| ASUS P5E3 Premium X48 Motherboard Review | ||
| by 3oh6 | June 10, 2008 | ||
| Overclocking Results Overclocking ResultsThis was going to be the crowning jewel of this review. We had great success in all aspects of the Rampage Formula x48 DDR2 overclocking and expected nothing less of our P5E3-Premium. Unfortunately things didn't quite work out how we wished, but despite our troubles, we did always have success in the 'sweet spot' and would fully recommend most 24/7 setups to be running in that FSB range. 2x2GB DDR3-1600 7-7-7 Stability TestingClick for full size...![]() After the questions being rasied about this motherboards ability to run 2x2GB kits of memory at DDR3-1600, I was concerned putting these G.Skill Pi modules in but they booted right up at the XMP profiles of 800MHz 7-7-7-18 and ran 100% out of the box. So much for those worries as the P5E3-Premium has shown it can handle DDR3-1600 2x2GB modules. All memory in this review was ran in the black slots. Maximum Overall Stability OverclockingClick for full size...![]() The next order of business was our overall system overclock. In the Rampage Formula, this processor managed close to 4.1GHz stable so we started there. Much to our surprise, 456*9 for 4104MHz turned out to be stable with the memory running 1:2 @ 1824 7-7-7-20 at PL6. The voltages are all set to their lowest with slight bumps in PLL and of course vNB up to 1.51v which is still plenty low enough for 24/7 operation. Getting this type of overclock was relatively easy. Once we found out that the 266Strap didn't really work, we stayed on the 333Strap and life was good. Maximum FSB Overclocking - Thus FarClick for full size...![]() This last screen shot is a departure from our regular rigorous testing and this is because we just got out hands on a beta BIOS that seems to be showing potential. We have only had it for a day but the FSB overclocking which was previously stalled right around the 500FSB mark has improved somewhat with very limited time in this new BIOS. When every other P5E3-Premium in the overclocking community is clocking well into the 550FSB range, we are perplexed as to why we are fighting for 530FSB with our sample. | ||
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