Asus P5K Premium may be the right board for the QuadCore Mania

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08-01-2007, 09:15 AM
Pedro Rocha

Asus P5K Premium may be the right board for the QuadCore Mania

Since we are in a QuadCore Mania, after the Q6600 huge drop of price, I decide to mount my "old" QX6700 B3 on the P5K Premium to see how it goes with QuadCores.

Setup:
- P5K Premium
- TuniqTowe
- Sesonic S12 Energy+ 650W

Beginig with the FSB, as you can see the P5K Premium can do 480FSB quite easy.

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/P5K...700_3850AR.jpg

And now the inevitable Cinebench:

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/P5K...0CineBench.jpg

11 segs - 2000 CB-CPU marks - piece of cake :D

And finally one of my favorite challanges with QuadCores Air Cooled: the 4x4x4 - 4 SuperPI's simultaneus, in the 4 Cores (one on each core) at 4 Ghz ...

http://pedrorocha.planetaclix.pt/P5K...6700_4x4x4.jpg

I did it, altought we are here in Portugal in very hot summer day.

OK, for Q6600 Maniacs its just a matter of doing the maths - 480Mhz quite easy and full stable so 9x480 - 4.320Mhz - Asus P5K Premium may be the right board for the QuadCore Mania

Please note I'm using the old revision (B3) new revision (G0) seems to achieve higher FSB's and, apparently, produce much less heat.
08-01-2007, 01:18 PM
shiznit93

I ordered one from newegg for $240 Monday, its down to $230 now so I called and the rep refunded me $10! That's what I call customer service, Newegg FTW!
08-01-2007, 01:42 PM
jkresh

I wonder how it compares to the blitz formula, also how the striker is doing on quads with the newest bios?
08-01-2007, 02:20 PM
crazyea

You have some really good super pi times, is there an issue with this that I dont know of? The best I can do at 3.6 is 25s.....

System configured as such: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=276
08-01-2007, 02:32 PM
adamsleath

nice board plus FSB

Quote:

OK, for Q6600 Maniacs its just a matter of doing the maths - 480Mhz quite easy and full stable so 9x480 - 4.320Mhz - Asus P5K Premium may be the right board for the QuadCore Mania

...and the %age of q6600's dat will do higher than 3.6 on air is?
qx6700 is not a q6600.
480x7 more likely for a q6600 on air.

...wish i had yr cpu :hehe:
08-01-2007, 02:38 PM
bito

Pedro .... how did that cpu perform on the P5K-Deluxe ??
08-01-2007, 03:47 PM
Pedro Rocha

Quote:

Originally Posted by bito

Pedro .... how did that cpu perform on the P5K-Deluxe ??

More or less the same BUT (and that's a big but) with the QX6700 overcloked the P5K Deluxe became unstable and start to crash due to the excessive heat on PWM and choke area (pass 100ºC :( )

That is the major advgantage of the P5K Premium : new componentes (Nikos Mosfets, TRIO 1R1 Inductor and Solid-Alu-C's) make those areas and components much more fresh ..thus the motherboard much more stable. Specially with QuadCores of course.
08-01-2007, 04:09 PM
lowdog

How come the option to enable SATA-Bootrom when raid is enabled is missing from the bios.....yay Asus :rolleyes:

Also whats with the double pump bootup after a cold start when power has been turned off from the mobo....yay Asus :rolleyes:

Hope they get on the ball and fix these issues with a bios update because there bloody anoying, ffs not being able to enable one of your raid setups to be bootable is just pathetic. :shrug:
08-01-2007, 04:10 PM
safan80

What could you get with your QX6700 B3 on the p5k deluxe? What was the highest stable oc? What it 3.6 like mine or higher? what's the batch code on your qx6700?
08-01-2007, 04:55 PM
Marco André

Looks good...looks good. :up:
08-01-2007, 05:06 PM
DMH

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyea

You have some really good super pi times, is there an issue with this that I dont know of? The best I can do at 3.6 is 25s.....

System configured as such: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=276

25s on 1M pi???
With the price difference being so small the people that we're in the market for a P5K Dlx should get a Premium
Pedro will you also make a mini-review from that PSU like you said in the portuguese forum??
08-01-2007, 07:05 PM
palese

Quote:

Originally Posted by jkresh

I wonder how it compares to the blitz formula, also how the striker is doing on quads with the newest bios?

