ASUS P8P67 Pro/Evo/Deluxe OC discussion thread

[Bullu$]

Unfortunately I don't believe there is any way to do that considering MemSet/CPUTweaker has not been/will not be updated for Sandy Bridge.

for Asus.

With MSI Controlcenter it's even possible to change the memtimings.

[kuziu]

Hi, you might want to buy a motherboard ASUS P8P67 PRO B3?

Vlas on the forum I read about problems with stability at idle, if the problem is to be solved in future versions of the bios? or immediately buy a home party?

from the top I'll add that I had previously GA-UD4 B3 has a lot of tension needed to stabilize the CPU, besides, all ok, the MSI GD65 was the problem with voltage control vdroop, but the performance was very good and very fast computer to work with a plate

thanks in advance

[Sauron_Vie]

Some guys have problems with stability but not all of us. Some guys have also problems (reboots etc..) with the gigas.. and i am not a asus fan boy. So it is your choice. I have no problems @idle and no probs@load (linx, prime etcc.. )

[angkies]

i5 2500K L041C246 SN 1919
P8P67 Deluxe B3 Bios 1503
Corsair Dominator 12800 C7 6gb Rev2.1
Costum WaterCooling

[nijel]

running 3 sticks ram?

[Alex-Ro]

I bet he used only 2 sticks.Run it in windows xp,you should chop off lots of seconds

[kuziu]

you guys should take Asus p8p67 evo? I'm looking for motherboard to work, mostly scenes of 3d rendering and modeling, the platform must be 100% stable, and good to keep the processor at high clock speeds

alternatively, may be better to wait for the EVGA P67?

[lv_88]

you guys should take Asus p8p67 evo? I'm looking for motherboard to work, mostly scenes of 3d rendering and modeling, the platform must be 100% stable, and good to keep the processor at high clock speeds

alternatively, may be better to wait for the EVGA P67?

Im using my setup for 98% 3D work, and lots of rendering, so the P8P67 has been more then good

[aznsniper911]

Exactly.
It's not that hard to find the proper LLC level + offset which will give you stable 0-100% load Vcore. Testing 1 thread LinX first and 4 threads after that is the key. Wouldn't say it's waste of time especially if 1.5V is your goal for 24/7.
BTW as I see it SB BSODs quite often in idle/low load with high fixed Vcore as well.

What do you guys say the max for offset should be? I have it at .5v and .2 for turbo and it's not working too well with regular LLC.

[Sauron_Vie]

What do you guys say the max for offset should be? I have it at .5v and .2 for turbo and it's not working too well with regular LLC.

depends at the clock u wanna reach.

[yenclas]

I just got my 2600K up and running a few days ago. So far everything has been set to stock / auto / no overclocking and has been running perfect. Prime ran fine for over 12 hours - temps never go above 50C.

Tonight I tried to hit the 4Ghz starter overclock and no matter what I try once I have changed "AI Overclock Tuner" to manual win7 X64 hangs on the starting windows splash screen. Its not fully locked - as the windows logo is still "pulsing" - it just stays there indefinitely. It doesn't even matter if I change all the settings as described in the guide or no other setting except the Ai Overclock Tuner to manual the same thing always happens - once it's set to manual I'm stuck on the start screen.

As soon as I go back to default settings - win7 boots just fine.

Things I've tried:

- slowest mem settings
- higher mem voltage (1.65v)
- different memory (Gskill)
- 1/2/4 sticks of ram
- removing all but the OS drive from the machine
- OS drive on several different SATA connectors (both 3G and 6G)
- several different Core voltage settings up to 1.3v

Also as a note - I thought I would give the Asus OC tuner a go - it did it's thing and the same problem occurs when loading windows - it sticks on the Starting Windows screen. And again all is fine after restoring defaults.

Any help anyone may have would be greatly appreciated!

[Falkentyne]

To try to pinpoint USB or device failure try other multipliers. Try to boot at x39, x38, 37, 36 and 35.

Also, are you setting OS multiplier control to disabled? (so that the software can not overclock in windows?) Try disabling the turbo options in the BIOS and just set an overriding multiplier directly (not sure of the options for that on an Asus board). I've seen someone having boot loops on a gigabyte board if they set both a multplier and a turbo multiplier at the same time.

[froggyluv]

Hi all, havent been here in a long time but after upgrading from me old trusty e8500 and Asus psq board to the much ballyhooed I5 2500k, a Sabretooth, and 8gigs of Corsair Vengeance 1600. Had some extra cash that me wife couldnt track so I went for it

Besides business which requires little horsepower, I'm an avid gamer -Arma2 to be exact, one of the most beastly demanding CPU game ever made. I was pumped that as soon as I made the switch my Arma2 benchmark program literally doubled it's FPS results -thats huge!

