Asus P5N-E SLI small review

[skootyloops]

You push the little metal clips on each side out and lift up on the card.

When you flip the card the other way you might want to be a little forceful. I had a problem last weekend from it not seating properly and the second card wasn't detected.

I didnt think of pulling it up. Thanks for that, also I did it and it doesnt seem to be detecting the second card. I guess I should be more forceful

Wierd though that I have 8x pci-e lanes in the first slot detected but the second card doesnt even get noticed.

[geof]

I already have one of those on the way to replace my dead p5b deluxe. The P5N-E will probably be relegated to duty at the office with some cheap ram and an E4300. The P5N-E is totally stable at 3.6ghz, but always fails prime and reboots within 20 seconds at 3.7 ghz. I've tried 1.425v to 1.6v with no luck.

great
tell us your impressions about it asap

[PanteraGSTK]

nb is still too hot with HR-05? did you put a fan on it ?
what would be interesting is to know what's the nb voltage set in "auto", maybe you could try another value

I hadn't put the HR-05 on yet. I did that last night. Install was easy for nb and sb, I just had to position them just right. For some reason my pc still won't go past 30 seconds of orthos blend. WTF? It doesn't matter if it is stock settings or 3.4ghz. Why? Is there another issure I'm missing? This sucks, I hope I diddn't waste money on those HR-05's when the NB wasn't my problem. However, I did turn the nb voltage to 1.75 last night to run an orthos test and I stopped it just short of 8 hours, so maybe that's not my problem, because it usually rebooted itself before that.

Another odd thing happened. I lapped my cpu and pressure mounted my infinity with a push push config (two fans perpendicular to each other) and my temps aren't all that much better, but I think that is because the AS5 hasn't settled yet. Also, the OC in my sig is no longer possible. It won't boot at 500fsb any more? What did I do wrong? If this continues I'll be putting my S3 back in and RMAing this sucker.

EDIT: Just thought of something. Could warping my motherbord have anything to do with not booting to 500fsb any more?

[geof]

I hadn't put the HR-05 on yet. I did that last night. Install was easy for nb and sb, I just had to position them just right. For some reason my pc still won't go past 30 seconds of orthos blend. WTF? It doesn't matter if it is stock settings or 3.4ghz. Why? Is there another issure I'm missing? This sucks, I hope I diddn't waste money on those HR-05's when the NB wasn't my problem. However, I did turn the nb voltage to 1.75 last night to run an orthos test and I stopped it just short of 8 hours, so maybe that's not my problem, because it usually rebooted itself before that.

Another odd thing happened. I lapped my cpu and pressure mounted my infinity with a push push config (two fans perpendicular to each other) and my temps aren't all that much better, but I think that is because the AS5 hasn't settled yet. Also, the OC in my sig is no longer possible. It won't boot at 500fsb any more? What did I do wrong? If this continues I'll be putting my S3 back in and RMAing this sucker.

EDIT: Just thought of something. Could warping my motherbord have anything to do with not booting to 500fsb any more?

so even with HR-05 you can't pass an orthos blend test , even @ stock ? that's strange ...
When you did 8 hours orthos with 1,75v nb which test was it ?

For your temps it's normal, thermal paste as AS5 is full effective nearly 16 hours after being installed, so just wait some days and compare another time.

Warping your mb should not prevent you to boot @ 500, on the contrary you cool better nb and sb with HR-5 so you should see improvements ...

[PanteraGSTK]

so even with HR-05 you can't pass an orthos blend test , even @ stock ? that's strange ...
When you did 8 hours orthos with 1,75v nb which test was it ?

For your temps it's normal, thermal paste as AS5 is full effective nearly 16 hours after being installed, so just wait some days and compare another time.

Warping your mb should not prevent you to boot @ 500, on the contrary you cool better nb and sb with HR-5 so you should see improvements ...

Thats what I thought. I ran the small FFT test and no problems. I just wonder whats going on with the blend test. I'm thinking about putting my S3 back in to see if my memory might be the problem. Maybe pushing 2.5v through it, even for a short time, may have hurt it. I hope that's not the problem. I guess I'll start pushing it hard when I get home today. I should have brought it to work with me. I really don't want to rma this board. I'll have to undo all the work I did yesterday. I have looked everywhere and can't find someone that has the orthos blend problem I'm experiencing. What components are stressed during the blend test?

[PanteraGSTK]

OK. I just read that this board is pickey about ram. Well, mine is great and is supposed to be one that works with it. Maybe I need to mess with my subtimings? I still don't understand why I can't get to 500fsb. I think I'm gonna go get the stupid thing at lunch so I can figure this out.

[geof]

yes that's what i wanted to tell you : this mb has issue with some ram.
try your gskill in single and in black and yellow slot , maybe you'll find how to pass a blend orthos

[PanteraGSTK]

yes that's what i wanted to tell you : this mb has issue with some ram.
try your gskill in single and in black and yellow slot , maybe you'll find how to pass a blend orthos

Already found that black slots are more stable, I'm getting new ram anyway, so no big deal, I guess I'll have to run it at stock ram speeds. Now to see if my cpu will oc again. Thanks for your input. Hopefully I will see an OC difference with the HR-05's.

