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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Thanks for the info, incredible temps mate, I previously had an ultra 120 with a Noctua fan which proved to be worse than my Zalman CNPS 9000, (and yes it was seated properly;I did it twice), so I'm a little wary of the ultra extreme, as it turns out my brother is bringing me a Thermaltake Big...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    I got more or less the same performance at 361 fsb 3-3-3-8-1T Sync mode as at 480mhz 4-3-3-9-2T unlinked. eg. 1 frame/sec more in Aquamark but 10 points less in 3DMark 06 running in Sync mode, Super Pi 17.5 secs in both cases. You should read the last few pages to see what others have...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Can anybody confirm the fsb strap issue in this link?Text
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Hi Sylvanas, I am toying with the idea of getting a Thermalright Ultra 120 extreme, can you tell me if that 43°C on load is cpu or core temp and what is your approximate ambient temp? With my current Aerocool Dominator I'm getting 44°C cpu temp and 59°C core temp on load at around 25°C ambient...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    Thanks for that, its also my gut feeling with this board that there's not a lot to be gained by changing the bios if you've managed to find a stable setup; in other words its worth trying another bios if you're having serious problems but otherwise it could just create them.
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    The Unofficial Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R P35 Board Thread

    well thanks for scrambling over yourselves to answer my somewhat easy query. It would seem from other sources that the P35 chipset does not support 1T timings and that we will have to wait for the X38 chipset at the end of the year for that, so I'll be sticking with my P5-NE-SLI for the...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    yes that's an interesting question! Apart from that is there any thingthat would make you say it was necessary to update the bios?
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    The Unofficial Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R P35 Board Thread

    Anybody like to answer my last post?
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    AMelbye, how are you getting on with bios 0604? Are there any particular differences with previous bios'? I am hesitant to update in case it sends my now stable system pearshaped, so I probably won't unless it allows you to change the multiplier for example.
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    AMelbye ,what you say makes sense but I think you 're confusing me with Jamin, my ram voltage is at 2.17v and all is stable; just for information, have installed the OCZ XTC memory cooler ,(I was hitting 50°c on load),and at 3000rpm it's silent and 8/9°c cooler, excellent piece of equipment and...
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    It would seem likely that your stability problem comes from lack of sufficient voltage in the NB as this contains the memory controller which communicates between the ram and the cpu, I would try upping to 1.39v and see if this helps, active cooling on the heatsink is a good idea however as...
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    The Unofficial Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R P35 Board Thread

    could you confirm that there is a command rate option in the bios, thanks.
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    The Unofficial ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Board Thread

    what 's your voltage on cpu and NorthBridge?
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    The Unofficial Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R P35 Board Thread

    Hi, saw your post in the ASUS P5NE-SLI thread , I am also considering moving on; do you have any overclocking figures to share and how does this board compare with the P5NE SLI? My brother has the DS4 version and is struggling, says there is no command rate option in the bios so he is stuck...