What little I ever once knew about overclocking has long since evaporated so Asus' new Bios/AI OC'er seemed right up my alley. Got the boot to 4.7 using the tool and just couldn't believe it was this easy. The last time I really dove into the OC world I remember lots of failed posts, seemingly dead new components, and plenty of cigarrete smoke and cussin.

Of course it was too good to be true once the BSOD starting occurring even when the PC was just idle. I tried a few manual settings and went down to 4.6/4.5 but Prime95 always kicked me into big blue.

I see that BSOD's are happening to quite a few here so maybe its not all on my end (hoping) but right now Im sitting at a modest 4.4 stable and loving the hell outta this upgrade

[sandy]

i5 2500K L041C246 SN 1919
P8P67 Deluxe B3 Bios 1503
Corsair Dominator 12800 C7 6gb Rev2.1
Costum WaterCooling

nice to see you
i'm waiting 5.5ghz

[Psydrop]

Got my p8p67 evo last thursday was working great but during monday it just shut down and never booted again. Got replacementboard yesturday but it looks like the killed my 2600k too.

[glen]

Looking at buying the P8p67, because I have heard they fixed the legacy PCI soundcard compatibility issue, does anyone know which bios has that fix?

Also for a mild turbo over clock to +4, would any of these BSOD affect me? no changing EIST, c states, or voltage.

Also those of you with USB issues, make sure you are installing an integrated Win7x64 SP1, the SP1 upgrade download has a USB bug that causes a lot of problems that haven't been resolved, there is a manual workaround at MDL.

[jcniest5]

Got my p8p67 evo last thursday was working great but during monday it just shut down and never booted again. Got replacementboard yesturday but it looks like the killed my 2600k too.

Just RMA the CPU to Intel for a replacement.

[Psydrop]

sent it back yesturday and hopefully picking up a new one on tuesday.

[Sevenz]

Of course it was too good to be true once the BSOD starting occurring even when the PC was just idle. I tried a few manual settings and went down to 4.6/4.5 but Prime95 always kicked me into big blue.

I see that BSOD's are happening to quite a few here so maybe its not all on my end (hoping) but right now Im sitting at a modest 4.4 stable and loving the hell outta this upgrade

In the most of cases bumping the vcore solve it and yeah prime95 bsod until I'm stable too.
I don't have the errors with the thread stopping like i was used to,just bsod even after 6 hours.
Also i noticed that prime95 doesnt load my vcore to the max like linx when HT is on.
Annoying since in real use the vcore max will be the linx one.

[sandy]

last week I bought asus p8p67 pro but after 3 days usage suddenly dead mobo .......... and surprise accompanied with the death of 2600k: (
No reason why?

[Falkentyne]

How do you know the CPU is dead? Was it tested in another system?

[illuminati-hwt]

last week I bought asus p8p67 pro but after 3 days usage suddenly dead mobo .......... and surprise accompanied with the death of 2600k: (
No reason why?

Wouldnt the question be "How do you know the board was dead?"

He most likely rma'ed the board, put the cpu in the new board and realised it had died. But how did he check the mobo before rma'ing it? Did he have a second Sandy B cpu?

[sandy]

How do you know the CPU is dead? Was it tested in another system?

Wouldnt the question be "How do you know the board was dead?"

He most likely rma'ed the board, put the cpu in the new board and realised it had died. But how did he check the mobo before rma'ing it? Did he have a second Sandy B cpu?

yea i have a friend & i borrow mobo+sandy...
but in my country asus p8p67 pro is empty waiting for rev B3.....

[kuziu]

reading your opinions, I found itis not worth it buying the series motherboards p8p67 ...

cheap and good boards fall out in reviews, and users are dying like flies, these motherboards

[Skratch]

I had the first gen p67pro and the b3 after newegg sent me a b3 rev and they both had ZERO stapility issues.Fot the people that just got these boards becarefull with the current % and the load line,if you set it to 120% and have your defualt at 1.45 volts it will spike 1.6 volts to your chip once you put load on it.

start with low settings.You can fry a chip with ease if your dont know how this board works with load.

I also noticed on my new b3 board that it over volts higher than my rev 1 with the same voltage settings.

once you learn these boards you can have a perfect 24/7 setup that runs cold and effiecient.I have mine setup for 4.7ghz 24/7 with closed stock cooled case and it idles at under 1v with no stability isshues with 4 sticks of ram.Iv tried my setup on 2 p67pro boards and they both worked just as good with the only excletion was the b3 needed less volts to load the same(it would over volt a little higher)

I think these boards are great!!!