680i SLI is too expensive? Asus as the solution : P5N32-E SLI PLUS

Watercooling is much cooler when using high volts...

I've got my cpu & nb watercooled, sure helps for stability.

Hey guys. I been playing round with this board a few days & can't seem to get past 1400 (QDR)

Spec are as follows

Q6600 ES
2gig Patriot PC800
8800GTX

Now ATM i have voltages at
NB: 1.45
SB: 1.5
Vcore: 1.4
RAM: 2.5
CPU VTT: 1.45

All spread specturm & link boost crap are off
RAM & FSB is at a 2:3 ratio so i have FSB @ 1400 QDR & RAM at 933Mhz with 4.4.4.11.15 timings. everything is perfectly stable. so ATM is at 3.15Ghz

But if i put the FSB to just 1425. Everything falls apart. even with Vcore up to 1.5V. reducing multiplier & relaxing mem dun help either.

if anyone has suggestions would be great.

maybe you should lower the ram speed? Stick to 800mhz?

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Originally Posted by BenArcher

Hey guys. I been playing round with this board a few days & can't seem to get past 1400 (QDR)

Spec are as follows

Q6600 ES
2gig Patriot PC800
8800GTX

Now ATM i have voltages at
NB: 1.45
SB: 1.5
Vcore: 1.4
RAM: 2.5
CPU VTT: 1.45

All spread specturm & link boost crap are off
RAM & FSB is at a 2:3 ratio so i have FSB @ 1400 QDR & RAM at 933Mhz with 4.4.4.11.15 timings. everything is perfectly stable. so ATM is at 3.15Ghz

But if i put the FSB to just 1425. Everything falls apart. even with Vcore up to 1.5V. reducing multiplier & relaxing mem dun help either.

if anyone has suggestions would be great.

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did you use stock cooling for NB and SB , this board is very hot with stock cooling chipset , for OC i must use aftermarket cooling or have active cooling

I think I have pretty much peaked my e4300. It is running at 3204MHz 1.49v w/ RAM at 475MHz 44412 2T 2.3v. I'd like higher but a 78% overclock is pretty sweet. The chip will boot at 3387MHz and run SuperPi to 1M but no amount of tinkering seems to get her Orthos stable so I tweaked the RAM to max and will leave it here.

Being new to Intel O/Cing I ran the numbers from the large data base over at HF and here is how Core 2 Duo falls out
Average overclock and Max overclocks for Core 2 Duo:
6800 27% 2930MHz to 3710Mhz/ Max 32% 3865MHz
6700 34% 2660MHz to 3554MHz/Max 51% 4013MHz
6600 44% 2400MHz to 3454MHz/Max 75% 4208MHz
6400 55% 2130MHz to 3297MHz/ Max 83% 3888MHz
6300 71% 1860MHz to 3192MHz/Max 99% 3731MHz
4300 73% 1800MHz to 3124MHz Max 87% 3360MHz

So this chip is well above average at 78% but certainly not the top dog. Helluva a value for $179 but the 6300 is just a little more and seems more capable. The 4300 is new silicon, though, and it should perform better as the manufacturing matures and aslso the price is supposed to drop so it will be an interesting chip to watch.

Yeah i have tried lowering ram. even back to sync timings so its at 700 on Auto timings & still doesn't help.

The north & south bridges are stock cooling atm so Im afraid of going to try 1.5V on the northbridge.

Anyways I'm fairly happy with 3.15Ghz. Just seems like the CPU can go higher but its being held back.

what program are you guys using to change FSB's in windows?

new version of Clockgen does the job. I am not sure if it's out yet, I use beta, there was a link somewhere... if you cant find drop me a PM and ill give you the link.

Anybody got this kind of problems with clockgen ( official 1.0.5.3 from site )
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=135785

Updated : probs fixed :)

Just installed it all yesterday, Conroe E6600 + P5N32-E SLI Plus + G.Skill PC2-8500 (2 x 1GB)

Installed vista, got several BSOD's in 45mins (some modem driver related ones :S, some IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and some PFN_LIST_CORRUPT)

Any ideas?

On my second drive, XP, its much better but i've had one BSOD so far, "WIN32K.SYS"

Can't be bothered with little niggly problems like this =(

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Originally Posted by Naughtyboy

Well...for 3.6ghz theese are the settings I´m using:

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AI Tuning: Manual
Nvidia GPU Ex: Disabled
LinkBoost: Disabled

FSB - Memory Clock Mode: Unlinked
FSB - Memory Raio: If unlinked used above...then this should default to AUTO.
FSB (QDR), Mhz: 1600mhz
MEM (DDR), Mhz: 1000mhz


Vcore Voltage: Depends on your cpu really...but mine is stable at 1.36
Memory Voltage: Depends on your memory...mine is at 2.2v
1.2v HT Voltage: 1.4v
NB Core Voltage: 1.45v
SB Core Voltage: 1.5v
CPU VTT Voltage: 1.45v
DDRII Controller Ref Voltage: AUTO
DDRII Channel A Ref Voltage: AUTO
DDRII Channel B Ref Voltage: AUTO

(these settings is totaly up to your memory...start with slack timings and work your way down.)
tCL (CAS Latency): 4
tRCD: 4
tRP: 4
tRAS: 10
Command Per Clock (CMD): 2 clock (2T)

Advance Memory Settings
tRRD: AUTO
tRC: AUTO
tWR: AUTO
tWTR: AUTO
tREF: AUTO
Async Latency: AUTO

CPU Spread Spectrum: Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum: Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum: Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum: Disabled

CPU Internal Thermal Control: Disabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal: Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E): Disabled
Execute Disable Bit: Enabled
Virtualization Technology: Disabled
Enhanced Intel Speedstep Tech: Disabled
LDT Frequency: 4x

(you can gain som performance if you got an "NVIDIA" card buy tweaking these)
PCIEX16_1 Frequency (Mhz): 115-120
PCIEX16_2 Frequency (Mhz): 115-120
PCIEX16_3 Frequency (Mhz): 115-120
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, Mhz: 205

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Hope this could give you atleast some help.

