[18th Anniversary] Asus Black Pearl - P5k-Premium Testing Report

[AndyM]

So, is Power Consumption on P5K-Premium much lower than on P5K-Deluxe?

I'm asking this as P5K-Deluxe seems to consume about 20-40W more than Gigabyte and Abit P35 boards, for no reason at all really. At least according to TechReport and X-bit labs.

I'd like to see some tests myself. I'm wondering, could the power consumption differences be a result of the same vcore settings across the boards tested, but ASUS's voltage damper not letting the vcore droop as much resulting in more power draw in comparison to a droopier board?

That said, I wish ASUS came out with this instead of the Deluxe...I like the mosfet placement much better than the Deluxe I have, and cant return and exchange for the same priced Premium as it is too old, doooh!

[krille]

I'd like to see some tests myself. I'm wondering, could the power consumption differences be a result of the same vcore settings across the boards tested, but ASUS's voltage damper not letting the vcore droop as much resulting in more power draw in comparison to a droopier board?

That said, I wish ASUS came out with this instead of the Deluxe...I like the mosfet placement much better than the Deluxe I have, and cant return and exchange for the same priced Premium as it is too old, doooh!

Yup, that's what I suspect myself. I wonder what happens to the power consumption of a vdroop modded IP35 Pro?

[sobol]

Guys is there any proof that Premium is better of Delux in terms of OC.

Did anyone changed his mb from deluxe to premium and noticed 20 mhz higher stable oc on CPU or mem or something ?

Also vdrop is that giving you any stability problem with deluxe ? Coz i can't see any advantage in fixing that anyway.

[TWY]

Seems like there are a lot of minute differences on the P5K Premiums depending on batch and factory.

The one on Newegg site has PCB made in Taiwan and MEC inductor beside the DIMM slots.

The one on the first page has all round RIO inductors.

I have two Premiums, one has RIO inductors all round but CPU area is 'brandless R68', and the second premium has a MEC inductor for the DIMMs but 'brandless R68' for the CPU area. Even the DIMM slot manufacturers are different for both boards! I'm getting a board with all 4 slots having the same kind of clips, while the other has differing pairs (like the one on the front page)!


I haven't come across any other brand that has so many differing components for the same revision number.

But I like the Premium, clocking my previously stubborn Crucial 10th Anniversary much better than my old board.

[Kilyin]

Seems like there are a lot of minute differences on the P5K Premiums depending on batch and factory.

The one on Newegg site has PCB made in Taiwan and MEC inductor beside the DIMM slots.

I just got one from newegg and it says "PCB made in China"

[Heidfirst]

I'm wondering, could the power consumption differences be a result of the same vcore settings across the boards tested, but ASUS's voltage damper not letting the vcore droop as much resulting in more power draw in comparison to a droopier board?

you're talking about a max of probably 0.1V & on average more like 0.05V - whilst it may be a partial reason I can't see it being the whole reason for a 20-40W difference.