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

[thefiddler]

Hmm, looks like this one is supposed to be for Intel Desktop Boards only, according to Intel's website.

[theonlybabyface]

Hmm, looks like this one is supposed to be for Intel Desktop Boards only, according to Intel's website.

Like I said, works like a charm on my P5K Premium.

[jamiee]

progress report --

For a bit of added insurance I upped the NB voltage to 1.70 and currently have a clock of (7x535MHz = 3745MHz) going.

Not a world record by any stretch... but still more than I had expected these parts would get me on air without going to the extent of lapping heatsinks and such.

Its also hard to say which type of overclocking is going to work better over the long run. Both max CPU and max FSB have their strong points, it just depends on what I'm doing with the system at a given time that determines which is faster.

[sesdave]

progress report --

For a bit of added insurance I upped the NB voltage to 1.70 and currently have a clock of (7x535MHz = 3745MHz) going.

Not a world record by any stretch... but still more than I had expected these parts would get me on air without going to the extent of lapping heatsinks and such.

Its also hard to say which type of overclocking is going to work better over the long run. Both max CPU and max FSB have their strong points, it just depends on what I'm doing with the system at a given time that determines which is faster.

Have a look at this re max cpu or FSB - its an interesting article.http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=195 helped me fully understand what I have been doing for the last couple of years.

[jamiee]

Have a look at this re max cpu or FSB - its an interesting article.http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=195 helped me fully understand what I have been doing for the last couple of years.

Thank's, I've used that page in the past... very useful indeed.

Now testing at (7x540MHz = 3780MHz)

I also bought one of those OCZ XTC memory coolers yesterday. Kinda figured since I've been pushing things a bit that installing one certainly couldn't hurt.
Talk about bright blue LED's though!

[sesdave]

Thank's, I've used that page in the past... very useful indeed.

Now testing at (7x540MHz = 3780MHz)

I also bought one of those OCZ XTC memory coolers yesterday. Kinda figured since I've been pushing things a bit that installing one certainly couldn't hurt.
Talk about bright blue LED's though!

Your going well with that E6850. whats your BIOS settings and the CPU batch number . I have one in the drawer - an L719B027 I have been meaning to sell .I stopped using it when I bought the q6600 - it would boot 495x8 but seemed to have a 500FSB wall. I might dig it out and give it another try as I havent got the cooling to get the quad above 3.6 and have nothing to do apart from wait for games.

[jamiee]

Your going well with that E6850. whats your BIOS settings and the CPU batch number . I have one in the drawer - an L719B027 I have been meaning to sell .I stopped using it when I bought the q6600 - it would boot 495x8 but seemed to have a 500FSB wall. I might dig it out and give it another try as I havent got the cooling to get the quad above 3.6 and have nothing to do apart from wait for games.

CPU Batch number is: L719B095
Pack Date: 07/20/07


NOTE: RAM timings are a bit loose (I plan to try tightening them later once I have the overclock I'm looking for) Voltages aren't set in stone either.