The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

[Kursah]

Get rid of that damn Q6600 and join the rest of us sane P5Q owners and get some 45nm E8xxx action! You'll get some tool on iDiotBay to buy it off you for some ridiculously inflated price and then you can buy something else.

Maybe even a low end 45nm Quad? (Q9400/9550)

Good volts there and that does appear to be about what the VID is on your Q6600....stock volts for nice clocks, cant beat it.

45nm duals can be fun to OC, but after you find your sweet spot and run it for a few months, going back to an older, slower quad improved my gaming/multitasking. Keeping a Q6600 is quite a good idea, many can be found at a decent price, hell my most recent Q6600 cost me 140 shipped and came with a xig s1283, crossbow kit and fan. I would say a 45nm quad might be the next route to go. Eventually someone's gonna sell a q9650 for a price I can afford and this Q might go in my G/F's rig where my e8500 now resides (see sys specs).

I think it depends on use and needs between going quad and dual for sure, I keep a lot of stuff running, I game a lot, fold a lot...a quad was the clear choice when I had a smoother experience with an old quad at 3.6ghz compared to a newer dual at 4.5ghz.

 

[pabloc74]

Socket 775? lol

Get me on xfire if you have it (aciddance) and we will play some CoD4 how it should be played.
Alfreton.

Nice OC there Pab.

thanks!, 775 it's alive

 

[aCid888*]

Edited above post.


Because you can sell your high clocking Q6600 on the bay and get a nice price..then buy some noobs Q9400/9550 because they upgraded to i7...it can potentially let you upgrade for "free"...keep it in mind.

 

[Kursah]

True, I would rather have a q9650 for the higher multi tbh, though a 9550 wouldn't be shabby either.

 

[aCid888*]

45nm duals can be fun to OC, but after you find your sweet spot and run it for a few months, going back to an older, slower quad improved my gaming/multitasking. Keeping a Q6600 is quite a good idea, many can be found at a decent price, hell my most recent Q6600 cost me 140 shipped and came with a xig s1283, crossbow kit and fan. I would say a 45nm quad might be the next route to go. Eventually some one's gonna sell a q9650 for a price I can afford and this Q might go in my G/F's rig where my e8500 now resides (see sys specs).

I think it depends on use and needs between going quad and dual for sure, I keep a lot of stuff running, I game a lot, fold a lot...a quad was the clear choice when I had a smoother experience with an old quad at 3.6ghz compared to a newer dual at 4.5ghz.

For 45nm Quad goodness I have a nice PII 945 sat in my girlfriends rig that will do a solid 3.8GHz without worry.

Q6600's are still good and people still pay well in the UK for them....I just like my E8400 because it runs faster than a crack spider makes a web (look on ytube to know what I mean!) and in SP1M and 3d06 clocks matter.

When I can pull 800fps in CoD4 I don't mind one bit!! And if you don't believe me, add me on xfire and see some screenshots...because if you dont have SS's it didnt happen!

 

[Ketxxx]

If I had some spare cash I would take a Q9550 or 9450 over a dual anyday. Biggest problem with quads is that they cost a shitload

 

[kyle2020]

If I had some spare cash I would take a Q9550 or 9450 over a dual anyday. Biggest problem with quads is that they cost a shitload

how much do you think I paid for my Q6600?

 

[Ketxxx]

£120? An go check your FS thread! Lets see if we can work something out

 

[kyle2020]

£95

 

[Ketxxx]

Not bad. As much as I like the Q6600 I would have to get a 45nm Quad now just to try and eek more FSB and MHz out

 

[pantherx12]

Can I join?

PQ53 bios609.

Won't be upgrading for a while so will probably be working with this board for a while!

 

[kyle2020]

Not bad. As much as I like the Q6600 I would have to get a 45nm Quad now just to try and eek more FSB and MHz out

If I could find a cheap E5200 or E7200 / E8400 then id snap it up and test it to its limits, just money restricted at the minute.

And welcome panther

 

[pantherx12]

If I could find a cheap E5200 or E7200 / E8400 then id snap it up and test it to its limits, just money restricted at the minute.

And welcome panther

Cheers, also how cheap you talking? Lambda-tek do them for £50.(e5200)

 

[kyle2020]

Cheers, also how cheap you talking? Lambda-tek do them for £50.(e5200)

too expensive just for a play - thing - ill be looking second hand if anything, but thanks for the heads up

 

[Ketxxx]

If you have a spare C2D kicking about to swap you can have my E7200 to torture

 

[kyle2020]

If you have a spare C2D kicking about to swap you can have my E7200 to torture

that I dont - let me torture it anyway?

Ill swap you my firestix for it!

 

[kyle2020]

Ket knows he wants toooooooooo

 

[Ketxxx]

Nope I've blown most of my CPUs an I only have 2 left lol.

 

[kyle2020]

come onnnnn, ill even chuck in the S1 to sweeten the deal

 

[ace80]

Can I join?

PQ53 bios609.

Won't be upgrading for a while so will probably be working with this board for a while!

My god, another P5Q3 user (faints) , i thought i was the only one left
welcome along
Hows the board been treating you? or how long you had it?

 

[Ketxxx]

come onnnnn, ill even chuck in the S1 to sweeten the deal

Sorry, I have RAM kits coming out of my ears and I have a sweet ghetto cooling solution for my HD3870

I'm also pimpin it large all the stuff I'm trying to trade (ideally for smaller sized things)

2x1GB Cellshock PC8000 4-4-4-12, Micron D9 GKX
2x1GB Patriot PC6400 4-4-4-12
2x1GB Geil Black Dragon PC6400 4-4-4-12
2x2GB HyperX PC8500 5-5-5-15
TPower I45
AW9D-Max
Scyth Ninja Rev. B
E4400

See link in my sig for more details

 

[kyle2020]

Fires for the I45

Jokes

 

[Ketxxx]

If you know anyone with things to trade shoot them my way

 

[pabloc74]

update the scores!

 

[Ketxxx]

What scores?