ASUS P5N32E-SLI & Q6700 - help needed ! - Page 2

**wrench97** · 10-05-2009, 12:36 PM

Newer Quad core boards that support higher wattage quads will require a 8 pin, for overclocking it's a good idea to have it. Floppy drives are disappearing quickly in favor of thumb drives, there are a few USB floppy drives around.

**greenbrucelee** · 10-05-2009, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hohum71

Thanks for clearing the air about the real world difference provided by lapping. I was lured into believing based on use comments that lapping produces a huge difference (between 10 - 15 degrees) in temps..! Apparently that's not true. Moving on ... I have noticed some boards require a 8 pin CPU power, while I think my PSU provides only 4. Do I need to change the PSU to one which provides a 8 pin? Similarly I have noticed a lack of a FDD connector on some boards.... so how do I rig the FDD?

Lapping can get you a bit cooler but I would disbelieve anyone who said they had a 15 degree drop and would ask them to prove it.

**linderman** · 10-05-2009, 01:02 PM

most all boards I have seen still have the floppy IDE connector on the motherboard even the newest P55 & X58 boards still have the FDD connector

your power supply is capable of using the eight pin adapter for quad core cpu power / if you dont have one, give me a holler and I can send you a thermaltake toughpower eight pin adapter I have several of them hanging around

dual core can get buy with 4 pin / quad cores usually need eight pin

your modular PSU should have had a plug to convert to eight pin?

Hohum71 · 10-06-2009, 09:48 PM

I checked - I dont have a 8 pin CPU supply on my PSU, but surprisingly I've also discovered that my board does have a 8 pin CPU power socket. I'm simply not using the balance four and I'm running the Q6700 on it. I thought you mentioned that the quads needed the 8 pin???

Another thing - I have a EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT video card ... a single card which I'm not running in SLI mode, since I'm not a gamer. Will this card work with the P45 chipset? I've read that Intel and NVIDIA dont really see eye-to-eye on this issue?

**wrench97** · 10-07-2009, 01:02 AM

Single Nvidia cards run well on Intel chipsets.

What Power Supply do you have?
Some have a 4+4 connector that splits apart into 2 4 pins.

**linderman** · 10-07-2009, 05:25 AM

I would use the eight pin in the cpu socket / I strongly advise you review your motherboard manual

yes; your video card will work with the P45 motherboard GUARANTEED

Hohum71 · 10-27-2009, 10:52 PM

Well folks, my old Asus P5N finally died on me, when I gave it a tweak too many ... basically it lost the BIOS. I've got myself a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P - i'd read a few good reviews of this board. So far, I've put everything together on this mobo and things seem fairly peachy! Now ... keeping my fingers crossed. Will reach out to you guys again, I'm sure I'm going to need some help!

**greenbrucelee** · 10-28-2009, 12:07 AM

good luck

10-05-2009, 12:36 PM	#21 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,854 OS: Win7	Re: ASUS P5N32E-SLI & Q6700 - help needed ! Newer Quad core boards that support higher wattage quads will require a 8 pin, for overclocking it's a good idea to have it. Floppy drives are disappearing quickly in favor of thumb drives, there are a few USB floppy drives around. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

10-05-2009, 01:02 PM	#23 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,442 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: ASUS P5N32E-SLI & Q6700 - help needed ! most all boards I have seen still have the floppy IDE connector on the motherboard even the newest P55 & X58 boards still have the FDD connector your power supply is capable of using the eight pin adapter for quad core cpu power / if you dont have one, give me a holler and I can send you a thermaltake toughpower eight pin adapter I have several of them hanging around dual core can get buy with 4 pin / quad cores usually need eight pin your modular PSU should have had a plug to convert to eight pin? __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

10-06-2009, 09:48 PM	#24 (permalink)
Hohum71 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9 OS: Vista 32	Re: ASUS P5N32E-SLI & Q6700 - help needed ! I checked - I dont have a 8 pin CPU supply on my PSU, but surprisingly I've also discovered that my board does have a 8 pin CPU power socket. I'm simply not using the balance four and I'm running the Q6700 on it. I thought you mentioned that the quads needed the 8 pin??? Another thing - I have a EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT video card ... a single card which I'm not running in SLI mode, since I'm not a gamer. Will this card work with the P45 chipset? I've read that Intel and NVIDIA dont really see eye-to-eye on this issue?

10-07-2009, 01:02 AM	#25 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,854 OS: Win7	Re: ASUS P5N32E-SLI & Q6700 - help needed ! Single Nvidia cards run well on Intel chipsets. What Power Supply do you have? Some have a 4+4 connector that splits apart into 2 4 pins. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

10-07-2009, 05:25 AM	#26 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,442 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: ASUS P5N32E-SLI & Q6700 - help needed ! I would use the eight pin in the cpu socket / I strongly advise you review your motherboard manual yes; your video card will work with the P45 motherboard GUARANTEED __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

10-27-2009, 10:52 PM	#27 (permalink)
Hohum71 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 9 OS: Vista 32	Re: ASUS P5N32E-SLI & Q6700 - help needed ! Well folks, my old Asus P5N finally died on me, when I gave it a tweak too many ... basically it lost the BIOS. I've got myself a Gigabyte EP45-UD3P - i'd read a few good reviews of this board. So far, I've put everything together on this mobo and things seem fairly peachy! Now ... keeping my fingers crossed. Will reach out to you guys again, I'm sure I'm going to need some help!

10-28-2009, 12:07 AM	#28 (permalink)
greenbrucelee Mentor Hardware team Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,932 OS: XP SP3 My System	Re: ASUS P5N32E-SLI & Q6700 - help needed ! good luck __________________ Microsoft certified professional, Network +, A+ certified