** The Official ASUS P5N-E SLI & Ultra 650i Thread **

dagwoood said:
Does anyone know if this board will support Penryn CPU's? I know the EVGA 650i board does and I wandered whether anyone had come across anything from ASUS to confirm/deny Penryn support for this board.
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It's very unlikely, it has only 3-phase power regulation and Intel's recommendation for Penryn is a minimum of 4-phases for the VRM. The 650i Ultra has 4-phase VRM, so it can support them. The Gigabyte 650i-DS4 has 6-phase and should, therefore, be able to support Penryn. I think you'll see a V2.0 of the P5N-E SLi that will support Penryn.
 
WJA96 said:
It's very unlikely, it has only 3-phase power regulation and Intel's recommendation for Penryn is a minimum of 4-phases for the VRM. The 650i Ultra has 4-phase VRM, so it can support them. The Gigabyte 650i-DS4 has 6-phase and should, therefore, be able to support Penryn. I think you'll see a V2.0 of the P5N-E SLi that will support Penryn.
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So no Bios update will add support for Penryn on the current P5N-E SLi mobo's? :(

I thought were it says in the Bios details, adds support for 1333Mhz fsb CPU's mean Penryn :(
 
pegasus1 said:
I use SpeedFan on this mobo, it controls the fans on my Rad.
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Thanks for confirming that pegasus1 :)

WJA96 said:
It's very unlikely, it has only 3-phase power regulation and Intel's recommendation for Penryn is a minimum of 4-phases for the VRM. The 650i Ultra has 4-phase VRM, so it can support them. The Gigabyte 650i-DS4 has 6-phase and should, therefore, be able to support Penryn. I think you'll see a V2.0 of the P5N-E SLi that will support Penryn.
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Thanks for clarifying that WJA96; looks like this version of the board isn't as future proof as I'd hoped :(
 
pegasus1 said:
Run it at stock and have a fan blowing over the SB, that should take both out of the equation. Stick the SB volts to 1.7 which will be fine with a fan on it. My 6300 wouldnt go above 3ghz without 1.7 on the NB.
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Sorry mate, but is it the SB that has no cooling and the NB with the heatsink?
So, leave the NB and stick a fan over the SB and raise the NB to 1.7? that right?
cheers
 
WJA96 said:
It's very unlikely, it has only 3-phase power regulation and Intel's recommendation for Penryn is a minimum of 4-phases for the VRM. The 650i Ultra has 4-phase VRM, so it can support them. The Gigabyte 650i-DS4 has 6-phase and should, therefore, be able to support Penryn. I think you'll see a V2.0 of the P5N-E SLi that will support Penryn.
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Indeed, the ASUS falls short in this area
That 3-phase VRM barely supports a quad core properly, vdroop is horrendous. But at stock it does run fine which is all I ask :)
 
dagwoood said:
Thanks for clarifying that WJA96; looks like this version of the board isn't as future proof as I'd hoped :(
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It does support the upcoming 1333MHz Core2Duos (6x50 series), but not Wolfdale/Yorkfield.

I think it finally dawned on me about 12 months ago that any kind of future proofing is a complete myth. I buy it all together on the day or not at all now. That way it definitely all works together.
 
willhub said:
So no Bios update will add support for Penryn on the current P5N-E SLi mobo's? :(

I thought were it says in the Bios details, adds support for 1333Mhz fsb CPU's mean Penryn :(
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The upcoming 6x50 1333MHz parts aren't Penryn. They're just Core2Duo's with a faster FSB out of the box. Basically, Intel are using up some of the overclocking headroom we've all been exploiting for the last 12 months.
 
A little off topic here with what you guys have been talking about recently, but I am trying to update my BIOS using EZ Flash 2 and my Corsair Flash Voyager GT, and it says the Bios updates fine, which ever version is used..

But it seems that apart from the original 0202 version, I cannot enter the BIOS at all, it says, 'Entering BIOS' but goes to a black screen, although my screen is still on, not the orange stand-by mode...

So I turn off the computer and restart, Windows Vista x64 loads up fine and when flashed back to 0202 I can enter the BIOS and change anything...although the option for 'Press TAB to see Bios POST message' is lost..

If anyone can help me with this issue I will be very greatful :)

I have also denounced the possibility of it being my RAM, because I have tried with 2x1gb and 4x1gb, nothing changes this.

I have also tried using defualt settings to no avail..

Thanks in advance,

HyBrId
 
renandstimpy said:
im having difficulty clocking my e6300 past 2.5ghz. I have no problems running Orthos for 20mins +, but I get lock ups within a few minutes of playing Tomb Raider Anniversary or the World in Conflict beta. I have the vcore at 1.43 +100 2.1 for mem. I leave NB at AUTO cos if doesnt even post when its at 1.5. fsb at 1432, mem linked and in synch. I have no cooling on NB, could that be the reason why I get lockups? if so, what is the max I should go without NB cooling?
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I was exactly like yourself earlier in the week. Could only get my 6300 upto 2.6ghz. Then I read a little deeper and saw that unlinking your ram can help big time so I did that and now I can get it upto 3ghz dead on before it starts to have issues getting into windows. I think with a bit of cooling on the NB or a few more volts perhaps it could go further. However I'm very happy with the 1.2ghz increase, frankly thats amazing isnt it after all :D :D :D
 
Speedfan doesnt control the fans on this board for me. It has qfan to control by temperature roughly and if you load an old version of everest then the rpm drops to 800 rpm till reboot. If you turn off qfan then it goes to maximum 2500rpm, thats with an ac7 hsf.

I said 425fsb because I couldnt use 400fsb but 425 is easier on the nb afaik.



no cooling on the sb here, just keep your case temp down and its not needed
 
Well I've read it before here and in reviews, about how hot the northbridge gets. Up until this point, I haven't touched mine. I just did that, and the stories are right - hold your finger on it for too long and it's so hot it will burn you !

Clearly ASUS have tested this, and consulted with NVidia, and that level of heat is within specification (and indeed I've been running a few months 24/7 under full load with no issues).
HOWEVER I don't believe that long term this can be a good thing. So I've just suspended a low rpm 80mm fan over that area with a Zalman fan bracket ;)
 
WJA96 said:
The upcoming 6x50 1333MHz parts aren't Penryn. They're just Core2Duo's with a faster FSB out of the box. Basically, Intel are using up some of the overclocking headroom we've all been exploiting for the last 12 months.
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Ah, thanks for that. This includes the new 1333FSB QX6850 Quad Core part as well I take it ?
 
My NB is 60c right now with no fan and its stable. Ive owned the board since Jan. 60c is enough to sting quite a bit, owch yep it stings :D

Its no worse then what the cpu will take or the gpu, theres no damage potential imo. However the entire room is heated by my pc it seems, I keep the radiator off now
 
silversurfer said:
My NB is 60c right now with no fan and its stable. Ive owned the board since Jan. 60c is enough to sting quite a bit, owch yep it stings :D

Its no worse then what the cpu will take or the gpu, theres no damage potential imo.
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I guess not - if the CPU can take 60C core temp and more for years then maybe the northbridge can as well. But most people here replace their motherboards more often than they change their underwear anyway.... OK that's an exaggeration :) , maybe they only expect 12 mths from their components so it won't matter anyway.
But my motherboard and CPU will likely still be going 5 yrs from now, passed down by me to other family members, and having run 24/7 for a big part of that time, so I'm happy to have the extra peace of mind from the extra cooling. Actually, let me check the passive heatsink on my 939Dual SATA2.... it's probably just as hot
 
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