"ASUS P5Q Deluxe discussion".

[CryptiK]

Am i right, does -E and Deluxe have same NB cooling ? Atleast it looks like perfectly same

From pics it looks to be the same, except the P5Q-E has no heatpipe from NB to SB, and I've read that it has no backplates on the Mosfet sinks as it has 8 phase PWM and no fets on the backside of the board.

475 FSB, 333 strap, 5:6, 8GB RAM at DDR2-1140, tRD 8 / vMCH 1.40, vDimm 2.0v


448 FSB, 266 strap, 4:5, 8GB RAM at DDR2-1120, tRD 7 / vMCH 1.44, vDimm 2.0v


from past experience with this board, in order for me to set tRD 7 when system overcloked above 400fsb, this used to be possible only to use 400 strap (e.g. 400fsb / DDR1066, 450fsb / DDR1200).
also, my gskill 8GB kits (2 kits of 2x2GB) have never overclocked well on this board, the ram kits are not a very good overclocking ram by themself, however, the ram kits can now be overclocked to DDR2-1140 (and not on a low fsb), this used to be max stable at around DDR2-1128 for 8GB.

That's really nice to see that FSB with a quad and 8GB of ram at that speed stable. What is Ai Clock Twister set to and are you running static read control and dram read training enabled? They gave me a nice boost in performance, as did running clock twister on stronger. Not sure if you could manage that with a quad + 8GB at those speeds though.

I'm just happy to be stable; the system is far more powerful than my needs anyway. Fast, quiet and able to game with insane FPS when needed. I enjoyed the learning process but I'd be quite happy never to sit doing prime95 runs again Can see this system lasting a few years for me.

Good to see a wholly satisfied person, your setup is nice.