[geof]

ok so try with another ram and in single if necessary to be sure that it's not the problem.
I hope too that HR-05 will allow you to push your oc further

[PanteraGSTK]

ok so try with another ram and in single if necessary to be sure that it's not the problem.
I hope too that HR-05 will allow you to push your oc further

One stick. OK I'll give that a try. I need to find some cheap ram to play with. I need to find some of those hynix (?) chips that will go over 600mhz. What ram would you reccomend for 600mhz 5-5-5-15 at 2.35v or so? Is there even ram that can do that and not cost $600us?

[PanteraGSTK]

Here is vdroop according to OCCT.



It passes orthos blend now. I reseated my memory, so I think that was it. I still Cant boot at 500fsb any more though.

[PanteraGSTK]

Here is another at 3150mhz. the first graph is vcore 1.325v in BIOS with +100mv. The second is 1.35v and +100mv. Strangely enough, the actual for both (according to speedfan) was 1.39v.

[sbinh]

Nothing strange .... It is because you are enable +100mV .. Which means your REAL vcore set in BIOS will be vcore + 0.1V

[PanteraGSTK]

Here is 3400mhz. It is stable at this speed finally. Now I can concentrate on my memory, and save money for my e6600.



Here are the temp graphs for the two cores. The lapping and pressure mounting seem to have paid off. I'm happy with the results. I can boot at 500fsb again, but have not gotten it stable. It sure did act odd for a little bit.

[geof]

choose vcore without the +100mv offset option it seems to create less vdroop ( 1.4 for example instead of 1.3v+100mv option )

If you really want 600 5/5/5 24/7 you don't have onather solution than to take very good D9 chips like D9GKX or D9GMH and it's really expensive ...
maybe it could help you to choose : http://ramlist.ath.cx/ddr2/

[geof]

Pantera why you don't do the vdroop pencil mod ? it's really easy and works !

[malik22]

Hi guys


Im building a system with a E4300 or E6300 what 650 sli board would be better for me the ASUS P5N-E SLI or the msi p6n Sli fi?

[PanteraGSTK]

Pantera why you don't do the vdroop pencil mod ? it's really easy and works !

I'm going to as soon as I decide whether or not to rma this thing. I'm still getting random restarts. I'm not through testing yet, so we'll see.

[geof]

Hi guys


Im building a system with a E4300 or E6300 what 650 sli board would be better for me the ASUS P5N-E SLI or the msi p6n Sli fi?

first i would recommand you to take a E6300 with N650i because E4300 seems to have problems with it.
MSI one is a good mb with less vdroop but for what i saw on french forums heatsink on nb is not very good and sometimes not well attached ...
FSB holes appear in each mb so it's the same ...
Maybe P5N-E SLI can go higher in fsb when you're lucky and find a good one

[geof]

I'm going to as soon as I decide whether or not to rma this thing. I'm still getting random restarts. I'm not through testing yet, so we'll see.

ok
i hope your problems will be solved soon

[malik22]

first i would recommand you to take a E6300 with N650i because E4300 seems to have problems with it.
MSI one is a good mb with less vdroop but for what i saw on french forums heatsink on nb is not very good and sometimes not well attached ...
FSB holes appear in each mb so it's the same ...
Maybe P5N-E SLI can go higher in fsb when you're lucky and find a good one

Thx for your reply what type of fsb can i expect with a 6300 and msi p6n Sli fi?

[geof]

Thx for your reply what type of fsb can i expect with a 6300 and msi p6n Sli fi?

i saw around 460
here's a screen i saw :
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/4618/oc3200918rt5.jpg

[Kobalt]

If anyone has an extra I/O plate, I would really appreciate it. I'll pay the shipping.

[geof]

If anyone has an extra I/O plate, I would really appreciate it. I'll pay the shipping.

maybe you can ask Asus one, you have nothing to loose and i'm sure it's possible

[PanteraGSTK]

ok
i hope your problems will be solved soon

I'm going to keep it. I did the vdroop mod, but still get about .02v droop under heaviest load. I'm going to redo it and see if it helps. I have it stable at 3548mhz right now and am happy. The vdroop mod really helped my stability wise. I still haven't found what vcore I need for stability, more testing to come. I'm thinking about doing a NB vmod. I think the 1.75v limit is holding back my fsb clocking. Stable at 507fsb now. I'm thinking of getting a stiker extreme after playing with this board. I've always liked Nvidia chipsets, and I am going to make many htpc so this one won't go to waste. That board will be further on down the road though. Let's see how high I can get this one before I change anything. I'm going to get a xeon 3060 to play with and hopefully a phase unit, so I won't need a new board for a while.