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Dude, you just saved me 800 bucks. My Q6600 was a no go and was about to buy an extreme edition. I read your response and my situation did a 180. So, I want to say thank you very much, all is well at a modest 3ghz (9x333). You happen to know what the default voltage is of the VTT? MSI only...

Q6600 owner here - my vid is 1.2625 acording to coretemp. It's a G0 stepping. I've only had it a few days, currently running vcore at 1.32-1.35 to get 3 Ghz (9x333). The overclock didn't budge at all until I upped the vtt voltage to 16% on my P6N diamond.

I have a 680i board (MSI P6N diamond) and I just picked up a G0 stepping 6600. I hadn't realized the issues with 1333 fsb and quad core. I thought I was in the clear since I had an E6700 (2.66) running at 3333 without issue. Well, I was dissappointed when the q6600 didn't want to cooperate with...

That may be, I read a guy had rma'd his board and got it back with 0307, and it was working fine. That is probably the case with vrzone, the configuration of certain machines might have caused problems with the enabling of certain features. I was considering loading that bios, shutting down...

The asus forum for this board reports that bios 0307 is still crummy, I would not recommend using, I'm going with 0401. Update: I just loaded 0401 without a hitch. When I set the SLI memory setting to expert, it actually uses the SPD and boots at 1000ddr with 5-5-5-15-2t trc 30 timings...

The beauty of the P5N-E SLI is it's price/performance ratio. I have no complaints about the board at all, but that does not make it better than the eVGA 680i board, just less expensive. So it comes down to features really, I think both boards will perform the same. I have no personal experience...

I'll give it a try tomorrow and post some actual scores. Running the FSB at 1333 vs 1066 makes the biggest difference in memory performance. 1000ddr yielded about ~6800mb/s for ALU/FPU in sandra memory bandwith with a 1333fsb. 800ddr yeiled about 6450 in sandra with 1333fsb. Stock bandwith runs...

I've got everything pretty straitened out now as far as settings go so I have no complaints really. My only complaint would be the lack of a bios update, but I doubt it will change performance to any great degree. I'm just curious though about 680i boards, especially the reference design. For...

That's a tough call, since owning a P5N-E SLI I've been keeping an eye on the evga solution. I stopped by compusa and they had a BFG version (reference design) of the same board. It took all my self control to not grab it and give it a go. Thanks for the bios link Pretzel, I'll have to wait till...

I hear what your saying. While I was screwing around with this stuff I noticed that running the memory at "only" 800mhz yielded pretty unnoticeable differences in benchmarks. To tell you the truth, Sandra scored roughly the same at 1000mhz 5-5-5-15 2t (1333fsb) timings and 800mhz 4-4-4-12 2t...

After doing a bit of research, I'm begining to think the LDT can be a factor when overclocking. The default is 5x and I think the NB - SB link is 200mhz giving a 1000mhz HT. I'm not sure what fsb overclocking does to this link, but I'm inclined to think that running at a 1333fsb you need to...

I don't think it's a JDEC standard as of yet, but the board will run your memory at 1066. I was running 1:1 (1066:1066) with some DDR2 8000 (1000mhz). Now I'm running 1333FSB/1000 memory - it's happy that way.

I know, just use your judgement. Try the lesser number first. If you have problems, use the higher value. These are safe voltages anyway.

I can't account for voltage @ auto, I recommend setting it manually.

Nice work with the board. I'm thinking of stealing a SB cooler from a discarded a8n-sli. Let us know where that cooler gets you as far as OC's and temps. Dremel tools For the Win!

Will screws work, maybe between the fins? Use two adjacent holes on the fan. I've done that before, not pretty but it works.

One thing to keep in mind is that 1333 is the effective Quad Data Rate and the bus is actually 333mhz with a factor of four (4 x 333 = 1332) Running at a 1333mhz fsb, the basic math for your clock speed would be: [your cpu multiplier] x 333 In the case of an e6700 it would be 10 x 333 =...

I'm just saying that the auto voltage setting doesn't accomodate a 1333mhz FSB, unless it will be a cpu vid setting at one point.

On the asus forums for this board, http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-E+SLI&board_id=1 There are a couple of good recommendations to set this board up. First off, we're all stuck with bios 0202 ATM (at least no update on the asus site) so the sli/epp profiles don't...