Review on blitz formula and extreme showed good boards but did no better with FSB then any of the other boards out there.
08-01-2007, 07:43 PM
XtremeTiramisu

Very interesting thread.
I'm already quite satisfied with the OC-ability from my P5K-Dlx & Q6600 G0 but it looks like the P5K premium is going to take the overclocking potential of your hardwares up another level....very tempted in getting the premium to replace the deluxe

I hope the new P5K-Premium will take 4x1GB ram's OC-ability higher and more stable than P5K-Dlx.
P5K-Deluxe doesn't really shine in the 4x1GB ram OC area but other than that, it does everything an OC enthusiast ask for.
08-01-2007, 07:57 PM
[XC] DragonOrta

Good to see that the Premium for this chipset is a worthwhile board, as opposed to the P5B Premium, which wasn't worth much of anything.
08-01-2007, 10:47 PM
crazyea

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMH

25s on 1M pi???
With the price difference being so small the people that we're in the market for a P5K Dlx should get a Premium
Pedro will you also make a mini-review from that PSU like you said in the portuguese forum??

All sorted, dunno what was up...lookin good now...

http://www.pbase.com/eltonandersen/i...2/original.jpg
08-04-2007, 10:16 PM
safan80

I think I'm going to agree with the OP on this board. I just tried 8x481, 8x480, and 8x475 using up to 1.58 vcore I couldn't get them stable under my qx6700 B3 and p5k deluxe. with the price being the same with the deluxe and Premium the Premium wins!
08-06-2007, 05:07 PM
Supertim0r

definately a better board :yepp:

keep my Q6600 B3 @ 3.6ghz 1.376v and it wasn't possible with the Deluxe
08-06-2007, 05:40 PM
TinTin

A Rock Solid MB, very stable Vcore, and much much better PWM, my Q66 is on Premium :D
Just have to complain I get some si-si-si sound occasionally of the onboard sound, hope new driver will solve the problem. :D
08-07-2007, 06:12 PM
fritzman

Fabulous board... roll on 21 August when the G0 X3220's land in New Zealand!
08-07-2007, 06:30 PM
Omastar

How does the P5K Premium do compared to the abit IP-35 Pro?

I think the P5K Premium/Deluxes are overpriced for what they offer, in terms of sheer FSB prowess, compared to the IP-35 Pro which is going for $139.99 AR on Newegg right now.
08-07-2007, 06:46 PM
fornowagain

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazyea

All sorted, dunno what was up...lookin good now...

Is that 32bit Vista? I read a guy saying the Premium doesn't work with 32bit.
08-07-2007, 10:58 PM
bro20000

I use 32bit vista and its fine!
08-08-2007, 09:38 AM
crazyea

Quote:

Originally Posted by fornowagain

Is that 32bit Vista? I read a guy saying the Premium doesn't work with 32bit.

Really? I am using it and having no probs.....What issues was he having?
08-08-2007, 11:28 AM
bro20000

Try the new vista sp1 if your having trouble am getting it tonight!
08-08-2007, 11:42 AM
Gamer

Vista SP1 ?
08-08-2007, 01:36 PM
gosmeyer

It rocks on qx6700 / 32bit vista ultimate good.
Any bios settings?
08-08-2007, 08:33 PM
y2jdmbfan

Anyone else having problems getting a gigabit connection on the realtek controller? My realtek only connects to my gigabit switch at 100Mbps while the Marvell connects at 1.0GBps...

Y2J
08-15-2007, 10:53 PM
DeadlyFire

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omastar

How does the P5K Premium do compared to the abit IP-35 Pro?

I think the P5K Premium/Deluxes are overpriced for what they offer, in terms of sheer FSB prowess, compared to the IP-35 Pro which is going for $139.99 AR on Newegg right now.

Same feelings here; Though it's up to $185 on Newegg now
08-16-2007, 08:19 AM
Locust

Just ordered this mobo. Hope I can get the same results with my QX6700 as you.
So far highest I was able to get it clocked on P5K Deluxe and P5K3 Deluxe was 3.6Ghz.( and I mean stable for 24/7 use) No matter how high the voltage, using Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme.
08-16-2007, 10:57 AM
fsh42na

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omastar

How does the P5K Premium do compared to the abit IP-35 Pro?

I think the P5K Premium/Deluxes are overpriced for what they offer, in terms of sheer FSB prowess, compared to the IP-35 Pro which is going for $139.99 AR on Newegg right now.

I've been following the IP 35 -pro and have never seen it listed at this price after rebate. You sure you weren't confusing it with the IP 35??