I LOVE my new ASUS Motheboard!

[BoomerD]

With all the tales about bad boards, I thought I'd post a thread about how well my new P7P55D-E Pro is working.

I haven't done a "solo" build in about 10 years, and with all the stories about bad boards, I was a bit nervous...especially since the only HSF's I've ever installed were the factory products with pre-applied TIM.

I did the "build and boot" method of assembly. Installed the processor and HSF, one stick of RAM, and the video card...started the computer, let it POST and go to the BIOS screen...then, shut it down, installed the boot drive...tried again...shut down, installed the rest of the RAM and ODD.
I gotta admit, watching the board go through the self-tests with the red LED's was "heart-stopping" the first time...but everything works just like it's supposed to work.
I love the HAF 932 case. All kinds of room for my big hands...I was able to install the HSF and RAM on my desktop where I had access to everything without being crowded...then installed the board into the case. So easy.

Yes, this is a "premium board," not a "budget board," but I've had nothing but trouble with the cheap boards, and for me, the peace of mind is worth a few extra bucks for quality components.

The only "problem" I had was when I went back to install the last 3 sticks of RAM. The Noctua CPU cooler is so big that I couldn't get the RAM into the socket closest to the CPU...so, I had to remove one fan, but with the Noctua mounting, that was simple and easy.

I'm running an i5-760 at stock speeds for now,
8 GB of Corsair DDR3-1600 RAM, (all detected)
and an EVGA 460 Superclocked EE video card.

So far, everything is whisper-quiet in the new case. (haven't fired up the video card yet...)

 

[CVSiN]

never had issues at all with ASUS.
my only board of choice.

just built an I7 with the X58 Sabertooth and love it.

 

[perdomot]

The Asus mobo I was using wasn't a "budget" mobo at $140 but it suddenly stopped working after 3 days. Be sure to stress test your rig at least 8 hours. I'm curious to see what you can OC your 760 to and what temps the Noctua will produce. I'm at 3.6Ghz and hitting 61C when encoding video.

 

[BoomerD]

The Asus mobo I was using wasn't a "budget" mobo at $140 but it suddenly stopped working after 3 days. Be sure to stress test your rig at least 8 hours. I'm curious to see what you can OC your 760 to and what temps the Noctua will produce. I'm at 3.6Ghz and hitting 61C when encoding video.

What do you recommend for a stress test?

I ran Prime 95 and OCCT today for about 20 minutes each and never got higher than 45C. I know that's not really a full test, I just wanted to see how the cooler worked...

 

[tcsenter]

What do you recommend for a stress test?

Make sure you put the side panel on the case. Any "stress" test is influenced by ambient and/or operating temps. I've seen several instances where a computer ran 100% stable with the side panel off no matter what was thrown at it, but then after it was delivered to the customer, it was crashing/locking/freezing due to higher temps with the side panel in place.

 

[BoomerD]

Make sure you put the side panel on the case. Any "stress" test is influenced by ambient and/or operating temps. I've seen several instances where a computer ran 100% stable with the side panel off no matter what was thrown at it, but then after it was delivered to the customer, it was crashing/locking/freezing due to higher temps with the side panel in place.

heh-heh...that's cheatin!

My side panel has a nice 200mm fan in it...I WANT that air flow.

 

[perdomot]

What do you recommend for a stress test?

I ran Prime 95 and OCCT today for about 20 minutes each and never got higher than 45C. I know that's not really a full test, I just wanted to see how the cooler worked...

Those are good testers but you have to leave them going for at least 8 hours. Most people do it overnight and if the PC doesn't lock up, its looked at as stable. It's not so much a temp thing although you will want to leave Coretemp on to record what the max temps were.

 

[brencat]

What do you recommend for a stress test?

I ran Prime 95 and OCCT today for about 20 minutes each and never got higher than 45C. I know that's not really a full test, I just wanted to see how the cooler worked...

Brencat's OCing stress test (do all 3):

• OCCT 3.5 hrs on "Large Data Set"
• LinX (Linpack) set to use "All Memory" - 100 passes
• Prime 95 -- At least 12 hours (many tests will fail ~ 10 hr mark if voltages are too low)

 

[BoomerD]

Brencat's OCing stress test (do all 3):

• OCCT 3.5 hrs on "Large Data Set"
• LinX (Linpack) set to use "All Memory" - 100 passes
• Prime 95 -- At least 12 hours (many tests will fail ~ 10 hr mark if voltages are too low)

All at once, or one at a time?


I've been running the Intel Burn Test this morning on Maximum. So far, the highest temp has been 49C measured with RealTemp 3.60. I did notice that there's as much as a 5 degree temp difference between the highest and lowest cores. Not much, but odd.

 

[brencat]

I did notice that there's as much as a 5 degree temp difference between the highest and lowest cores. Not much, but odd.

Nope, normal. I had a 5 degree diff between core 1 and core 4 early on too, but this has since narrowed to 2-3c as the chip has broken in.

Linpack will generate the most heat of any test you run. You should expect a 5-6c higher temp with this vs Prime95 or OCCT, so build that into your expectations based on where you live and how hot the room your PC is in.

As an example, on my system in sig below, LinX generated 68c on Core 1 vs 62c for OCCT and Prime95. BFBC2 by comparison only gets the temps up to 55c.