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

For me, 3 x 2GB of OCZ Vista Upgrade stuff worked fine - but not 4 x 2GB
What is the effect on performance of 3 sticks ? (compared to the conventional 2 or 4)

I stuck with 4 x 1GB, but passed the machine to my brother, and got something new based on a P5Q deluxe that would take 8GB
 
I dont know about the ram I have no experience with either but basically I just buy whatever and hope it works. I have 2x 2gb OCZ reaper-X sticks in my board and they worked fine. Never had a memory issue with this board. But if you use 6 gb you will not be running dual channel as thats going to be 3 sticks.

As for overclocking there is a basic guide in this forum for you to start off with. This guide helped me when I did it: http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherboards/244741-asus-p5n-e-sli-overclocking-guide.html (first link on a google search btw).

With an E6600 you could probably get 3-3.2ghz, possibly more. Its a case of trial and error to see what does work and what doesnt btw, and it takes time cos you need to test stability each time.

Its not a case of "no one" being able to help, its just there are numerous guides around and there are no magic numbers you can just use to get your overclock within 5 minutes.
 
xiphrex said:
I dont know about the ram I have no experience with either but basically I just buy whatever and hope it works. I have 2x 2gb OCZ reaper-X sticks in my board and they worked fine. Never had a memory issue with this board. But if you use 6 gb you will not be running dual channel as thats going to be 3 sticks.

As for overclocking there is a basic guide in this forum for you to start off with. This guide helped me when I did it: http://www.overclock.net/intel-motherboards/244741-asus-p5n-e-sli-overclocking-guide.html (first link on a google search btw).

With an E6600 you could probably get 3-3.2ghz, possibly more. Its a case of trial and error to see what does work and what doesnt btw, and it takes time cos you need to test stability each time.

Its not a case of "no one" being able to help, its just there are numerous guides around and there are no magic numbers you can just use to get your overclock within 5 minutes.
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Thanks for the time out for your post will give the thread a very good read. Will probs give pc a nice format after i add all my nice new bits and then start my overclock from there :)

im after 3ghz tbh to make sure i have enuff cpu power for my gfx card as ive heard under 3ghz on a cpu and im bottle-necking it

maybe ill just go for the 2x4gb of ram to be safe then

Thanks
 
orangeman2003 said:
which set should i go for please???

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-038-KS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

or

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-184-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

i will be buying 2 sets of these to try 8gb and if not settle for 6gb

anyone know if these work and also does no one one help someone get an overclock on this please?!

Thanks
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I've never used Kingston so I can't comment about them. Corsair however is exceptionally good RAM, and what I've found is that generally Corsair is some of the most compatible RAM around. If it was me I'd go for the Corsair. I have 4 x 2GB in my other ASUS P5Q board
 
Just upgraded to the latest bios, was running 0608 before. :o

Well it seems a lot more stable now, haven't had a BSOD in hours of l4d gaming, which I used to get occasionally. So looking good and thanks for the link.

:)
 
Trying to use esata but not appearing to work, maybe I need drivers but I cant remember. Anyone ever used esata on this board?


- got the drivers, seemed to work
 
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I am using 4x 2GB ram modules in my P5N-E SLI for a few years now. They are cheap A-Data DD2 800, however I have to run them at DDR2 533 speed in order to get the machine to post. Also using a QX6700 with the multiplier upped to 11. Only problem I have ever had with the board is that I can't get it to go into S3 standby as it keeps switching itself back on instantly.
 
Tuvoc said:
I've never used Kingston so I can't comment about them. Corsair however is exceptionally good RAM, and what I've found is that generally Corsair is some of the most compatible RAM around. If it was me I'd go for the Corsair. I have 4 x 2GB in my other ASUS P5Q board
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went with the corsair :D

posted with some beeps reset it and it posted and set timmings

fine from then on :)
 
You cannot go wrong with Corsair ram! I've built countless modest budget systems for friends and family and will only use Corsair value.
I've found if ya new rig doesn't boot with fancy 1066ddr ram it will post with Corsair value :D yup even their cheap stuff is uber compatible.
 
