ASUS P5K Deluxe - Intel P35 Bearlake + E6600 B1 / Q6600 B3

[burningrave101]

Real quick, has anyone done a performance comparison between P35 and 975X? How do they compare clock for clock say both at 400fsb DDR2 800. Whats gonna run faster? I still havent been quite sure in reading about the P35, some say better than 965, some say about the same....

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...px?i=2993&p=10

[ChaosMinionX]

Hmmm....seems the BadAxe2 gets rocked haha.....Anyone want a BX2?

[bingo13]

guys with Q6600 reboot issues tried raising NB and/or vFSB volts ?

It is a problem with the BIOS, the latest P5K3 0411 BIOS solved most of the Quad reboot issues, ASUS is working on a update for the P5K now.

[The Nemesis]

Hmm, this board is now available @ my local Fry's. Must resist, must resist

[eva2000]

It is a problem with the BIOS, the latest P5K3 0411 BIOS solved most of the Quad reboot issues, ASUS is working on a update for the P5K now.

oh it is ? only happens with some quads right ? maybe my Q6600 B3 ES is different from retail heh

[OldGuy]

Hmm, this board is now available @ my local Fry's. Must resist, must resist

You can do it! You can do it! I just came from Fry's and they had a half dozen or so way up high where Monkey boy couldn't touch it. Couldn't see the price tag but I'm sure it was 269+...was hoping to find just a plain ol' P5K to torture...

[orion23]

Here are some pictures from my build, I'll post my brother's later...

[bingo13]

Hmm, this board is now available @ my local Fry's. Must resist, must resist

Go buy it... really, go buy it... Next BIOS release is looking really good for memory performance improvement and solving reboot issues.

[bingo13]

oh it is ? only happens with some quads right ? maybe my Q6600 B3 ES is different from retail heh

The ES chips have been fine, all three retail Quads have had issues on both boards with warm reboots and recovery not working at all. I probably have removed the video card about 50 times to clear CMOS during Quad testing.

[bingo13]

Hmmm....seems the BadAxe2 gets rocked haha.....Anyone want a BX2?

At stock speeds, yes. Running the BX2 at 330 with the 800 strap makes up a lot of ground and then some with the P5K set at the same 330 FSB/memory settings (you cannot change the strap on the P5K currently so it is at 1066).

[bmg]

Go buy it... really, go buy it... Next BIOS release is looking really good for memory performance improvement and solving reboot issues.

Any chance you could ask your contacts at Asus to add the ability to disable cores? Quite a few other boards support that.

[_JP_]

It is a problem with the BIOS, the latest P5K3 0411 BIOS solved most of the Quad reboot issues, ASUS is working on a update for the P5K now.

Do you know anything about 4 sata problems??

In my case when i have raid0 on 2 of them, one of the others desapear

[OldGuy]

Go buy it... really, go buy it... Next BIOS release is looking really good for memory performance improvement and solving reboot issues.

You really like the board that much bingo? I'm sittin' here eye ballin my my IN9 32X-MAX that I just threw together to test a new X6800 (L631A which is looking like it's going to be a pretty good one) and I'm really itchin' to waste some money and put this Abit back up for sale...

[The Nemesis]

Go buy it... really, go buy it... Next BIOS release is looking really good for memory performance improvement and solving reboot issues.

If you say so then I must . Let me see If I can make it there b4 they close.

[highoctane]

So far I haven't had any warm or cold boot issues at all with mine using a Q6600, it came with the 0202 bios.

The qwerk I've experienced with autorecovery is that I have to remove three of four sticks of ram which for me happens to be easier than removing my video card to reset the jumper and redo all my bios settings.

For some reason if I remove three sticks of ram autorecovery works everytime, after saving and exiting the bios I reinstall the ram, haven't had to touch the reset jumper since figuring this out.

[OldGuy]

If you say so then I must . Let me see If I can make it there b4 they close.

I just got back...again This board better be good bingo!!

[eva2000]

Go buy it... really, go buy it... Next BIOS release is looking really good for memory performance improvement and solving reboot issues.

ah memory performance improvements are always welcomed

The ES chips have been fine, all three retail Quads have had issues on both boards with warm reboots and recovery not working at all. I probably have removed the video card about 50 times to clear CMOS during Quad testing.

Ah that would explain a few things

[The Nemesis]

Got mine too Bingo can I borrow a Quad

[ineedaname]

Hey orion23 do u think a hr-05 will fit on that NB with that TR ultra 120 x there?

[orion23]

Hey orion23 do u think a hr-05 will fit on that NB with that TR ultra 120 x there?

For the HR-05 "SLI", it sure looks like it could. There a lot of space between the HSF and the Video card.

The regular HR-05 could fit. The HSF overlaps the NB a bit, but it might work!

[safan80]

the p5k dlx looks like a great board. I may get one.

[Bootsy]

Do you know anything about 4 sata problems??

In my case when i have raid0 on 2 of them, one of the others desapear

Try using only the 4 red sata connectors, I had the same issue until i used only the red connectors.

No reboot issues with my quadcore retail qx6700 and i am running 490x7.

[_JP_]

Try using only the 4 red sata connectors, I had the same issue until i used only the red connectors.

No reboot issues with my quadcore retail qx6700 and i am running 490x7.

Well I have 4 sata disks and 1 sata dvdrw.

No matter what config i use, always the same disk disappear


About cold boots, i don't know what are you meaning but i have problems with my QX6700.
If it starts well, i can run prime with no errors in windows. Sometimes it starts but freeze entering vista.

I had lots of problems to install vista, im starting entering my serial number and the mouse and the pc freeze...

This things happens with OC, stock i think i have no problems with cold boots.


bingo13, give us the new bios please...i cant use my pc with this one

[426hemi]

Well I have 4 sata disks and 1 sata dvdrw.

No matter what config i use, always the same disk disappear


About cold boots, i don't know what are you meaning but i have problems with my QX6700.
If it starts well, i can run prime with no errors in windows. Sometimes it starts but freeze entering vista.

I had lots of problems to install vista, im starting entering my serial number and the mouse and the pc freeze...

This things happens with OC, stock i think i have no problems with cold boots.


bingo13, give us the new bios please...i cant use my pc with this one

I have a problem running 2 hitachi's in raid 0. Sometimes it won't even install xp other times it randomly bsod's in xp with iastor.sys error. It does however recognize my third hitachi drive.

[_JP_]

I have a problem running 2 hitachi's in raid 0. Sometimes it won't even install xp other times it randomly bsod's in xp with iastor.sys error. It does however recognize my third hitachi drive.

It recognizes 3 here, the problem its the 4...

Another strange thing i have notice.

In Vista, if im at stock i can open control panel.
If i made OC, the control panel blinks and don't open.

I use my QX at 3.3Ghz for everyday, its the same speed i used in evga nf680.

I tried 367x9, 415x8, 472x7...and the last one, once windows starts can run prime for hours...