Got my P4P800... it rocks

[Sweeper]

Well... I got my P4P800 this afternoon and have already got it set up and going. This is one of the most forgiving mobos I have ever used!!!

I have already been able to push my 2.4b to 165 fsb... that's 10 more than I could on my P4S533. The memory scores are out of this world. The only frustrating thing is my 2.4b just will not make the 3.0+ jump... hits 2.97 @ 165... anything past that and it will not boot.

I am sure weighing the options as to whether I should sell my 2.4b and get a 2.6c. It's only money right... :rolleyes:

I ordered (2) iS2 IDE to SATA adapters this morning and they should be here by Friday... this should be a rock'n system.

BT or Prom... if you guys read this... do you have any bios settings and/or suggestions??

Take care,
Sweeper :wave:

[Skully]

Just got my P4P800 this evening. I'm setting it up now. Congrats Sweeper on yours! Looks like we are gonna have some fun!! :)

[Sweeper]

Good to see you over here... Skully. :wave:

I will be waiting to hear how your new setup goes. I can't wait to get my iS2 adapters so that I can try the SATA Raid. Once I get those in I will be down to a single PCI card in my system.

Good luck... :)

[Thor]

Congrats on the board man!

I just got mine, and was wondering which video card you use, and how much clearance there is between the AGP slot and the MCH heatsink.

I've got a 9800 Hercules coming soon, and I just looked at the board, and man, she's tight! :eek:

[Sweeper]

Thor...

Thanks... yeah, this board is awesome!!! Can't wait for my 2.6c and my SATA converters to arrive.

To answer your question... I am using an Nvidia Ti 4600. It is tight but everything fits. The biggest problem I had was with my hoses for my watercooling.

Good luck with yours... let us know how it goes.

:wave:

[Thor]

Hmm, I don't know if this is because of MBM5, or this board is reading lower then usual temps. I haven't tried the Asus software monitoring util yet, but my idle and f/l temps are a LOT lower then on my P4G8X using the same cpu and HSF setup.

CPU - 2.53C1 @ 1.525vcore @ 3.343ghz (175fsb)

P4G8X - 41 (idle), 52 (f/l)
P4P800 - 29 (idle), 42 (f/l) :confused:

[Sweeper]

Mine have dropped about 2f... I'm thinking it is because of the fresh coat of Artic Silver 3... Maybe..:rolleyes:

[Thor]

Hehe,

Hey, one more silly question. Does memory ratio options only appear in the BIOS when you use a 200fsb cpu? I didn't see anything, other than Asus overclock percentages.

TIA!

[jhites]

Originally posted by Thor
Hmm, I don't know if this is because of MBM5, or this board is reading lower then usual temps. I haven't tried the Asus software monitoring util yet, but my idle and f/l temps are a LOT lower then on my P4G8X using the same cpu and HSF setup.

CPU - 2.53C1 @ 1.525vcore @ 3.343ghz (175fsb)

P4G8X - 41 (idle), 52 (f/l)
P4P800 - 29 (idle), 42 (f/l) :confused:
Mine do the same:
Running 2 instances of Seti on P4G8X with 3.06HT @ 3.4Ghz I am getting 53-55C F/L (Alpha 8942 w/80mm/50cfm Sunon)
Running 2 instances of Seti on P4C800 with 2.6C @ 3.4Ghz I am getting 43-45C F/L (SLK900U w/92mm/57cfm Panaflo)

Could be the heatsinks or board sensor chips or all of the above. As long as it stays under 55C F/L, I don't get to concerned. :eyepop:

[Skully]

I'm running H2o on my P4P800 Deluxe, my temps @ load are 28-29C. This sure is a great mobo! :)