Just updated to latest bios 1403 from 1101, seems good so far. I noticed the system is more reactive now but maybe thats just placebo :P
 
Hi - to save me reading through the 100-odd (!) pages of this thread, I want to know if my P5NE-SLI with [email protected] has any life in it (e.g. to run ARMA II). What's the best bang-for-buck overclockable CPU for this MB today? Cheers.

EDIT: E7400 ?
 
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What cpu do you have? guessing either e2160, e4300 if its clocking at 1.8 stock.

I think easily the best bang for buck cpu for overclocking at this minute is the e5200 (2.5GHz), it can be had for as little as £45 from some online retailers, thats over £40 less than an e7400!!!
The e5200 has a very high multi (12.5) so this makes it a breeze to overclock on pretty much any board that supports 45nm processors.
And as of April Intel are using the same R0 core used in the e7xxx series in all there new e5200's just with a little less cache. But even if you get an early M0 stepping there overclocking potential is still extremely good. 3.6GHz is a given on low voltages for both R0 and M0 steppings.
 
Isnt a cpu with four cores the best one to get now.
Ive upped my old e6400 back upto 3.2ghz or 1600fsb for that nice nb timings loophole because with onboard temp of 51c Im not going to be able to do it otherwise I reckon

Mine is still stock with original bios, been that way since xmas 06


My ram is unlinked at 667, is the max on this board 800?
 
Entirely depends on what you use your rig for, I have to admit lately I have noticed some of the latest games have some degree of multi-threading in them. The sound subsystem, the physics, the disk IO seem to run in separate threads. The problem is most people won't consider them fully supporting multi-threading/cores unless it maxes out both cores so you have to wonder if even for modern gaming do our quads really have the advantage.

Another relevant issue is this board is utterly rubbish at overclocking quads, you will get stuck at 3ghz with a 65nm kentfield and around 3.2ghz max with a 45nm yorkfield.

I would say a fast clocking dual core has the price performance advantage over a struggling quad core on this board.

I think when I used the board I ran 450*8 with an e6600 with some crucial 10th anny at 900MHz linked. It was rock solid stable with the ram 4-4-4-12 2t. Possibly could have managed more than 900DDR with slightly slack timing but that wouldnt have suited my cpu overclock.
 
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I think easily the best bang for buck cpu for overclocking at this minute is the e5200 (2.5GHz), it can be had for as little as £45 from some online retailers, thats over £40 less than an e7400!!!
The e5200 has a very high multi (12.5) so this makes it a breeze to overclock on pretty much any board that supports 45nm processors.
And as of April Intel are using the same R0 core used in the e7xxx series in all there new e5200's just with a little less cache. But even if you get an early M0 stepping there overclocking potential is still extremely good. 3.6GHz is a given on low voltages for both R0 and M0 steppings.
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I just upgraded to an e5200 from an e4300 that I had at 3ghz (for a while it was at 3.2ghz but this wasnt intelburnt test stable).

Fired it up and tried overclocking, an hour later Im at 3.8ghz @ 1.3vcore. Ive done the vdroop pencil mod on this motherboard also. Passed intelburn test first time with 30 left until TJ max, really satisfied, this is the easiest 800mhz I have achieved yet!

Tomorrow I will try to get 4ghz, but Im happy with how it is just now. Just curious as to how far I can actually go.

I used to feel with the e4300 that it was the board that was holding me back with its excessively hot northbridge. Im glad I tried the e5200 in this mobo, guess I dont need the p45 board I bought earlier this year! Really glad I did, dont need to reinstall windows or reinstall my apps, great time saver!
 
Think of it like this, with your e4300 to achieve an overclock of 3GHz you will require 333 fsb at it stock multi of 9. With the same FSB your e5200 will be clocking at 4.16GHz, very little FSB for a monster clock. So basically your CPU's FSB wall and the boards northbridge strap limitations become less of an issue and it just comes down to if the CPU is actually capable of clocking that high. With the higher multi you are basically ruling out the motherboard as being the limiting factor.

You could pair an E5200 with a budget £40 mb and it wouldnt be unreasonable to manage 4GHz with a setup that costs less than 100 bucks.
45m dual cores draw very little power and produce very little heat even when overclocked so you can get by with only using a cheap OEM quad core intel hsf.
 
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