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I have an E6600 with a Thermalright Ultra-120 heatsink and 800 RPM 120mm Scythe Fan. With my current overclocked configuration of 8 * 400 (3.2 Ghz) and 1.325 Vcore under Vista, my idle temps are 40 and load temps 55. Anandtech has some good articles on the Thermalright Ultra-120. Here is...

Perhaps, but with the configuration I had Orthos would run without erroring on XP. On Vista, it errors after around 20 minutes. So I backed down my overclock from 3.4 GHz to 3.2 Ghz (Vcore from 1.4 to 1.325) and Orthos ran over 24 hours with any errors. When I had said "stable" I meant with...

Has anyone else run across the problem of having a stable overclock with XP, and then not so stable with Vista? Specs: XP Asus P5B Deluxe E6600 (8 * 425) Vcore = 1.4 Temps Idles ~40, and ~60 under load Orthos stable for over 24 hours I recently upgraded to Vista ultimate and noticed...

Motherboards are like women. No matter what the flavor, some are good and some are bad. I had a 680i board that fried up, so from that experience I could say it's the most unstable. I RMAed the 680i and got a P5B Deluxe, and so far it's been great.

When I reboot the computer with my external hard drive turned on and connected via USB, the computer tries to boot from that drive. When I go into the BIOS, I don't see an option to boot from my internal SATA drive. The only way that option appears is if I turn off the external drive and then...

I'll agree with that as well :)

It's a feature, not a bug :)

The same thing happens to me with my P5B Deluxe board :)

It's when you set the value in the BIOS, say to 1.4, but then it reported at 1.35. For example, with my P5B-Deluxe board I have Vcore set to 1.4 in the BIOS. However, it's actually reported as 1.35 with CPU-Z and other programs. The only real way to measure it I suppose would be to use a...

Are you overclocking? What BIOS revision are you using? This is a known issue with the P5B Deluxe and there doesn't appear to be one universal fix. For me, I had to manually set the Northbridge and Soutbridge voltages to fix it.

I decided to go with the XtremeGamer card and the home theater cable since I have analog inputs available. I think that will be good enough for me :)

Why can't this be simple ... like buying a motherboard :D

Thanks, but I think that will only support stereo SPDIF. But maybe that's all I need - I don't know :)

Thanks! Will that work with the X-Fi XtremeGamer Card? It's not specifically listed in the link you provided.

Thanks - I see that I can get this from NewEgg for 49.99 after a $20 rebate. I'm assuming that the Sound Blaster Home theater cable would work with this?

Is this what people typically do to get DTS/DD surround sound from their PCs - use analog connections? I'm currently using a P5B-Deluxe with optical out and the SoundMax software will send a DTS signal. The problem I have with that is that it causes instability issues when running games. So...

I've never had a bad experience with Asus until 680i. However, that doesn't mean that Asus is crap. Maybe it means 680i sucks? I currently have the P5B-Deluxe board and have not had any problems with it, aside from the onboard sound which seems to introduce some instability issues when...

And the fact that you have a bad board doesn't make Asus bad. It's part of the business - it happens with all the manufacturers.

I've been a big fan of Asus for many years and never had any problems with their boards up until I got the P5N32-E SLI 680i board which died on me - literally burned up in smoke :). Right now, I don't think Asus is a good choice for 680i, so I settled for an Asus P5B-Deluxe P965 board and my...

Hmm, maybe I should wish for a dead 2405 to arrive ;)

Wow - I hope the same thing doesn't happen to me. I was also having backlighting issues with mine, and they said they would send me a replacement. I should get it next week. Actually, it looks like it is due to arrive on Monday.

There's no point in waiting for hardware, since it continuously evolves. If there is something now you want, just get it :) If in a couple of months you'd rather have the ATI card, then sell the 8800 GTS.

<< 620 HX Owner here. Best power supply I've ever owned. I can't believe how quiet it is!!

Well, I finally got tired of the "black blotches" on my 2405FPW so I called Dell Tech Support about it since the monitor came with a 3 year warranty. I was very surprised that they agreed to ship out a replacement for it :) Are these "black blotches" a common thing for this monitor...

From a usability perspective, I think their website is very poor.

I'm not convinced you necessarily have to - I guess it depends on the boards. I went from a 680i board to a P965 board and did not have to reinstall windows. 0 problems here.

I think the OP question is too vague to answer - more details are needed I think. Vista (yes/no) Raid (yes/no) SATA (yes/no) IDE devices (yes/no) SLI (yes/no) etc.

I think I understand what you're asking, but doesn't this depend on the case? For me, I'm pretty sure it was the 2nd slot - but will have to confirm when I get home.

Ahh - sorry, I see what is being said now :)

They can't reach their timings? I don't think I've seen this - can you provide an example?

I'd go with the deluxe and get the better cooling.

May I ask what your voltages are for that?

I did not have any problems with that RAM and board when I had it. I did, however, have to set the timings manually to get it to run at that speed. That made sense to me though since I would have expected the motherboard to try to boot at the 1.8v setting.

Never thought of that - good idea! :)

I'd thought I give my feedback on a similar issue. I went from an Asus 680i board (P5N32E-SLI) to the P5B-Deluxe board (P965 chipset) and have had 0 problems myself. I like this board and chipset much better than the 680i board. The only negative thing I can say is that the color of the...

I'd have to agree with the cooling part, but the dual Ethernet ports aren't all that useful unless you plan to use your computer as a router?

I can't think of any reason why you would want the E over the Deluxe :)

I agree :) I have the P5N32-E, couldn't be happier.

I agree. This isn't the type of board you buy and then never go into the BIOS :)

NTune just says "Not reported" for me :)