Inital Overclock of P5N32-SLI Nforce590

[phenix_fyah]

Specs:

P5N32-SLI Asus Nforce590
2GB Corsair DDR800 TWIN2X2048-6400C4
eVGA 7950GT
Intel Core 2 Duo e6600
Zalmanns 9500

So far got it stable at 315MHZ FSB @ 1.35V = 2.8ghz
Memory Timing @ 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2V

I think it may be able to go some more lol

 

[weilin]

hmmm how high was the average overclock on the p965s? i could have sworn they could hit 400+ without issues.

 

[phenix_fyah]

yeah well this amazingly agile overclockable c19 nforce590

 

[weilin]

wasnt meant to be an insult or anything, just curious as to how the nforce 590 compares with intel's offering thats all.

 

[phenix_fyah]

Well I topped out at 324x9 which is 2.91 Which is real good.......

......good until you compare it to waht the intels are getting

will raising the voltage a little more give me some more room? Anybody?

 

[phenix_fyah]

I was never able to do this on other baords but this one allows me to independently raise the fsb on the cpu seperate from the ram which is pretty cool. My last asus didn't allow that so it didn't over clock that well. Gosh i feel old lol.

 

[rwaritsdario]

Well I topped out at 324x9 which is 2.91 Which is real good.......

You should consider yourself lucky to hit that on a 590!

Sorry to say this but... P965 reaches 500Mhz ofenly...

 

[wun911]

Once you put in your second 7950 GT, despite your weeker OC you will still beat a non SLI intel chipset.

The P5N32 SLI was never a very strong OC MB.... BUT your SLI will make up for it in games...



I once had a similar problem in trying to get my P5N32 SLI to get a decent OC. I attached extra Intel HSF to both the NB and SB now im in the 5.0 Ghz club. It does have good OC potential, you just need to know how, and you need a decent PSU. (Water cooling helps too)

 

[yourmothersanastronaut]

Hmmm...what are your chipset temperatures? The heatpipe on the chipset isn't made to go upside down like that, the chemical in the pipe is made to go one way. If you had a different case to use, you might get a better OC out of it.

 

[Anoobis]

Hence his need for those crazy NB and SB coolers.

 

[wun911]

Thats correct P5N32 was never made to go upside down into a Lian Li thats why I later got an MM U2 UFO. Apparenlty heat pipes dont work upside down without a wick.



Now with the heat pipes orientated the correct way and along with the added HSF. I can push the CPU to 5.73Ghz, its stable via prime 95 for 48 hrs.

The NB and SB temps are about 38 deg C.
The CPU is 44 under load.

So for all you people that got a 965x or 975x chipset.... I feel sorry for you.... 5 Ghz is the norm however 5.73 is above average.