My new ASUS p5q3 deluxe arrived! [56k Warning]

Fantasma · Jun 27, 2008, 04:44 AM

Well, really it arrived some weeks ago but I have just seen it

I was really excited about my new prize (Thnx DH and ASUS). This is how I found it

And this is what I found inside hehehe

The package is extremely beautiful and shiny. I have never seen a box like that (mainstream user). The best thing I noticed is that it isn´t necessary to move jumpers in order to clear or reset cmos, the mobo has two switches!!, incredible!

I open the case and this is what I find

There are a lot of cables and the omnidirectional antenna that let me use the wifi of the mobo

Even it comes with an optinal fan if you use a fanless solution or a water cooled one

And now, the board itself

I can´t wait to use it as soon as posible. I´ll buy the rest of pieces in two weeks and I´ll do a comparison between my Barton system and my new one

The board is marvelous, thanx again DH and ASUS

Syndicate2083 · Jun 27, 2008, 05:03 AM

Congrats! Happy building!! hehe

-Syn

mike2h · Jun 27, 2008, 10:55 AM

gz! & enjoy.

procupine14 · Jun 27, 2008, 03:39 PM

woohoo! enjoy

**kris23** · Jun 27, 2008, 04:38 PM

its probably gonna cost a crap load to fully unleash that thing.....

Fantasma · Jun 28, 2008, 04:28 AM

I was thinking about completing it with

ATI Radeon HD3870 -> 129€
2x1Gb DDR3 1333 -> 84€
Intel Pentium E2220 (2.4ghz) -> 74€
Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro -> 19€
and about 15€ for sending them
Total:321€

What do you think guys?, I know the components are worse than the mobo but I can´t really spend anymore, my limit is about 325€-330€. Of course, I´m going to use it for gaming and I was thinking about overclocking the cpu.

PangingJr · Jun 28, 2008, 12:15 PM

i just got a P5Q Deluxe this evening as well.
a friend just purchased 2 P45 boards today, one is Gigabyte EP45-DQ6 and another is this P5Q-D and he sent this one to me first.

looks like a good board.

Fantasma, you may want to check out the product homepage at asus.com,
your board model may also has some new BIOS files available to downlaod.

***Veridian3*** · Jun 28, 2008, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fantasma

I was thinking about completing it with

ATI Radeon HD3870 -> 129€
2x1Gb DDR3 1333 -> 84€
Intel Pentium E2220 (2.4ghz) -> 74€
Arctic cooling freezer 7 pro -> 19€
and about 15€ for sending them
Total:321€

What do you think guys?, I know the components are worse than the mobo but I can´t really spend anymore, my limit is about 325€-330€. Of course, I´m going to use it for gaming and I was thinking about overclocking the cpu.

Glad you like the board but please stay away from any Pentium Processor... get something which uses Core2... there are a bunch of cheap ones around. Also keep an eye out for cheap 4850s... much better than the 3870... hopefully the place you are buying from will have an offer on.

**kris23** · Jun 28, 2008, 06:24 PM

ill sell you my Core 2 e6550 if you want

EDIT: oh wait, ur in Spain huh? i wonder how much shipping would cost...... it'll probably be better to get it locally....

Necrosis · Jun 28, 2008, 11:56 PM

Late to the party but nice to see someone posting pics of some thing they won! Hope ou enjoy the new board!

swimtech · Jul 2, 2008, 10:43 PM

Vewwy nice Fantasma - that board will no doubt run out really well, congratulations!

Fantasma · Jul 26, 2008, 06:59 AM

I have just mounted my whole system consisted of:
Intel pentium E2220 2.4ghz
2x1gb OCZ3G16002GK memory
Sapphire HD 3870 512Mb
Arctic cooling freezer 7

I have a lot of issues with this board and the ram, at the end I got it working (after tuning a lot of options) the FSB at 400 (multiplier 6) and the memory at DDR3 1333Mhz at 6-6-6-18 with a new bios (1103). I tried everything to get 1600Mhz but the timings of the mobo are so tight that it´s nearly impossible, at least for me. Anyway, at 1333Mhz is very fast, faster than other 1600Mhz combos out there

PangingJr · Jul 26, 2008, 07:09 AM

i also heard the P5Q-D DRR3 model used to have problem with DDR3 RAM compatibility to the max (someone at XtremeSystems forums has mentioned this).
glad to see you're now running it okay.

Fantasma · Jul 26, 2008, 08:09 AM

If someone has problems, this is my bios options (version 1103):
Multiplier: 06
FSB: 400Mhz
DRAM Frequency : DDR3-1333MHz
DRAM Static Read Control : Disabled
DRAM Dynamic Write Control : Disabled
DRAM Read Training : Disabled
DRAM Write Training : Disabled
MEM. OC Charger : Enabled
Ai Clock Twister : Lighter
DRAM Voltage : 1.80
All other settings : Auto
That worked ok for me, I´m trying othe options to see if I can tight the timings a bit more, now trying running the memory at 6-6-6-18, it seems stable but I need some more testing
Update:
I´m using cpu margin enhancement at "Performance", it seems more stable that optimized