The ASUS P45 Owner's Club

MoonPig · Mar 31, 2009

alexp999 said:
@Moonpig, that Maximus looks sweet, shame it runs at 85*C!

Yea, i love it's looks. When i hooked it up, the 'Republic of Gamers' lit up - that put a smile on my face. And the 'Ok - High - Crazy' LEDs are awesome. Pitty about the temps. Hope they take it back and replace with a new one. This board has such a potential.

Along with my to-be-purchased neons, it should be a stunner.

Should finish the Water Cooling this week, which means new entry to the case gallery.

Let's hope the board gets replaced. Then i'll aim for a 550 FSB

Kursah · Mar 31, 2009

Well it depends on airflow in the case too, but I've noticed since I recently reduced my 2 intake and rear exhaust fan to low speed (around 1k rpm), my NB temps increased almost 5C. From 37c to 42c. Still stable, I did put an 80mm fan on the back of the vid card aimed at the memory/nb it did reduce temps a few degrees (when i first got the board). I have considered reseating the hsf assembly with some MX2...I just don't wanna dig the board out lol.

My temps also raised 2-3c by installing a quad, even in comparison to my e8600 running 4.5ghz at 500fsb with 1000 memory...running this quad at 400fsb/3.6ghz with 1066 memory does seem to load the nb more, which I expected. I can deal with the temps for now..we'll see what summer brings though, I may place a fan again if it goes above 45c. My old DFI Dark p35's NB would go over 50C in the summer...but my g/f's gb p35-ds3l nb runs about 40c. Keep in mind these temps are from gaming/folding. Generally these PC's are in use, so not much idle time.

alexp999 · Mar 31, 2009

Enjoy

Kursah · Mar 31, 2009

Very nice build man! Great work! :toast:

alexp999 · Mar 31, 2009

Its amazing how much better the pics look on a decent camera.

The third one is my favourite. Took me ages to set the camera up so you could see it well, on Auto, everything is really dark!

MoonPig · Mar 31, 2009

Wow, that is nice. Makes me miss cases.

alexp999 · Mar 31, 2009

Those WC holes made the perfect places for my switches.

Only mods I have done are electrical. I'll have to re submit by Case Gallery thing, cus that was using my phone, looked crap!

I was looking at cases the other day, and I still cant find anything that beats the CM690 under £100.

God I love my PC :love:

mlee49 · Mar 31, 2009

Holy clearance Alex! :eek:

Squeeze them in there!

alexp999 · Mar 31, 2009

mlee49 said:
Holy clearance Alex! Squeeze them in there!

Thats why I was trying to figure out what to do with it, but in the end, I managed to fit it in the bottom slot, makes me glad I bought a P5Q deluxe and this case otherwise I'd be running my GTX 260 @ PCI-E x8

Its not bending the PCB either, it literally just fits. Can you see the little bit of black velcro to stop the vibration against the power supply?

mlee49 · Mar 31, 2009

alexp999 said:
Can you see the little bit of black velcro to stop the vibration against the power supply?

And you said your only mod was electrical... Nice rig there. Go Mean Green!

alexp999 · Mar 31, 2009

mlee49 said:
And you said your only mod was electrical... Nice rig there. Go Mean Green!

Not really a mod, more of a bodge, lol.

And my only electrical mod was setting one of those switches to turn off the front green 120mm and three 140mm fans.

And its green for nvidia, got sick of blue. If I go Ati again, it will be red!

Ketxxx · Mar 31, 2009

With everybody so excited with their new "bits" (kyle

) I thought I would add some tips in to eek more out of the P5Q boards.

1. Remove stock cooling and clean thermal crap off
2. Inspect stock cooling for pitted surfaces, sand if needed. Remember to remove the black pad around the NB HS, the pad actually snugly sits on a resistor.. not good if your aiming to keep everything as cool as possible.
3. Use your thermal compound of choice
4. Remount NB/MOSFET and SB heatsinks.
5. In the case of Pro owners invest in a Enzotech MST-81 heatsink for the MOSFETs at the top of the board.
6. Now your truely ready to unleash the beast within.

red268 · Mar 31, 2009

Looks awesome Alex!
I'll find out firmware tomorrow, must get to bed now. Working 7am - 5:30pm tomorrow

Also, Red all that way!! I'd love to change out my Antecs fans for some red ones .... but would like them to turn off as well!!

alexp999 · Mar 31, 2009

Ketxxx said:
With everybody so excited with their new "bits" (kyle ) I thought I would add some tips in to eek more out of the P5Q boards.

