocking and knowing I had a good G0 stepping I went and bought a P5K Premium.

I went from a prime stable 3GHz to a prime stable 3.8GHz on the Premium, ATM Im only 32m super PI stable at 4Ghz, but Im so close to 4GHz prime stable it must be possible!

But anyway this new board netted me an extra 800mhz.
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Cheers for the response mate, the p5k is ordered anyway, its coming tommorow.
 
wolvers69 said:
Is that temp from the asus software? It sounds about right I think mine gets up to about 43c after a long gaming session.

It sort of depends though on which board you've got I think but I believe that on the P5K-E the sensor is near the RAM slots and not the NB.
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Ive got the P5K premium and yes this is the temps from the ASUS probe software. Any other software you think would get more accurate temps?
I thought it was supposed to be quite a cool running board, even with the small fans on the heat pipes it can run up to 45 degrees when loaded, just worried when I come to OC the kit :|
 
I really like how this board sorts itself out during a bad overclock, I have probably be too adventurous on 10 different occasions and every time all it needs is to power off, do a double boot and its straight back in at default processor and ram speed.

Its so much easier not having to faff around opening the case and short the bios jumper, since I have had it I haven't needed to clear the bios manually once after a failed overclock. I bought a AC7 Pro in the end and after experimenting a little with under-volting and running the cooler passive I am now back on finding the max for this E2160/P5K-E.

The processor was quite happy to do 3GHz with the stock volts of 1.32v but it needed a good boost to get it to prime at higher clock speeds. I think I have found my top level without putting in crazy volts, it just finished 8 hours of prime at 3.42GHz 1.52v with the P5K-E running at 380x9, all on auto voltages.

 
What are the optimum settings for nb and cpu references and voltages?

I have set up a p5kC with an e2200 and have turned off all the relevant nonsense but am having problems getting over 3.2.

Thanks
 
matthew2456 said:
What are the optimum settings for nb and cpu references and voltages?

I have set up a p5kC with an e2200 and have turned off all the relevant nonsense but am having problems getting over 3.2.

Thanks
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On the P5K-E I leave all the NB/SB and reference/PLL voltages on auto, I have been all the way up to 400fsb with them like that.

Providing you are using the default multi on your 2200 I would assume you are not at 300fsb yet so you shouldn't really need to change them.

What vcore are you giving the processor and what cooling? I would have thought that one of the MO steppings could go a little further but as always not all chips clock the same and you may be at the limit.
 
Agr3sive said:
I really like how this board sorts itself out during a bad overclock, I have probably be too adventurous on 10 different occasions and every time all it needs is to power off, do a double boot and its straight back in at default processor and ram speed.

Its so much easier not having to faff around opening the case and short the bios jumper, since I have had it I haven't needed to clear the bios manually once after a failed overclock. I bought a AC7 Pro in the end and after experimenting a little with under-volting and running the cooler passive I am now back on finding the max for this E2160/P5K-E.

The processor was quite happy to do 3GHz with the stock volts of 1.32v but it needed a good boost to get it to prime at higher clock speeds. I think I have found my top level without putting in crazy volts, it just finished 8 hours of prime at 3.42GHz 1.52v with the P5K-E running at 380x9, all on auto voltages.

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Looks good Agr3sive. Gonna have to try pushing my E2160 further now! :D

67c in TAT, is that about 75c in coretemp?
 
Thanks wolvers69, I was a little unsure about the cpu when I first fired up cpuz, the general opinion about L2's was that a lot of them don't get as far as the MO steppings but I am mighty pleased with 3.42GHz for £45.

As for the temperatures 67c in TAT was 71c in CoreTemp 0.96 and about 45c in Asus Probe LOL, I have always gone by TAT in the past as its been the most reliable and consistent over previous build. CoreTemp fluctuates too much for my liking and as for the Asus Probe, that things at least 20c out! :D
 
Hi guys and firstly let me say thanks for the informative posts here that have encouraged me to do my first overclocked and water cooled system. My system is a P5K-E/WiFi mobo and Q6600 and it is stable at 3.4ghz. I chose as a starter water cooling kit a Swiftech H20 120 Compact Kit mounted outside my case with a MCB-120 "Radbox". The whole kit and caboodle sits in a Lian-Li PC-60 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case. The case has 1x120mm fan and 1x80mm fan drawing air in and 1x120mm fan and 1x80mm fan exhausting air keeping everything gently cooled.

I'm currently running 380x9 to get 3.4ghz

My full system:

  • Asus P5K-E/WiFi with BIOS 603
  • Q6600 G0 SLACR
  • Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5
  • Lian-Li PC-60 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case
  • Enermax Infiniti 720W EIN720AWT Modular PSU - Triple Quad
  • XFX nVidia GeForce 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition 512MB
  • Swiftech H20 120 Compact Kit with MCB-120 "Radbox"
  • Arctic Silver 5
My load temps are quite high at around 75c and the highest FSB I can get with x9 multiplier is 385 for a stable system but then the core temps go up quite a bit. I am guessing there are two main problems but I'd like your opinions please on what I can do to increase my speed and decrease those temperatures.

What I suspect may be wrong in my system:

  1. The case is too small to allow air to flow freely being a mess of cables inside (I have 5 hdd's and 2 optical drives)
  2. The Swiftech H20 120 may not be good enough.
I am therefore considering swapping my case for a Lian-Li PC V2000B PLUS Full-Tower and the water cooling kit for a Swiftech H20-220 Compact Watercooling Kit or Swiftech H20-220 Apex "Ultra".

Any advice would be much appreciated guys.

Here are my current bios settings:

JumperFree Configuration Settings
AI Overclocking: Manual
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
FSB Frequency: 380
PCI-E Frequency: 100
DRAM Frequency: DDR2-950MHz
DRAM Command Rate: 2T
DRAM Timing Control: Manual
CAS# Latency: 5
RAS# to CAS# Delay: 5
RAS# Precharge: 5
RAS# Activate to Precharge: 15
TWR: AUTO
TRFC: AUTO
TWTR: AUTO
TRRD: AUTO
TRTP: AUTO
DRAM Static Read Control: Disabled

Transaction Booster: Disabled
Boost Level: 0
Clock Over-Charging Mode: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Voltage: 1.4625v
CPU Voltage Reference: 0.63x
CPU Voltage Damper: ENABLED
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.60v
DRAM Voltage: 2.2
FSB Termination Voltage: AUTO
North Bridge Voltage: AUTO
North Bridge Voltage Reference: AUTO
South Bridge Voltage: AUTO

Advance CPU Settings
CPU Ratio Control: Manual
- Ratio CMOS Setting: 9
C1E Suppport: Disabled
Max CPUID Value Limit: Disabled
Vanderpool Technology: Disabled
CPU TM Function: Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Disabled
PECI: Disabled

I have previously run with these settings and the FSB at 385 and multiplier at x9:

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
CPU Voltage: 1.50v
CPU Voltage Reference: 0.63x
CPU Voltage Damper: ENABLED
CPU PLL Voltage: 1.50v
DRAM Voltage: 2.2
FSB Termination Voltage: 1.4
North Bridge Voltage: 1.4
North Bridge Voltage Reference: AUTO
South Bridge Voltage: 1.2

The system ran stable with Prime95 but the core temps were approaching 80c and I bricked it :D

At 380x9 I ran Prime95 for 12 hours without a single failure. I ran it again for a short period to provide info on my system under load. Here is a pic:

380x9ox6.jpg
 
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