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

[shimmishim]

Ive been back and forth with this board...It seems good right now, but it takes so much tweaking and testing, its so tedious.

but that's what makes this board so fun!

i've thoroughly enjoyed this board despite its fickleness at times.

this board can clock my mem past 600mhz easy.

now if it could just clock my 6600 B chip past 3.6... maybe the dry ice this weekend will help

[The Viper]

but that's what makes this board so fun!

i've thoroughly enjoyed this board despite its fickleness at times.

this board can clock my mem past 600mhz easy.

now if it could just clock my 6600 B chip past 3.6... maybe the dry ice this weekend will help

yeah I know Shimm...Actually I couldnt even boot @DDR2 1000, but anything under that Im good??? (ie.DDR2 980), I havent sarted working with the advanced timings yet. Ive been doing Memory testing since about 4pm EST

[NinjaZX6R]

So I read through the whole thing about whether this is a 650i or 680i LT or something. Can someone please clarify if this is a 650i chipset?

-Collin-

[shimmishim]

it's 1000% 650i NB but has a different SB than 680i which allows it for 2 x 16x compared to 2 x 8x of normal 650i

[HousERaT]

Do you guys think this lack of updates will continue, and if so, is this a reason itself for not buying this board? I got my eyes on it for my next rig atm.

If you're not serious about squeezing every bit of juice out of your rig then this is a great board. I know this board is capable of more than I'm able to get out of it right now...... BECAUSE OF THE BIOS. Having to mess around with multipliers because they don't always work right is amateur at best. The board is stable once you get it set. Plenty of options and if they'd fix all the fsb holes this board would be awesome for the money. If they don't fix this soon I'll be looking at the DFI 680i when it comes out.

[squall12]

hi guy i plan to use CRUCIAL BALLISTIX PC6400 2GB kit (1x2GB) and add CRUCIAL BALLISTIX PC6400 1GB KIT (2x 512MB) so the problem i like to know is that can it cause any overclock problem for CPU(i use E6600)and if overclock memory also can have problem??by the way i using asus p5n32-E- SLI plus...

Remarksue to money problem i cant buy the 4pcs 1gb of rams to use....i plan to run vista with this config...
thanks

[GTeng]

If you're not serious about squeezing every bit of juice out of your rig then this is a great board. I know this board is capable of more than I'm able to get out of it right now...... BECAUSE OF THE BIOS. Having to mess around with multipliers because they don't always work right is amateur at best. The board is stable once you get it set. Plenty of options and if they'd fix all the fsb holes this board would be awesome for the money. If they don't fix this soon I'll be looking at the DFI 680i when it comes out.

Do we know what all the FSB "holes" are?

Back when I had Bios 501 I could run my E4300 @ 3.1GHz with only 1.25V vcore. Now I am using the Bios 602 and I need 1.425V to run the same speed. However I am now able to reach higher clocks up to 3.4GHz @ 1.55V.

[strange|ife]

I'm curious also as I bought 4 gigs for Vista.

i have all four slots filled with G.Skill sticks 6400

booted up right away, i switched volts to 2.1 ..been very stable with 4GB. Have my FSB set to 395 right now..playing around with stuff...i have not been able to get my timings very tight, even with memory running low.
yet this is my first intel board in years, so yes still learning. so far iam very happy with the the board. After months of looking at nothing but horror stories with alot of the 650/680i boards. It seems this one is great..

hey about sub timings, what are some good settings for this board? loose or tight? right now i have it set to AUTO. i dont think i will be overclocking the ram. so i could prolly get away with auto? or should i set them myself...

[safan80]

hey about sub timings, what are some good settings for this board? loose or tight? right now i have it set to AUTO. i dont think i will be overclocking the ram. so i could prolly get away with auto? or should i set them myself...

try asking G.S Technician about the ram sub timings there's also the g.skill section. please post any info he gives for others that might be looking for the info.

[shimmishim]

anyone try running this board at some x 500 for 24/7 use?

i was doing some dry ice benching this weekend and i was capped at 9x500... couldn't budge more than that. figured the chipset was gettin' hot or maxed out.

[easypanic]

500 is my max too

[strange|ife]

i sent a pm over to tech at G.skill a while ago.

will report back

i firgured out my problem, running 3-4-3-12 easily now that i set mem speed too 533 and put bus at 1570..is rock stable with all 4 dimms right now..not bad. like i said iam a bit new on the intel side..but my sisoft benchies showed some nice latency results

was prime stable 4 hours, till i turned it off, iam on stock cooling..and 68C is to much to me for long runs.

waiting on my damn thermalright ultra 120. also picked up some NB & sb coolers extreme spirits...

[The Viper]

heh guys how critical is it to get a NB cooler on this mobo. I really think the stock NB cooler is holding my clocks back, and holding back stability.

[shimmishim]

heh guys how critical is it to get a NB cooler on this mobo. I really think the stock NB cooler is holding my clocks back, and holding back stability.

very critical.

it gets hot REALLY fast even with 1.5 volts.

if you want to do more than 450, i'd replace the stock NB with something better.

[The Viper]

yep thats what I figured, Im going to pickup one this week... Thermalright HR-05-SLI.
ps. thanks shimmishim for answering my PM last week

[Radical_53]

Think about the SB too. I never believed this before I saw it myself -> it gets quite hot even with stock volts (ok, I removed all the stock heatsinks and heatpipes). A normal passive Zalman heatsink wasn't up to the job (at least not with SLI).

[The Viper]

Think about the SB too. I never believed this before I saw it myself -> it gets quite hot even with stock volts (ok, I removed all the stock heatsinks and heatpipes). A normal passive Zalman heatsink wasn't up to the job (at least not with SLI).

I dont think the SB will effect OCs too much or stability overall, but I could be wrong, if I am Ill think about getting something for it

[shimmishim]

anyone else successful over 500mhz?

[The Viper]

Im gonna try to hit 500FSB today, I did alot of OCing last Monday, messed with different RAM timings for about 4hrs, Ill post back if I can get it

[The Viper]

ok just ran some max fsb testing. I ran with 1.55NB all other volts on auto except CPU voltage. The max I got was 510, I was just trying to boot into windows and run a CPUz screenshot. I hit a FSB hole at 450, but ran tests @ 460,480,500,510, anything higher would post but I couldnt get into windows, the highest I tried was @520FSB

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[Leeghoofd]

Well highest stable I get from My Striker is 475Mhz orthos stable, 500 sin't stable errors out under a minute.... I love to run in sync and for me 400 x 9 is fab with 800Mhz speeds with tight timings

[The Viper]

Well highest stable I get from My Striker is 475Mhz orthos stable, 500 sin't stable errors out under a minute.... I love to run in sync and for me 400 x 9 is fab with 800Mhz speeds with tight timings

YEP, exactly my thoughts, I run it the same way

[NinjaZX6R]

AHHHH I can't decide if I want the gigabyte 650i board or this board!!! $130 open box is a good deal for this puppy

-Collin-

[shimmishim]

i don't know about the 650i gigabyte board but this one does 2 x 16x pci-e

yea, that open box at newegg is a sweet price... even the non plus is a steal as well!

[NinjaZX6R]

i don't know about the 650i gigabyte board but this one does 2 x 16x pci-e

yea, that open box at newegg is a sweet price... even the non plus is a steal as well!

2.6v ddr2 on the gigabyte was a bit too "amateur" for me!

Ordered the Plus open box and it will be here in a few days. Expect some benchmarks from me as well

-Collin-