1. Remove stock cooling and clean thermal crap off
2. Inspect stock cooling for pitted surfaces, sand if needed. Remember to remove the black pad around the NB HS, the pad actually snugly sits on a resistor.. not good if your aiming to keep everything as cool as possible.
3. Use your thermal compound of choice
4. Remount NB/MOSFET and SB heatsinks.
5. In the case of Pro owners invest in a Enzotech MST-81 heatsink for the MOSFETs at the top of the board.
6. Now your truely ready to unleash the beast within.

Mind doesnt seem that hot, plus I dont like the idea of trying to get mine all off in one go, and I dont have anything to replace the pads underneath with.

Mine doesnt really seem hot anyway.

Thanks for the tips tho :toast:

DarkEgo · Mar 31, 2009

Do you guys think the Thermalright HR-05 would be a good alternative to stock cooling or should I just water cool my north bridge. It gets way to hot with out that fan there (it burns my fingers when I touch it).

alexp999 · Mar 31, 2009

Wow that is hot! What does the Mobo report as the temp?

Ketxxx · Mar 31, 2009

Just slap a 40mm fan on the NB HS, job done.

alexp999 · Mar 31, 2009

I have loads of spare Asus fans if anyone needs them.

Ketxxx · Mar 31, 2009

Hows this? :wtf:

DarkEgo · Mar 31, 2009

PERFECT!!!!! Because we do own all AMD!

alexp999 · Apr 1, 2009

Hows this?

I'd like to keep the Asus logo at the top I think.

Ketxxx · Apr 1, 2009

Intel logo is kinda low res an blurry. Asus logo is ok, but should get rid of what it says underneath, feels a bit too much like Asus just plastering their name all over otherwise like they always do.

MoonPig · Apr 1, 2009

Hmmm... Not sure about the solid black background. And maybe it should be landscape.

I'd make one, but im not doing anything strenuous on this PC... lol

Ketxxx · Apr 1, 2009

Translated: "I'm lazy but heres my input"

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Apr 1, 2009

Can I join?

Ive had my P45 board for a while now. Not sure how long but its been a while. It has the 1306 bios that has been modified by ketxxx.

I have a X3350 (Q9450) running at 3.8GHz 24/7/365.

My CPUz Validation.

System Name	Kursah's Gaming Rig 2018 (2022 Upgrade) - Ryzen+ Edition \| Gaming Laptop (Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 2022)
Processor	R7 5800X @ Stock \| i7 12700H @ Stock
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X370-F Gaming BIOS 6203\| Legion 5i Pro NM-E231
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S Push-Pull + NT-H1 \| Stock Cooling
Memory	TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 32GB (2x16) DDR4 4000 @ 3600 18-20-20-42 1.35v \| 32GB DDR5 4800 (2x16)
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 4070 JetStream 12GB \| CPU-based Intel Iris XE + RTX 3070 8GB 150W
Storage	4TB SP UD90 NVME, 960GB SATA SSD, 2TB HDD \| 1TB Samsung OEM NVME SSD + 4TB Crucial P3 Plus NVME SSD
Display(s)	Acer 28" 4K VG280K x2 \| 16" 2560x1600 built-in
Case	Corsair 600C - Stock Fans on Low \| Stock Metal/Plastic
Audio Device(s)	Aune T1 mk1 > AKG K553 Pro + JVC HA-RX 700 (Equalizer APO + PeaceUI) \| Bluetooth Earbuds (BX29)
Power Supply	EVGA 750G2 Modular + APC Back-UPS Pro 1500 \| 300W OEM (heavy use) or Lenovo Legion C135W GAN (light)
Mouse	Logitech G502 \| Logitech M330
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Core RGB \| Built in Keyboard (Lenovo laptop KB FTW)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 \| Windows 11 Home x64

