***OFFICIAL Asus P5K-E/WiFi Thread

[Xvys]

Does this board clock the same as the P5K premium. I am stuck to a budget and its either the P5K-E the P5K "Basic"

I'm not sure about the differences, but Asus has another P5K model, the "SE", which is about $25 cheaper than the "Basic", which retailers don't seem to be promoting very much? It was on sale here for $98 a couple of weeks back.

I have the P5K Deluxe, which was included in a pre-built system I recently purchased. If I were on a real tight budget I would consider a used P5B, which can usually be picked up on craiglist for $60. NCIX had 2g OCZ gold 6400 for $19 last wk, I bought 2g Ballistix 6400 for $45. Cheaper yet would be a lower speed Athlon X2 which people are dumping for cheap, coupled with a Newegg openbox AM2 board, $30?

My P5B vanilla/E6300 reached the same 3.73GHz as the P5K-D, albeit the P5K needs lower voltage and runs cooler. It could probably go higher, but I am satisfied with a 100% overclock. The sweet spot on my P5B was 450 x 7 (3.15GHz) @ 1.31v, while the P5K is cooler with 500 x 7 (3.5GHz) @ 1.37v.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...nufacture=ASUS

[Rovtar]

anyone else has problems with installing sound drivers?

i get error hda driver needed and not found or something like that :S

[cnumartyr]

I found something kind of random..

So I got 400 MHz Bus easily. I had to use 1.4v to the NB. If I dropped NB to 1.25 it would boot but would not initialize the display. I know it made it into windows because the Logitech G15 LCD screen would work normally showing me Processes, RAM Usage, and RivaTuner, but the monitor wouldn't work. Just by changing the NB voltage to 1.4 (after a clear CMOS) it would work just fine.

Anyone run into this issue at all? I was hoping to get 400 on stock voltage, but I'm wondering if this just won't be the case.

[Kain665]

Got another P5KE from another vendor.

All good so far!

This one however came in a blue box (not black like the other 2 I had) and also with a 7 series bios.

Has anyone else come across this?

Yeah, it seems the newer batches ship in blue boxes... wierd.

[mikaelc]

Mine was blue too (2 weeks old).

[RottenMutt]

I picked up a P5K-E at frys to see how much better this will overclock then my Abit AW9D-Max. So i loaded my e6700 cpu and 1000MHz G.Skill memory to find i can't even hit a 333FSB. I increased the ram voltage to 2.3 and set the timmings, set cpu voltage to 1.40v.
what am i doing wrong?

[Kain665]

Reset the cmos manually (jumper, battery - you know). Some out of the box p5ks have screwy settings and need to be reset.

[Polizei]

Im thinking about picking this board up in within a month. How is it as far as overclocking Core 2? Ive got an E6600 and will probably migrate to an E8400 when Penryn is released.

Is the P5K-E different from the P5K-E/WIFI other than the WIFI reciever? All I care about is the overclocking.

[cnumartyr]

Im thinking about picking this board up in within a month. How is it as far as overclocking Core 2? Ive got an E6600 and will probably migrate to an E8400 when Penryn is released.

Is the P5K-E different from the P5K-E/WIFI other than the WIFI reciever? All I care about is the overclocking.

Same board, but Wifi doesn't have a heatsink on the upper MOSFETs and employs a heat-pipe solution from the NB to the I/O side heat sink.

I like the regular model.. It runs good FSB without much problem on quads. Seens some fun numbers on duals (500+). It's a great price/performance part.

[Polizei]

My E6600 is the first batch, got it the day it came out. I can hit 385 FSB, but nothing more. Awful wall.

Hoping an E8400 will clock better.

Glad to see the P5K-E is the same as the WIFI minus the reciever with a heatsink added. I like how the -E doesnt have the heatpipe... can use my HR-05 without voiding the warranty.

[Kain665]

whats with all you people with low fsbs? im at 500 at 1.4v nb....

[Polizei]

Im at 9x385 @ 1.425vcore, 1.70v nb... Nothing more. I can go up to 1.65vcore and 1.75v nb and I dont get any further.

