Asus P5E3 Deluxe Wifi Living Review

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Reserved #4

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Well I didn't ever have much doubt where my 1st overclock would be
8x450 @2:1 means my Cellshock is running at stock.

Stability


Benches
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For Comparison: Abit IX38 QuadGT 8x450 Memory 1080Mhz


Bios Settings

Asus P5E3 Deluxe Wifi

Configure advanced CPU settings
CPU Ratio Control............: [Manual]
  Ratio to CMOS Setting......: 8
C1E Support..................: [Disabled]
CPU TM Function..............: [Disabled]
Vanderpool Technology........: [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit..........: [Disabled]
Max CPUID Value Limit........: [Disabled]
Intel Speedstep EIST.........: [Disabled]

AI Tweaker
Comfigure System Performance Settings

Ai OVerclocking Tuner........: [Manual]
CPU Ratio Control..............: [Manual]
CPU Ratio Setting..............:  8
FSB Strap to North Bridge...: [Auto]
FSB Frequency................: 450
PCIE Frequency...............: 110
DRAM Frequency...............: DDR-1803
DRAM Command Rate............: 1N
Dram TIming COntrol......... : [Manual]
Pri. Information......: 8-7-6 -21 - 5-88 -10 -5
CAS# Latency.................: 8
RAS# to CAS #Delay...........: 7
RAS# Pre Time................: 6
RAS# Active Time.............: 21
RAS# to RAS# Delay...........: 5
Row Refresh Cycle Time.......: 88
Write Recovery Time..........: 10
Read to Precharge Time.......: 5
Sec. Information......: 9- 5- 5- 4- 7- 4- 7
Read to Write Delay (S/D)....: 9
Write to Read Delay (S)......: 5 
Write to Read Delay (D)......:  5
Read to Read Delay (S).......: 4
Read to Read Delay (D).......: 7
Write to Write Delay (S).....: 4 
Write to Write Delay (D).....: 7
DRAM Static Read Control.....:  [Disabled]
DRAM Dynamic Write Control...:  [Disabled] 

Ai Clock Twister.............: Strong
Ai Clock Skew for Channel.A..: [Auto]
Ai Clock Skew for Channel.B..: [Auto]
Ai Transaction Booster.......:  [Enabled]
Boost Level......................: 2

**** Please key in voltage numbers directly! ****

CPU Voltage..................: 1.39175v
CPU PLL Voltage..............: 1.50v
FSB Termination Voltage......: 1.32v
DRAM Voltage.................: 1.86v
North Bridge Voltage.........: 1.68v
South Bridge Voltage.........: [Auto]
Clock Over-Charging Voltage..: [Auto]

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Load-Line Calibration........: [Enabled]
CPU GTL Voltage Reference....: 0.67x
NB GTL Voltage Referemce.....: [Auto]
CPU Spread Spectrum..........: [Disabled]
PCIE Spread Spectrum.........: [Disabled}

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3Dmark06 12916 Have to see if I can break 13k Not bad on an 8800GTS
Comparison Foxconn Mars 12760

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Comparison: Foxconn Mars 8x450 1.4125vc 1:1.20 1080Mhz


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[Colossous]

Sweet duder - i have the same Ram and mobo with an E8400 to build right here - was hoping to have it together by now but my other pc's mobo decided to die on me and i've been getting that going ! Looking forward to playing with it next week !

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Sweet duder - i have the same Ram and mobo with an E8400 to build right here

Hehe obviously we have taste . Get the thing built be good to see how we both get on. That E8400 might be the right choice:-
A1 Tweaker

To run my Cellshock at their rated 1800Mhz it means my minimum FSB = 450.
They should be capable of benching to 2,000Hz which means an FSB >= 500, maybe those E8400 & E8500 are looking more attractive.

luck

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As usual Asus has made it difficult to flash bios back to an earlier bios.

The best method is :- Asus Update.v61002
Thanks to Kensek on Asus Support forum who told me about this fix originally provided by Cuke2U.

You need to enable Downgradable option

Then select Update from file (don't use live update ever)

Select file & then flash.


This worked fine for me.
There is a risk have your DVD ready in your drive in case flash fails, bios recovery should take place fron the DVD in rthe event of failure.

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Well will get back to this hopefully sometime next week. Have had a number of stability issues last week. Checked memory early on was ok, checked drives & CPU just about sorted saturday. Sunday played up again memory failing on auto settings so RMA time. Not even pushed that hard

[k3vst3r]

You sure its the memory shanks and not the board Seen mine fail in dual channel but be perfect stable when checked individually.

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Hi m8,
pretty sure


Issues started week before last I added a 2nd 500gb drive . After running rock steady, stability went.

first thing i tried was ram so tested it and all passed.
Wondered about cpu so ran prime small ffts overnight , not a problem.
Next started checking Drives using Hitachi feature tiool.
Checked bot 500gb overnight, no issues.
Checkerd the 4 x 80gb drives on my raid. Found 2 had errors. Wiped them & fixed them. Raid Ok again.

So saturday was back running pretty well. Like I say Sunday ran like a dog. For the 1st time memory failed as above. This was running at spd settings and max specified vdimm,

Hopefully new ram will sort it, but find it hard to understabd why it's failed with virtually no ocing. I do miss some of the bios features from other boards though not having a dual channel gtl ref is a weakness.

cheers

[k3vst3r]

Do us a favour an run each stick separate see if they pass or fail.