System Name	Gaming Rig \| Uni Laptop
Processor	Intel Q6600 G0 (2007) @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.45625v (LLC) / 4 GHz Bench @ 1.63v \| AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 2 GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45) \| HP 6715b
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight w/AC MX2 ~ Case Fans: 2 x 180mm + 1 x 120mm Silverstone Fans
Memory	4GB OCZ Platinum PC2-8000 @ 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.1v \| 2 x 1GB DDR2 667 MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX GTX 285 1GB, Modded FTW BIOS @ 725/1512/1350 w/Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 + Scythe sinks\| ATI X1250
Storage	2x WD6400AAKS 1 TB Raid 0, 140GB Raid 1 & 80GB Maxtor Basics External HDD (storage) \| 160GB 2.5"
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster SM2433BW @ 1920 x 1200 via DVI-D \| 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050 resolution)
Case	Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W ~ Logitech G15 R1 / Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000
Audio Device(s)	Soundmax AD2000BX Onboard Sound, via Logitech X-230 2.1 \| ADI SoundMAX HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX650W \| HP 90W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 \| Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DM06: 19519, Vantage: P16170 ~ Win7: -CPU 7.5 -MEM 7.5 -AERO 7.9 -GFX 6.0 -HDD 6.0

System Name	Kursah's Gaming Rig 2018 (2022 Upgrade) - Ryzen+ Edition \| Gaming Laptop (Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 2022)
Processor	R7 5800X @ Stock \| i7 12700H @ Stock
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X370-F Gaming BIOS 6203\| Legion 5i Pro NM-E231
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S Push-Pull + NT-H1 \| Stock Cooling
Memory	TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z 32GB (2x16) DDR4 4000 @ 3600 18-20-20-42 1.35v \| 32GB DDR5 4800 (2x16)
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 4070 JetStream 12GB \| CPU-based Intel Iris XE + RTX 3070 8GB 150W
Storage	4TB SP UD90 NVME, 960GB SATA SSD, 2TB HDD \| 1TB Samsung OEM NVME SSD + 4TB Crucial P3 Plus NVME SSD
Display(s)	Acer 28" 4K VG280K x2 \| 16" 2560x1600 built-in
Case	Corsair 600C - Stock Fans on Low \| Stock Metal/Plastic
Audio Device(s)	Aune T1 mk1 > AKG K553 Pro + JVC HA-RX 700 (Equalizer APO + PeaceUI) \| Bluetooth Earbuds (BX29)
Power Supply	EVGA 750G2 Modular + APC Back-UPS Pro 1500 \| 300W OEM (heavy use) or Lenovo Legion C135W GAN (light)
Mouse	Logitech G502 \| Logitech M330
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Core RGB \| Built in Keyboard (Lenovo laptop KB FTW)
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64 \| Windows 11 Home x64

System Name	Gaming Rig \| Uni Laptop
Processor	Intel Q6600 G0 (2007) @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.45625v (LLC) / 4 GHz Bench @ 1.63v \| AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 2 GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45) \| HP 6715b
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight w/AC MX2 ~ Case Fans: 2 x 180mm + 1 x 120mm Silverstone Fans
Memory	4GB OCZ Platinum PC2-8000 @ 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.1v \| 2 x 1GB DDR2 667 MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX GTX 285 1GB, Modded FTW BIOS @ 725/1512/1350 w/Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 + Scythe sinks\| ATI X1250
Storage	2x WD6400AAKS 1 TB Raid 0, 140GB Raid 1 & 80GB Maxtor Basics External HDD (storage) \| 160GB 2.5"
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster SM2433BW @ 1920 x 1200 via DVI-D \| 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050 resolution)
Case	Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W ~ Logitech G15 R1 / Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000
Audio Device(s)	Soundmax AD2000BX Onboard Sound, via Logitech X-230 2.1 \| ADI SoundMAX HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX650W \| HP 90W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 \| Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DM06: 19519, Vantage: P16170 ~ Win7: -CPU 7.5 -MEM 7.5 -AERO 7.9 -GFX 6.0 -HDD 6.0

