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

[Fearlessleader]

Glad you made progress. The MB really shows its stuff best with a Q6600 though. Be suprised if you make 3.6 on an E6600 with less than 1.45v - things must have improved since I had one-lol! I wouldnt bother with the liquid pro - really messy to get on and off for little gain if any over latest non conductive pastes. Check them out instead - especially with a water block. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...postcount=1831. Do a razor check on the CPU before you consider lapping - if its not concave and flat already its probably not worth the effort lapping . Try PCwizard for displaying temps - no F8 driversigning problems. Its neat and displays more than coretemps on screen when minimised. http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

I think this board and chip still have a bit more to offer and as I test I will glad to give my findings. I don't really think the Q6600 can bring anything more to the table because it's really the same core, just 2 more of them on one die. Which means more heat!! and I need to do some testing with the E6850 chip first but I think the same will hold true faster cores often have less headroom or little more to gain. I at least saw this with this board already with a e6700 that I have tested too. It seemed to me both where being limited only by my cooling solution not the board or memory. Heat has been the only reason I did not push any one of the chips more that I have so far.


I will give that Grease a try. The price is cheap enough, the Zalman I am using is real good but I have a feeling that it just got old and seperated and settled. So I thought to give something else a try, so this sounds good.

I really liked Coretemp they just need to get the driver signed to make it great. I like real simple program for simple tasks. Speedfan was nice and I still use it now for just every day use and keep in mind how much its off. I will try the PCwizard too.

I will check the cpu with a straight edge for flat but I just thought that the polished surface helped too. Also it don't cost much but a bit of time and every little bit helps. That was why I thought lap the block the cpu and use the liquid pro, If I get 2C for each thing I just get 6c cooler. Just my 2 cents