Well, it certainly was the most stubborn upgrade to date, complicated by the no boot issue. I cleared cmos and pulled the battery but it didnt come back to life until i unplugged the psup, removed the battery, moved cmos jumper, then normalized. Then it was happy to be 0202 again. I don't have...

If you call Asus tech support (bios department is 502-271-6975) they may be able to contact engineering to see if there is another bios available. As for the LDT, i'm not really sure. The Quad Data Rate (QDR)is 4 x 266 which i think is the FSB. If anyone could elaborate, that would be great...

Be careful for what you with for. I was in the same boat with 0202 and was provided with 0307 - it enabled the SLI memory profiles. But it was not a smooth upgrade at all, had to go back to 0202, at least it worked. Basically after loading the new bios, it would hang on the Asus logo screen and...

The SB is right behind the secondary PCIe slot, so height of the sink is an issue, can't give you an exact number, but if you don't care about sli it shouldn't matter.

I only have a DVD burner on IDE channel 0- no problems. My drive is SATA and again no problems. I think this board is a good option because the Newegg price was only 129 bucks, and got me into a Core 2. We all know these chipsets just came out, and "hum dinger" boards will eventually emerge - so...

After re-reading the review, I did notice that my board shipped with bios 0202 and does not have the "sli ready" memory option. That is annoying since the crucial ballistix I ordered is SLI/EPP ready. Need to get my hands on 0304 (previously I stated it was 0302). If I were to have a new years...

I think what they mean by vdroop is the varience in core voltage. Vdroop can cause random crashes on an otherwise stable overclock, so if that happens, bump it up one. I bought this board and I'm pretty happy with it, the "vdroop" appears normal compared with 8 phase designs. It quite easily got...

I have an NX860XL, I could not be happier with it. I did a lot of research, and Dell's asking price was way out of line imo. They don't even offer much at the price point in which i bought the gateway. Satisfied!

A source's special interests are relevant in judging the reliability of forum posts. I don't however see a problem with putting knowledgeable staff/personnel on forums so long as its clear that they are stakeholders (by declaration). Being a stakeholder doesn't make them dishonest. Trust is...

Having read or signature block, it sounds like you may have some luck. Let us know how you fair.

the 4400 runs at 2.2 ghz and has 1mb of L2 per core. The opteron will also have 1 mb L2 per core but run at 2.0 ghz. The opty is cheaper by about 70 dollars. As for overclocking, four sticks of memory is not really optimal for stability. If you are going to use a divisor you might be ok but if...

I have one, I think its a fantastic product, mostly because of the Media extender capabilities. If you got some tv tuners in a MCE 2005 box, you can leave the pc in the computer room and access mce interface through the xbox 360. If you haven't checked it out, its pretty sweet getting all your...

I've had this board a while and it has occured to me that there is no chipset voltage option in the bios. I've read that people can get 295 fsb out of this board. From what I've read about other boards, that should only be possible if the chipset voltage is "goosed" a bit. Otherwise it won't go...

I used to live in heightstown, born in Princeton. Didn't War of the Worlds originally take place starting in Heightstown?

The box probably indicated 1 ghz Front side bus. That is the hypertransport speed. CPU speed should be 2 ghz. Alienware machines are so expensive due to the moron tax associated with them.

I ran Wow in both 32 bit and 64 bit windows. The 32 bit has the processor driver installed and the hotfix. I saw a 4-7 fps gain in x64 windows. But running in both os's, my frames were in between 44 and 64 fps. I took screen shots of me standing on top of the bank in ogrimmar facing the AH...

That's interesting. What are the results at default speed and voltage?

Also, another note about x64 edition windows: image mounting software has been at a loss in my experience. I've attempted some 64 bit iso mounting apps but haven't gotten them to work. In 32 bit windows, I use Nero Imagedrive. Nero works well in x64 but simply does not install the imagedrive...

I've found games to run pretty smoothly in x64 IF THEY RUN. Starforce copy protection keeps games like splinter cell: chaos theory and King Kong from running (thanks ubisoft). The starforce 64 bit support has not been adopted by ubisoft. Here is a list of games that I've found work without...

I'll try when I get home. But as always, there's a new patch! I'll apply the patch and check out some frames rates for you.

Is Vsync enabled? And what is your refresh rate? I play Wow but haven't checked the FPS lately, I seem to remember it to be locked at 60.