System Name	Gaming Rig \| Uni Laptop
Processor	Intel Q6600 G0 (2007) @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.45625v (LLC) / 4 GHz Bench @ 1.63v \| AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 2 GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe (Intel P45) \| HP 6715b
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight w/AC MX2 ~ Case Fans: 2 x 180mm + 1 x 120mm Silverstone Fans
Memory	4GB OCZ Platinum PC2-8000 @ 1000Mhz 5-5-5-15 2.1v \| 2 x 1GB DDR2 667 MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX GTX 285 1GB, Modded FTW BIOS @ 725/1512/1350 w/Accelero Xtreme GTX 280 + Scythe sinks\| ATI X1250
Storage	2x WD6400AAKS 1 TB Raid 0, 140GB Raid 1 & 80GB Maxtor Basics External HDD (storage) \| 160GB 2.5"
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster SM2433BW @ 1920 x 1200 via DVI-D \| 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050 resolution)
Case	Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W ~ Logitech G15 R1 / Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000
Audio Device(s)	Soundmax AD2000BX Onboard Sound, via Logitech X-230 2.1 \| ADI SoundMAX HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX650W \| HP 90W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64 \| Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7100 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DM06: 19519, Vantage: P16170 ~ Win7: -CPU 7.5 -MEM 7.5 -AERO 7.9 -GFX 6.0 -HDD 6.0

System Name	The Dove Box Rev 3.0
Processor	i7 8700k @ 4.7GHz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus X APEX
Cooling	Custom water loop
Memory	16GB 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	2x MSI 780 Ti's in SLI
Storage	500GB Samsung 850 PCIe SSD, 4TB
Display(s)	27" Asus 144Hz
Case	Enermax Fulmo GT
Audio Device(s)	ON BOARD FTW
Power Supply	Corsair 1200W
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Win 10 64x

System Name	Ravens Talon
Processor	AMD R7 3700X @ 4.4GHz 1.3v
Motherboard	MSI X570 Tomahawk
Cooling	Modded 240mm Coolermaster Liquidmaster
Memory	2x16GB Klevv BoltX 3600MHz & custom timings
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 6800XT Red Devil
Storage	250GB Asgard SSD, 1TB Integral SSD, 2TB Seagate Barracuda
Display(s)	27" BenQ Mobiuz
Case	NZXT Phantom 530
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX 7.1 PCI-E
Power Supply	1000w Supernova
Software	Windows 10 x64
Benchmark Scores	Fast. I don't need epeen.

Processor	Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor(2.4GHz,8MB Cache,1066MHz)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK - P5N-E - SLI nForce 650i SLI(C55) - ATX
Cooling	TRUE with Xilence Red Wing 120mm fan
Memory	OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800Mhz/PC2-6400 GOLD XTC
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD3870 XT 512MB Arctic Cooling Acellero S1 Rev. 2
Storage	Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB SATA II 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Display(s)	HANNS-G HU196D 19"
Case	Antec 1200
Audio Device(s)	5.1 High Definition onboard sound card - 6 Channel Cinema sound
Power Supply	550W PSU
Software	Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit
Benchmark Scores	10713 3DMark06 - No overclocking on anything

Processor	Intel i9 9900K @5GHz w/ Corsair H150i Pro CPU AiO w/Corsair HD120 RBG fan
Motherboard	Asus Z390 Maximus XI Code
Cooling	6x120mm Corsair HD120 RBG fans
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RBG 2x8GB 3600MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3080Ti STRIX OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB , 970 EVO 1TB, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, 10TB Synology DS1621+ RAID5
Display(s)	Corsair Xeneon 32" 32UHD144 4K
Case	Corsair 570x RBG Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s)	Onboard / Corsair Virtuoso XT Wireless RGB
Power Supply	Corsair HX850w Platinum Series
Mouse	Logitech G604s
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Rapidfire
Software	Windows 11 x64 Professional
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike - 23520 Heaven - 3670

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