I tried doing the vDroop pencil mod, and all it did was make everything really unstable. Eg before vDroop mod, on BIOS 502 I can get 3.6Ghz stable with 1.625v BIOS (Q6600 B3, so it likes the voltage), but once I did the vDroop mod (even just a very light shade), I'd get random restarts and BSODs. Undid the pencil mod with an eraser, and everything was back to normal.

But so far, I've had the P5E for about 2 weeks, and I'm quite happy with it. The vDrop and vDroop (at 1.6v vCore, they're about 0.06v a piece, for a total drop of 0.12v) are a pain, but that's easily enough fixed by just upping the voltage in BIOS a tad. Aside from that, it's got my Q6600 B3 stable at 3.6Ghz with about 1.625-1.65v BIOS, or 3.5Ghz with 1.6v BIOS. It's running at 3.5Ghz at the moment, since 3.6GHz generates a little bit too much heat.

But aside from that, it's rock solid. I love it.

Eller