Asus P5B Deluxe 506X9 no mods

[Rol-Co]

The CPU may do 4.7GHz with LN2 cooling. It feels really strong.

I may have killed my P5W DH the other day when I was using dry ice. Real shame because it was a nice board.

965 boards are no good for benching Pi. I'm going back to 975X. But I'm not sure if I will get another P5W DH.

noo your'e kidding me.......you killed the p5w??

just be sure about that, i had several times that i thought he was dead, but after a wile it was running again.
let it dry, clear cmos for half a day and run it again.

[sierra_bound]

I haven't thrown the board in the garbage. Yes, I will let it dry out for the rest of the week. A few years ago, I had a board that appeared dead after a sub-zero session. But it came back to life.

[Metroid]

What is more likely? 3.8GHz?

I do a lot of Prime testing with Kentsfield because that will likely go into my daily system.

This is the xtreme overclocking section. If you're not into benching, stick to the Intel section.

Who did say to you that I'm not benching?

If you look around, not many people in this section run Prime. People are testing the absolute limits of their CPU's.

It was just a question, if you do not want to answear, Do not do.

I have not tested with dual-Prime in quite some time. I seem to recall the CPU passed dual-Prime at 3.8GHz with air-cooling. I'm not using the 6600 for 24/7 stability. I want to see how high it will clock. It is strictly for benching. I do a lot of Prime testing with Kentsfield because that will likely go into my daily system.

Thanks for the answear.

And who are you to lecture me about stability?

Am I lecturing you? Did I say something?

I'm just a user that want answears, you have the right not to answear if you want.

Your signature has a link to a CPU-Z Validation screen. To me, that says nothing about stability. That's simply a suicide screenshot.

Did I say that sign shows any level of instability? Suicide screenshot? It is better you rethink your comments. Flamming people is not going to take anywhere.

Prime is not fool-proof, you know. Numerous cases of people passing Prime and still having problems with games. .

We may say operational system, components, settings and other things could make games unstable or simple not work, that is not about stability.

When you test and overclock a lot like I do, you can generally tell what's going to be stable for daily use

Correct I agree with you.

By the way this your thread you have all the right to say anything, if you think I said something that you did not like. I just have to say sorry for all that have been said.

Anyway thanks for your feedback.

[AndreYang]

I found 0504 Bios is not stable. So 0502 is the best bios.

[Rol-Co]

bla bla bla.

Actually quite a few people here run 32M. You just need to look. Benchmark stability depends on the benchmark. If you're trying to break a speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, you don't really care about 24/7 stability. Same is true for drivers at the Indianapolis 500.

Extreme benchmarking is just a hobby for most people, many of whom have more than one computer. Never assume that people are going to use just one machine for everything under the sun.

This forum has always been about pushing a system to the absolute limits, hence the name "XtremeSystems". It's only in the past year or so that newer members have tried to shift the focus.

@Metroid
A quote from sierra bound in another topic, is exacly what happening here....


were at extreme systems here and don't care about stability, not either one wr is stable.....and nobody cares

[Metroid]

@Metroid
A quote from sierra bound in another topic, is exacly what happening here....


were at extreme systems here and don't care about stability, not either one wr is stable.....and nobody cares

I agree with you and either with sierra.

[sierra_bound]

There's nothing wrong with asking questions about Prime stability. But the xtreme overclocking section is not the place to do it. This forum is what it is today because of benchmarking. All the world's top overclockers post here. If you want to see the latest records, you come to this forum and this section. Some people don't care about benchmarking, which is fine. But they shouldn't post in this section.

[Gebba]

its nice to know how stable the klock is but the most importen is the result

i hope the board comes alive,but haven´t you any warrantys?

[sierra_bound]

Yes, the board is warrantied. But a replacement would probably not be as good as this board which overclocks better than any other P5W DH.

I've lost other boards that had no warranty. I just throw them in the garbage. It sucks when hardware dies, but I just shrug it off. No point in getting upset. This is an expensive hobby. You have to learn to deal with adversity.

[runmc]

Your overclocks are very admirable sierra_bound. You make me itch for the cold.
Keep on havin fun and don't sweat the small stuff buddy.

[sierra_bound]

Thanks. BTW, the Aopen board is still alive and kickin'.

[Moonraker™]

The more I keep seeing 506x9 the more I want this board.

[sierra_bound]

noo your'e kidding me.......you killed the p5w??

just be sure about that, i had several times that i thought he was dead, but after a wile it was running again.
let it dry, clear cmos for half a day and run it again.

There's a chance the board is still alive. I discovered my PSU was dying. I've had it for two and a half years. I've ordered a Zippy, but won't get it for a few days. I'll check the board then.

[Rol-Co]

ow, that's nice to here that (not for the psu ofcourse ), a shame if the board is dead, probable the best p5w on xs
l.u.k how this ends.

[sierra_bound]

Yes, I will be sure to let you know. Unfortunately I have only one other 24-pin PSU and it's the one in my daily system. I could have driven to the local electronics store to get a cheap PSU, but I'd rather wait for the good one to be delivered. I will be busy at work, so waiting a few days is no big deal.

[Stoolman]

Is the P5B that much slower than the P5W?
I had plans for a benching session with my X6800 on this board on LN2, but this kinda makes me wanna skip it.. i figured that 490*11 would be fast as hell, even in SuperPi, but i might be wrong...
Anyways, i have no proof or idea if i can even get to 490 on an 11 multi, but i guess everything must be tried.

Great OC'ing there sierra

[afireinside]

Impressive results

Is the board slow in 3d as well or just pi?

[sierra_bound]

Thanks everyone.

965 boards seem fine in SuperPi 1M. But they are really slow in 32M. From what I've read, 3D performance seem to be on a par with 975X boards. The big advantage of the 965 chipset is that you can hit high FSB without mods.

[AndreYang]

P5B Deluxe New Bios 0505

[sierra_bound]

Thanks Is it available on the Asus server?

[AndreYang]

Thanks Is it available on the Asus server?

not yet.

I got from RD today.


You got mail.

[dinos22]

andre do tell more

[Stoolman]

It is the same board, the only difference is the wifi module, wich of course is the first thing to be removed when starting to play with this mobo..

[Moonraker™]

It is the same board, the only difference is the wifi module, wich of course is the first thing to be removed when starting to play with this mobo..

? - Where'd that come from? Same board to what?

[geoal]

I need a clock genarator program that works with P5b Deluxe in order to increase the FSB from Windows. Does anyone knows something about? I tried with clockgen and setfsb but they don't work.