P5K Premium Review with a E6600 and L724A G0 Q6600 (Link Fixed)

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Really sorry for any inconvenience caused yesterday because of the link broken.

(1) The Package






(2) The heatpipe and PWM Heatsink






(3) The back panel


(4) A look with a large heatsink VGA card


(5) BIOS
using AMI,


Jumperfree



Strap settings: 200, 266, 333, AUTO


Vcore Settings: 1.1V~1.7V, AUTO



CPU PLL Voltage: 1.5~2.2V, AUTO


FSB Termination Voltage: 1.2~1.5V, AUTO


Vdimm: 1.8V~2.55V, AUTO


NB Voltage: Auto, 1.25V - 1.95V


CPU Voltage Reference:


NB Voltage Reference:


CPU Voltage Damper: ENABLE can reduce the Vdroop


DRam Command Rate:


Transcation Booster: 0, 1, Level 1 is faster


DRam Static Read Control: I Disable it when clocking higher FSB


Hardware Monitioring: not enough information as ROG series



(6) Test with a E6600
Set Up
CPU: Intel E6600 L628B
MB: Asus P5K Premium
RAM: Team Xtreem DDR667 C3 1G X 2
Display Card: Nvidia 8800GTS 640M
WaterCooling:
Laing D5 Pump
BlackIce GTX Extreme 240
Dtek FuZion

Thermal Interface: LiquidPro

VDroop test:

CPU Voltage Damper Enable

BIOS VCORE = 1.3875V
Window Idle = 1.3600V
Full load = 1.3600V



Test on 450FSB X 8: 3600MHz, RAM@ 1125MHz, CL4-4-4-5

Except Vcore, VDimm, other voltages are the lowest in the BIOS

Transcation Booster: Disable

Ortho 15mins.


Superpi 1M: 14.109s


Superpi 32M: 13mins.36.703s


Sandra Bandwidth:
Int. Buffered: 8258MB/s
Float Buffered: 8286MB/s






Transcation Booster: Enable, Level 1

Superpi 1M: 14.078s


Superpi 32M: 13mins.26.610s


Sandra Bandwidth:
Int. Buffered: 8530MB/s
Float Buffered: 8568MB/s

We can see the performance is boosted.




1.52V, 4G (445 X 9), ram: 1112.6MHz CL4-4-4-5

Transcation Booster: Disable

Superpi 1M: 12.766s


Superpi 32M: 12mins.29.5s


4140MHz, superpi 1M passed: 12.422s


500FSB:

NB strap: Auto

5000FSB X 7 = 3500MHz, RAM @ 1000MHz

Transcation Booster: Enable Level 1, please also take a look of the Performance Level it changed by the MB.

Superpi 1M: 14.515s


Superpi 32M: 13mins.53.884s


Sandra Bandwidth:
Int. Buffered: 8471MB/s
Float Buffered: 8496MB/s


(7) Temperature of MB
Location of MB temp. sensor (PC Probe II)

http://support.asus.com.tw/faq/faq_r...Language=zh-tw

Location of T1


Location of T2


Location of T3
I missed the photo, it is at PWM right in front of the back panel

Full load Test:

Naked case, some air flow to T1 due to the PSU fan right beside the T1 location

T1: 34deg. C (PWM with a separate heatsink)


T2: 52deg. C(NB)


T3: 46deg. C (PWM with Heatpipe)


Room Temp: 25deg. C


Asus PC Probe II , MB temp: 37deg. C


(8) Overclocking of RAM:

@266Strap
2.25V @ DDR1200 CL5-5-5-12


@266Strap
2.50V @ DDR 1250 CL5-5-5-12














Q6600 G0 Test

1.36V @ 3600MHz, dual ortho Large FFT 30mins passed


1.58V,@ 4GHz Large FFT 24mins dual ortho passed


1.62V,@ 4GHz Small FFT 30mins dual orthos passed


500FSB X 7 Test: not easy to push to 500FSB for my Q6600



Changed to a lower temperature condition and test the clock:

WaterCooling + air conditioner direct blowing
Laing D5 Pump
BlackIce GTX Extreme 240
Dtek FuZion

4320MHz passed Superpi 1M:


4367 CPUZ Validation: