Got my E6300/P5B-D this morning

[broly8877]

Along with the cheap $100 PQI PC2-5400

Currently at 2.2GHz, stock voltage. (Hey, just started!)

Love being able to use USB drives to back up / flash BIOS.

Buy this stuff 😉

It was delayed for a couple days, but whatever.

 

[xtknight]

Nice. Let us know how far you can OC. I'm looking at getting an ASUS board as I've been very pleased by them. Also PQI sounds enticing given my current great PQI Turbo RAM.

 

[TheSynth]

Nice!

My P5B D is on it's way along with a bunch of other stuff. I still can't find any e6600's yet. shopblt.com looks like they're going to get them on the 4th. Is that site trust worthy to preorder from?

What HSF are you using? Still deciding if I should use stock or Zalman 9500 if that even works for Core2's.

 

[broly8877]

I'm very impressed with Asus.
Easiest way to update BIOS and such outside of Windows yet.

And these things, brilliant!

EDIT: Shopblt is trustworthy, and I'm using stock.

 

[Pabster]

Originally posted by: broly8877
I'm very impressed with Asus.
Easiest way to update BIOS and such outside of Windows yet.

And these things, brilliant!

EDIT: Shopblt is trustworthy, and I'm using stock.

Yeah, the headers are nice. Especially when you have fat fingers and your vision is a bit off from 20/20 😛

 

[broly8877]

It's so simple you wonder why it wasn't included in every single MB ever made before it.

 

[crimson117]

How's the onboard sound? Newegg reviews say it bites... maybe you're using an audigy or something?

 

[broly8877]

Onboard is nice... though I'm getting like a popping sound at higher volumes with my headphones (didn't get that with my DFI LPUT, but did get tons of interference, which, thankfully, I don't have with this board)

Popping sound is REALLY annoying though

 

[broly8877]

Actually, not related to volume. It's related to the lows

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Pabster

Originally posted by: broly8877
I'm very impressed with Asus.
Easiest way to update BIOS and such outside of Windows yet.

And these things, brilliant!

EDIT: Shopblt is trustworthy, and I'm using stock.

Yeah, the headers are nice. Especially when you have fat fingers and your vision is a bit off from 20/20 😛

I hate individual headers more than anything else on earth i think...except important jumpers that get covered up by a aftermarket hsf...

*painfully recalls getting his front usb ports to work, and 'trying' (not succeeding) to move the overvolt jumper on his A7V8X*