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I'm going to test these right now.

edit: the settings didn't work for me. I'll have to play about with it.

Man I'm glad I found this thread...

I wanted to go SLI with the e6600 rig I'm putting together since I recently picked up a second 7900GT for next to nothing (both run at 700x900 vmodded).

I just ordered the board today and then read about 2 dozen people slam the board on OCforums.....feeling a little better about this purchase now :D

Hopefully the mobo, cpu, and ram will be in Tuesday, just got the new waterblock in yesterday.

I got one and went back to my p5b deluxe withi 48 hours. I couldnt do this with that NV mobo after 8 hours of trying and every damn bios, these settings are on stock volts. I couldnt even post on that so called great mobo at same settings.

BSOD's are fixed, dunno if this applies to anyone but i just raised my DDR Voltage by 0.1v, reinstalled Vista and it's working great :D

Stock cooler runs a bit hot though, (52*C Idle) =(

does anyone know the settings for using G.skill F2-8000PHU1-2GBHZ in this board? what I asking is anyone the ram above 2.3 volts on this board?

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DDR2 1000 / F2-8000                                                                                                                                                               
                HZ Series                                                                                                                               
FSB SPEED        1066                                                                                                                       
DDR2 SPEED        1000                                                                                                                       
VOLTAGE                2.4v                                                                                                                       
TCL                4                                                                                                                       
TRCD                4                                                                                                                       
TRP                4                                                                                                                       
TRAS                5                                                                                                                       
CMS 1T / 2T        2T                                                                                                                       
TRRD                2                                                                                                                       
TRC                5                                                                                                                       
TWR                3                                                                                                               
TWTR                6                                                                                                               
TREF                1                                                                                                               
TRD                3                                                                                                                       
TRFC                27                                                                                                                       
ASY LAT                2

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Taken from the G.Skill forum for the P5n32-E SLI

Can anyone tell me if 2 of these chipset fans will work ok on this board (nb n sb)? Installing this mobo tonight. THANKS
COOLER MASTER SLC-S41-U1

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Originally Posted by The Viper

Can anyone tell me if 2 of these chipset fans will work ok on this board (nb n sb)? Installing this mobo tonight. THANKS
COOLER MASTER SLC-S41-U1

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Why not try the heatpipes first? If your case has adequate cooling they should work fine. You can remove tem and apply some AS Ceramique to the chips and MOSFETS and reinstall for better cooling. Are you watercooling?

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Originally Posted by Merc14

Why not try the heatpipes first? If your case has adequate cooling they should work fine. You can remove tem and apply some AS Ceramique to the chips and MOSFETS and reinstall for better cooling. Are you watercooling?

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Not WC, Its generally known that the chipsets run very warm on this mobo, I never liked the heatpipe design, especially with my ABIT AW9D-Max mobo. will the chipset fan I mentioned work and fit well?

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Originally Posted by Merc14

Why not try the heatpipes first? If your case has adequate cooling they should work fine. You can remove tem and apply some AS Ceramique to the chips and MOSFETS and reinstall for better cooling. Are you watercooling?

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How much of a difference does Ceramique make on the chipset coolers?

hi guy,

i have this board and like to ask some question as below.

1.Can 2gbkit PC5300 Crucial Value using D9GMH chipset and 2gbkit PC6400 Crucial Balistick using D9GMH have issue when using with this board and also when overclock can cause any problem also?

2.I have a E6600 ES Step 4 Rev B0 is good overclock for this board??

3.any guide to remove the heatpipe of this board??

Thanks

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Originally Posted by squall12

hi guy,

i have this board and like to ask some question as below.

1.Can 2gbkit PC5300 Crucial Value using D9GMH chipset and 2gbkit PC6400 Crucial Balistick using D9GMH have issue when using with this board and also when overclock can cause any problem also?

2.I have a E6600 ES Step 4 Rev B0 is good overclock for this board??

3.any guide to remove the heatpipe of this board??

Thanks

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Engineering samples really didnt OC that well with the Core2s, but the unlocked multi is nice

it can at least do 3.2 for this ES which i thinks is ok....

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3.any guide to remove the heatpipe of this board??

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Heatpipes are mounted with 4 clips each set: 2 nera mosfets and 2 near SB/NB. Just remove the clips on the back of motherboard. I would recommend taking off only one set, the one that cools NB and vertical line of mosfets - SB cooling won't probably affect your overclocks.

Hey there guys! My first post here, and I've got something to show you.

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5489/8x500bm0.jpg

This was done in zero degrees ambient temperature (case on the balcony) with dual watercooling loops. Dedicated to the processor was Swiftech Apogee GT (hs lapped) with Swiftech MCP655 pump and Black Ice Pro radiator. Radiator was measured at 7 degrees celcius. I'm still testing the thing and it's running outside as we speak (more like -5 degrees now!)

I'll keep you posted. I'm thinking of running a peltier between the processor and the Swiftech, since load temps are +70 degrees with my crappy 1*120mm radiator, AND my PSU can provide up to 80 amps to the 12v rail ;)


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OK guys, i've tortured it with some dualcore prime95 for 6 hours now and both cores are doing just fine. Vcore with droop is 1.696 and temps for both cores are 45c celcius (ambient temp. -7 degrees). With the peltier I'm hoping to hit 4200+ in room temperature and 1.7-1.8 vcore.