1st look on asus P5K-VM: G33 matx board (56K warning!)

[pvhk]

CNPS8700 in an asus vintage 3!
The CNPS will be replace by the thermalright ultima 90 in a few days!

[Mphs]

Nice!

I'm waiting Asus TM-551 case for my Asus P5K-VM.

I need to choose a cooler for E6420, maybe a Zalman or Ultima 90 i don't know.

I need to see the case and the prices!

[The Nemesis]

I'll be trying a q6600 with this board and the Silverstone NT-06 as well as the Zalman CNPS8700 this weekend.

[tam2]

I'll be trying a q6600 with this board and the Silverstone NT-06 as well as the Zalman CNPS8700 this weekend.

We'll be waiting....

-tam2-

[tasty]

I've tried Q6600 on G33M-DS2R build these days.
Fits great. G33M-DS2R can handle more than 200Watts going into the overclocked Q6600, which runs on 400 * 9.

but such heat can be only handled by water cool, which I have no time to build yet.

a light overclock to 3.0 Ghz or 3.2 Ghz is more recommended. the two frequencies both primed excellently on my rig.

Bios is F3

[tam2]

I've tried Q6600 on G33M-DS2R build these days.
Fits great. G33M-DS2R can handle more than 200Watts going into the overclocked Q6600, which runs on 400 * 9.

but such heat can be only handled by water cool, which I have no time to build yet.

a light overclock to 3.0 Ghz or 3.2 Ghz is more recommended. the two frequencies both primed excellently on my rig.

Bios is F3

Any Screenshot for that run?
Thanks

-tam2-

[pvhk]

Mounted the ultima90 in my matx case (asus vintage3) in place of the previous cnps8700!
Had to make some tweak in order to mount a papst 120mm :

[tasty]

Any Screenshot for that run?
Thanks

-tam2-

no, btw , a screen shot is not meaningful at all.
I have screen shots of 3200 & 3000 Mhz though.

I can tell you this board can handle that frequency easily, even higher.
The real question is, can you handle the super heated 200Watts Q6600 ?

why it generates so much heat is very understandable.
an overclocked E6600 can easily generate 130Watts.
Q6600 has two E6600's.

if you have some decent cooling maybe you can try to prime it for a few hours.

[Mphs]

pvhk, what's your MB temp in Asus Vintage 3 case?

[The Nemesis]

We'll be waiting....

-tam2-

My G0 suxs with this board, cooling, vdroop or onboard video use. I was able to get 335FSB stable with eist c1e speedstep etc enabled using auto vcore. But no more even with those options disabled and max vcore.

[pvhk]

pvhk, what's your MB temp in Asus Vintage 3 case?

mb temp is around 30°C thanks to the the zalman fan which cool down my sticks & the vrm memory...

[Mphs]

I think Zalman is better that Ultima 90 (not in performance) because Zalman refresh the board to and in this case (mini, low air flow) it's very important.

[dogsx2]

Got 4 days off and wanted to do some testing with the board. Dropped in a 6300 that will do 500 with ease and off we go. Microfly with sides and top off in 80F room. Cooler is not much better then stock. OC set to manual with everything auto except 2.1v for memory.



Remember the droop is terrible and with 4GB and only 2.1v I couldn't tighten up the timings. Needs a pencil mod bad.

This is a really good mATX board.

Got 6850 coming tomorrow and will try it.

[dogsx2]

Took mb out of case and put a TR 120 Ultra on it and did dual 32m at 7x500.



Upped it a little more to 7x510. Board really surprises me.

[dogsx2]

Just got the 6850 and first results.

[pvhk]

with my bios 304 the max vcore real is 1.54v (1.60v bios)!
In your case, with bios 401, you seem to have less vdroop: vcore@1.56v! What is the vcore you setted in bios?

[The Nemesis]

Wish I had never flashed the 401 bios myself. You can't flash back to the 304 in windows and my build doesn't have a floppy.

[dogsx2]

with my bios 304 the max vcore real is 1.54v (1.60v bios)!
In your case, with bios 401, you seem to have less vdroop: vcore@1.56v! What is the vcore you setted in bios?

I am at the top 1.60v, there are 2 of them. My board came with the 401.

Really need more memory volts. The cheap Ballistix's really is good memory so it works ok but would like to tweak it more. Someone has to know where a pencil goes for the droop.

[Mphs]

What's the best BIOS for this board?

I have the 0401 version.

[dogsx2]

What's the best BIOS for this board?

I have the 0401 version.

Mine came with 401 and you can see what my results are. Maybe the old bios is better, only know if you try it. I'm happy with what I got and sometimes that's better then flashing to something else. If I had problems I would not hesitate but I don't.

[dogsx2]

Put my 6850 back in and the little mb is surprising me. If it just had more volts for cpu and memory it would be really great. G0 really runs cool with TR 120 Ultra.




Vcore droop: 1.6v Bios (shows 1.54v in bios monitor)
1.56v Idle 1.52v Load



My favorite 3DMark: No LOD, like watching the pictures too much.

[pvhk]

vdroop mod by allsop!
http://www.overclocking-masters.com/...-vm-,t6203.htm

Thxs a lot man!

I did it! it works...

[K.I.T.T.]

Anyone got a vDIMM mod for more than 2.1v (something like 2.3 - 2.4v) ? Then, I reckon this board will be the perfect mATX mobo

[ziddey]

You got any good pictures of the area? I'm a little lazy to search at the moment, sorry, but I can help

[damasko]

anyone has problem with usb ports align within i/o shield?
the two first usb ports on the left, under keyboard port, can't be used.
devices don't plug in, because i/o shield partially covers them.