First batch E6600... got it the first day it was avaliable to the public.

[Mister2]

I'm having trouble getting very far over 400 FSB w/ 1.7v on the NB... Mine is a newer board (blue box). I think it's most likely a heat issue, but I'm not sure about what to replace the stock cooling solution with. Any suggestions folks?

Also, it would be great if anybody could post up some tips about optimizing all of those BIOS settings, I'm getting lost in there =)

[SpRoX]

What is max FSB for you guys? I did short test at 500MHz yesterday with everything on auto (6x500) and it ran perfectly... Nice to know what the board can do before I buy a 45nm cpu!

[ChuckM]

The board appears to have been removed from Newegg's site. They had it for $139.99 and it went out of stock, now it's off my list and the site??!*? That's OK, I'll just get one somewhere else.

[cnumartyr]

The board appears to have been removed from Newegg's site. They had it for $139.99 and it went out of stock, now it's off my list and the site??!*? That's OK, I'll just get one somewhere else.

Yea had a friend who ordered it the other day. He ordered the "Plain" P5K-E and was delivered the Wifi. Sans heat sink on the upper MOSFETS as well.. He wasn't too happy.

[Zeus]

I picked up a P5K-E at frys to see how much better this will overclock then my Abit AW9D-Max. So i loaded my e6700 cpu and 1000MHz G.Skill memory to find i can't even hit a 333FSB. I increased the ram voltage to 2.3 and set the timmings, set cpu voltage to 1.40v.
what am i doing wrong?

Disable DRAM static read control in bios, having this enabled makes mine very unstable.

Im thinking about picking this board up in within a month. How is it as far as overclocking Core 2? Ive got an E6600 and will probably migrate to an E8400 when Penryn is released.

Is the P5K-E different from the P5K-E/WIFI other than the WIFI reciever? All I care about is the overclocking.

Board clocks rather good, max fsb for me is 530 with E6600.



It clocks my Ballistix 8500 good as well.

[cnumartyr]

Great results on that Ballistix Zeus.

Here's what I got on my Transcend DDR2-800.



Here are some air results on a Q6600.. haven't found max FSB yet, still working on minimizing voltages at 400 MHz Bus. 1.4 NB and 1.3 FSB Termination is the lowest I can pull so far at 400 Bus and keep it 8 hour blend stable. 1.2 FSB Term got me an error about 5 hours in.

[Rovtar]

anyone knows why i can't install sound drivers...

i have installed sp3 rc1, my rig is in signature

[somekindofhate]

I ordered my P5K-E Wifi on 12/6/2007 12:49:32 PM from newegg and I went back to look and it's been deactivated? That's lame. But what is more lame is how I can get 399 FSBx9 but if I try to go to 400 I get BSOD entering windows? I have DDR-800 Ballistix in Dual 1g kit. Anyone know what i'm doing wrong. I've only played with FSB and Dampener

[Zeus]

anyone knows why i can't install sound drivers...

i have installed sp3 rc1, my rig is in signature

Do you have the sound device enabled in bios?

[cnumartyr]

I ordered my P5K-E Wifi on 12/6/2007 12:49:32 PM from newegg and I went back to look and it's been deactivated? That's lame. But what is more lame is how I can get 399 FSBx9 but if I try to go to 400 I get BSOD entering windows? I have DDR-800 Ballistix in Dual 1g kit. Anyone know what i'm doing wrong. I've only played with FSB and Dampener

What's the RAM running at when you go to 400 MHz Bus?

[somekindofhate]

RAM is 1:1 which would make sense if im trying to accomplish 400 Mhz FSB with DDR800

[Shark-357]

What is max FSB for you guys? I did short test at 500MHz yesterday with everything on auto (6x500) and it ran perfectly... Nice to know what the board can do before I buy a 45nm cpu!

I got 550 with 8500es didnt try higher yet.

[ChuckM]

Here's a link for overclocking the P5K boards. Hope some can find what they're looking for.

http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...s-p5k-add.html