ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[Xeon Zombie]

So when I only got an extra 10Mhz out of those Corsair XMS sticks I bought, was that just hard luck or was that all I should have been expecting?...

Look, I am not trying to start an argument here on this... Corsair XMS generally OC's like a beast.

If you know the P5W DH very well, then you are aware of the issues it has when OCing with 4 dimms.

Slap those puppies in a modern chipset and you may see different results.

G.Skill is a great company, but they DO NOT have the reputation of Corsair. That is basically what I was getting at in my earlier post. G.Skill OC's pretty well, but I feel like I took a chance on a company that was still an "off-brand" as of '06 and it paid off. If I OC Corsair, I feel like I got what I paid for - Corsair's long reputation of high quality.

It's hardly fanboyizm. G.Skill (stateside) are still new kids on the block. They are cheap, and they OC well, so they are usually a good buy for the budget overclocker. If there is no budget constraint, then most folks will go with a more well known brand name, such as Corsair, OCZ, or Crucial. How many legitimately "High End" rigs do you see running G.Skill??? It's something like wearing an Armani suit with a tie you bought at Wal-Mart. The tie may be nice, but it's out of place, and detracts from the look.

- If you are having issues OC'ing 4GB of ram on this board, you should look at a 2x2GB configuration, or even try running 2x1GB and see if your results change. Could be a variety of things inhibiting your OC, but I doubt it's the Corsair modules that are well known for OC'ing beyond spec.

Also, I just noticed you're running a CPU that has just very recently become supported on this board. A board, mind you, that was built for Pentium 4's and D's, with Conroe in mind - not built for Conroe with Yorfield in mind. That would be a P35. A P35/X38/X48 should not have an issue supporting the OC you are looking for. The 975X seems to be your limiting factor, not the RAM, or the CPU. - Remember that this board was not designed for these new 45nm CPU's, support for them is being added as an afterthought. 65nm supported out of the box, and even 1333 support "When CPU's supporting 1333fsb are available", didn't see anything about 45nm quad-cores on the packaging.

Good luck with your OC, but I wouldn't expect miracles from this board if you keep using the Q9450, even the Q6600 is a tough egg to crack on this board.