Aluminum Caps ASUS P5B-E Plus Intel 965 chip Results

[AndreYang]

I just got from ASUS.

I shared some pics here.





























P5B Deluxe and P5B-E Plus






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BIOS is the same P5B-D







































Ready to test.








MB: P5B-E Plus
CPU: Retail E6400
Ram: GeIL DDR2 800 CL3 D9GCT
Cooler: Tower 120
Power: Zippy 850W
VGA: Matrox G450 PCI


FSB 400 4:5 DDR2 1000 4-4-3-4 Dual 32M






FSB 500 1:1 DDR2 1000 4-4-3-4 Dual 32M

[eXceeded]

whats the vdroop like? Nice OCs so far though .
500FSB straight is damn good!

[Doc Gyneco]

Interesting.

What does it have over the P5B-E to get the 'Plus' denomination?

[AndreYang]

whats the vdroop like? Nice OCs so far though .
500FSB straight is damn good!

Vdroop

[Supertim0r]

thanks for sharing
how hot is the chipset ?

[AndreYang]

Why a BIOS shot using an E6600 but all the SS from overclocking from an E6400?

Why switching CPUs?

I want to test FSB 500 first. I will post E6600 later.

[Psyire]

so... besides the aluminum caps & Northbridge HS, what is different with this board compared to the P5B-Deluxe?

[sierra_bound]

Thanks for pics, Andre.

[AndreYang]

so... besides the aluminum caps & Northbridge HS, what is different with this board compared to the P5B-Deluxe?

The layout is the same P5B Deluxe.

P5B Deluxe is 8 phase, but P5B-E Plus is 4 phase.

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Thanks Andre for sharing.

Apart from the 8 mosfets and 4 of it's driver ICs surroiunding the CPU, also one IC near the CPU fan connector (at the end of the ram yellow socket) is also gone too from Deluxe version. Wonder why that IC for ?

From the CPUZ screen mobo section, at the graphic interface part, it says AGP, I assumed you're using PCI graphic card right ?

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srry to ask,
but what difference does that give? 4-->8phase?

thx !

Better VCore, more phases means less ripple and better VRM on cpu load transient response (electronic speaks). Laymen term, faster & steady juice flow for the CPU when it needs it on sudden. Dunno if this is good enough for you ?

[Revv23]

srry to ask,
but what difference does that give? 4-->8phase?

thx !

usually cleaner power, but if the circuit is well designed it wont matter as much.

[Lestat]

i smell some mods coming! maybe even flashing the Dlx bios on it. as they probably are identicle bios's
thanks for the pics and such andre.

any idea on a price point ? i dont see any reason why it should be over $150.
maybe give the DS3 some competition.

i see its the C2 NB also.

ya know it would take a 10 cent piece of hardware for Asus to eliminate all droop why the hell do they insist on having every single board they make except for they most extreme units have such insane vdroop.
thats absolutely retarded and uncalled for and truly shows a loack of any type of caring about the quality of their hardware.
once again people will be forced to mod yet another asus board to make up for their insane vdroop.
but thanks for sharing the vdroop issue andre i thnk we all appreciate your honesty on that. its going to eliminate that board from alot of peoples purchases because of it.

[AndreYang]

Thanks Andre for sharing.

Apart from the 8 mosfets and 4 of it's driver ICs surroiunding the CPU, also one IC near the CPU fan connector (at the end of the ram yellow socket) is also gone too from Deluxe version. Wonder why that IC for ?

From the CPUZ screen mobo section, at the graphic interface part, it says AGP, I assumed you're using PCI graphic card right ?

I have no idea about that IC. My P5B-D IC is not very clear, but P5B-E has not that IC.

ya.....I use PCI Matrox G450.

[Concorde Rules]

What is the Asus V-Droop caused by? Bad design? BIOS design?

Other motherboards don't drop by 5% Vcore, 1-2% at most my SLI-DR.

Why haven't asus fixed it? :o

[metro.cl]

nice fsb andre

[AndreYang]

Conroe FSB 500 is no problem.


FSB 400 4:5 DDR2 1000



FSB 500 1:1 DDR2 1000

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Rev. 1.01 G ? I thought they just use the existing Rev.1.03G Dlx mobo and slapped it with fewer ICs ?

Andre, since you have that connection, is there any difference if it was made from China or Taiwan? My Dlx is from Taiwan.

[AndreYang]

Rev. 1.01 G ? I thought they just use the existing Rev.1.03G Dlx mobo and slapped it with fewer ICs ?

Rev 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 are just number because I have Rev.1.04G P5B-D and WS Pro.

It's not important that where made from. It's only feeling. Some people said MIT is a good quality, but nobody prove it.

[PcCI2iminal]

the vdroop looks very bad...

thanks for sharing

[situman]

does this board do the double shut down thing like other Asus boards?

[AndreYang]

does this board do the double shut down thing like other Asus boards?

ASUS already fixed 965 chip cold boot on new BIOS.

[Alexandrus]

Sorry to seem like a n00b, but I am a n00b with the P5B. How can you determine the board's revision ? I have my naked P5B-D here, everything stripped(coolers and heatsinks), I look at all the stickers, all the markings, no indication of the revision. Any help is appreciated.

By the way Andre, nice review and nice results. C2 P965 seems to hit 500MHz FSB easier than C1, but other than that, can you compare to the P5B-D and see any performance or OC differences ?

[ManagHead]

When does this board hit the retail market? And price?

[AndreYang]

FSB 500 SP2004*2