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Is the p5q se crap?

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Xarick

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I got this from frys. But now I notice it has been discoed almost everywhere. I am starting to wonder if this is a crap board. I am thinking now I might return this due to my old mobo being repaired.
Does anyone know if this is crap or not?
 
I think it's more that the prices of the P45 boards are falling, and it's not worth it to have so many boards anymore. A pro now costs less than an SE did less than a month ago. ASUS is probably just going to stop the SE and just have the Pro and their P5QL (P43) boards take up the spot that the SE had.

You can find examples of P45 boards costing less than P43 boards with a similar feature-set. So they probably have to discontinue one or the other, because that kind of overlap is pretty silly.
 
Unless the pro has some feature you need that the SE doesn't, there's no real need to. The P5Q line is pretty much all the same board just they add features as you move up the line (SE --> pro is adding crossfire support, firewire, and raid, all of which are pretty rarely used).
 
I thought the pro was better for OC'ing?
Could I overclock my e6400 to 3ghz with the SE board or would I be better off spending the extra $15 bucks on the pro board.
 
All of the P5Q should do 400 MHz FSB without any problems or adjustments at all. Most will do somewhere between 400 and 450 before needing to increase northbridge or FSB termination voltage.

e6400 is 8x multiplier, so that's 3.2GHz.

So this should not be a factor for you at all. The pro has slightly better cooling on the northbridge, but that kind of thing isn't going to be a big factor until you need to push northbridge voltage significantly, which is like 450+ FSB. Most people aren't pushing thosee kinds of FSBs, so it really doesn't matter.

Even the P5QL-E P43 based board I have does 400 FSB fine.
 
well just for fun I pushed my e6400 up as far as it would go. I only got to 2.88ghz before windows wouldn't boot anymore.
Wondering if another board would do better.
 
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