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

[OldGuy]

ok the big question is does the SB even need cooling?

I think the stock cooling is adequate. The problem would be if you want to WC the NB (or change any one of the three heatsinks). You would have to replace the upper left PWM HS and the SB HS. HR-05 SLI will most likely fit...I believe that was covered on the last page...

[computerpro3]

ugh I'm an idiot meant to say that I can't get stable at 3.6 with a chip that does 4.0 on water and 3.8 on air. Now I managed to get 3.6 on air but no further. Perhaps vdroop mod is needed.

[safan80]

I think the stock cooling is adequate. The problem would be if you want to WC the NB (or change any one of the three heatsinks). You would have to replace the upper left PWM HS and the SB HS. HR-05 SLI will most likely fit...I believe that was covered on the last page...

the stock cooling is not adequate in my eyes.
I already have a mosfet cool and a water block for the NB. my only issue is the SB. I don't think the HR-05 SLI will fit with my setup it will block removal of the second pci-express card and mounting it the other way it won't clear the ram.

my only bet seems to be the EnzoTech CNB-S1L One-Piece Forged Copper Southbridge Cooler. Thank you for answering the question about the Evercool VC-RE VGA/Chipset Cooler.

[Tekdemon]

Somewhat unrelated to overclocking, but the onboard audio chops like crazy for me...and my mouse slows down when this happens...I went googling and it seems like the P5B had pretty awful onboard sound support too. Oh well, good thing I was planning on installing my SB Live but still I can hardly believe the sound is this choppy (already ran through a bunch of possible settings and drivers and whatnot...happens pretty much no matter what lol).

[Severance]

My overclock. I will stress it over night. vcore 1.55v vdimm 2.25v Nb 1.5v. These same setts with same vcore would run 43c under full load with my last 4 motherbaords but on the p5k the temp sky rockets to 65c cant figure that out. water cooled chilled to 12c.

[burningrave101]

the stock cooling is not adequate in my eyes.
I already have a mosfet cool and a water block for the NB. my only issue is the SB. I don't think the HR-05 SLI will fit with my setup it will block removal of the second pci-express card and mounting it the other way it won't clear the ram.

And what gives you the impression that the SB cooling isn't adequate and that it's going to be what holds back your overclock? I haven't even seen anyone mention even upping the voltage to the SB at all for any overclock. I can't imagine it being hot enough to matter since the heatpipe assembly on my board is working rather well.

[mrcape]

And what gives you the impression that the SB cooling isn't adequate and that it's going to be what holds back your overclock? I haven't even seen anyone mention even upping the voltage to the SB at all for any overclock. I can't imagine it being hot enough to matter since the heatpipe assembly on my board is working rather well.

I interpreted it as him not being satisfied with the stock cooling in general and having parts to handle NB and mosfet. His inquiry about sb was asking if he needed any at all.

My heat pipes are working pretty well so far too, but it gets pretty warm around nb/cpu/ram and I'm eventually going to be trying it out with some other cooling just to see.

[burningrave101]

I interpreted it as him not being satisfied with the stock cooling in general and having parts to handle NB and mosfet. His inquiry about sb was asking if he needed any at all.

My heat pipes are working pretty well so far too, but it gets pretty warm around nb/cpu/ram and I'm eventually going to be trying it out with some other cooling just to see.

I dunno. I'm running 515Mhz FSB on mine with only 1.4v NB and stock SB and the NB and the rest of the heatpipe assembly don't hardly get more than warm. I don't even have direct cooling on the NB sink at the moment since I took out that extra 120mm fan I had mounted above my video card. Right now I just have a rear 120mm exhaust and two 120mm fans blowing down over the motherboard. My NB temp right now running small fft's is only 28C. Jumps up to low to mid 30's on large fft's.

[dekruyter]

4gb of Crucial running here; also no heat problems; doesn't even get warm at 460 fsb.

[mrcape]

I dunno. I'm running 515Mhz FSB on mine with only 1.4v NB and stock SB and the NB and the rest of the heatpipe assembly don't hardly get more than warm. I don't even have direct cooling on the NB sink at the moment since I took out that extra 120mm fan I had mounted above my video card. Right now I just have a rear 120mm exhaust and two 120mm fans blowing down over the motherboard. My NB temp right now running small fft's is only 28C. Jumps up to low to mid 30's on large fft's.

That's good to hear, I haven't gone that high fsb yet or rigged any loose fans around in there. I do intend to do that with one 40mm two 120s and an 80mm nmb fan that blows like a devil. I am having a lot of fun with this board.