Asus P5B-E Plus socket 775 Motherboard p965
Test Setup and Notes
Published: 28th December 2006 | Source: | Price: |
Core2Duo E6700 ES
Asus P5B-E Plus
Mushkin HP2 6400 (4-4-4-10)
Sapphire X1600Pro
Hitachia Deskstar 7K160 SATA HDD
Sony DVD-Rom/CD-RW
Silverstone 560w ZEUS PSU
Antec P180B
For comparison I used results from an earlier review by OC3D on the Intel D975XBX, the Abit AB9 Review and from the AW9D max Review
Testing
To test the motherboard I first ran it at stock using as stress test comprising of Orthos (dual Prime95), Folding @ Home running on both cores (set to idle priority) and RTHDRIBL running 1/2 screen. I let this run for 12hours to see how the board would fare
The benches and tests used on the motherboard were:
Super PI 1m and 32m
SiSoft Sandra:
Processor Arithmatic
Procsssor Multemedia
Memory Bandwidth
Memory Latency
3DMark05 and 3DMark06 @ 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024
Counter Strike Source @ 1024 x 768 and 1280 x 1024
HD Tach
Cinebench:
CPU Rendering
OpenGL
For comparison I used the following:
- Silverstone Zeus 560w PSU
- XFX 7900GT GPU @ Stock
- Kingston HyperX PC2-8500 (5-5-5-15)
- Stock Intel Cooler
- Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 (2.66ghz)
Most Recent Comments
I think the page 5 32million Super Pi test graph is wrong? 19 sec 32mil test??
Edit: Looks like a sweet arse board!
Edit: Looks like a sweet arse board!
Bah ye tis in Minutes 
Frag u @ home?
Frag u @ home?
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Bah ye tis in Minutes
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Good board but I'm glad I didn't purchase it. 2.1v vDimm would have made me sell it the minute I booted it up.
Anyway, extremely thorough review Kemp.
Looks great!
Anyway, extremely thorough review Kemp.
Looks great!As usual great review..
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Good board but I'm glad I didn't purchase it. 2.1v vDimm would have made me sell it the minute I booted it up.
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But ye tis a nice board
Hey Kemp, I just thought I'd let you know about a couple of typos I think I found under the Introduction section on page 1
Am gonna read the whole review tonight looks like a good read btw!
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Asus has a long and excellent history of making some of the best motherboards that money can buy. In recent years [b]they've[/b'] even managed to step it up a notch and produce some awesome enthusiast boards.
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2.4vDIMM mate
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Some P5B's (well, some revisions) were known to max out at 2.1v also.
2.4 is still slightly low, but safe for D9. Above 2.4, heck, even 2.4v for D9 will kill it slowly.
Ye it's 2.45v which isn't too bad, though very slightly low I spose.
@ spirtd: Changed the they've, but I think have looks fine to me
@ spirtd: Changed the they've, but I think have looks fine to me
Kempez IS an English major
Hi
Nice review... just wanted to add Matthew, that and the bottom of this page, you have included direct link to www.abit.com.tw :-)
"Thanks To Asus for the Review Sample"
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?type=3&id=142&page=9&desc=asus_p5b-e_plus_socket_775_motherboard_p965
Nice review... just wanted to add Matthew, that and the bottom of this page, you have included direct link to www.abit.com.tw :-)
"Thanks To Asus for the Review Sample"
http://www.overclock3d.net/reviews.php?type=3&id=142&page=9&desc=asus_p5b-e_plus_socket_775_motherboard_p965
Oops, dunno what I was doing there
Changed
Changed
Hey Kemp is this the same as the Asus P5B Plus on their website?
Why the P5B E?
Why the P5B E?
That's what the box (and mobo) said mate
An amazing read thanks!
Another Good review, and i gotta say i really like my P5B-E, i bought it to save a bit of money on bits of the P5B-deluxe that i didn't need, liek the Wifi and dual LAN etcand im pleased as it's performed great, overclocks well and only cost £75
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Another Good review, and i gotta say i really like my P5B-E, i bought it to save a bit of money on bits of the P5B-deluxe that i didn't need, liek the Wifi and dual LAN etcand im pleased as it's performed great, overclocks well and only cost £75
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I've just realised, mine is just the P5B-E not the P5B-E PLUS. Is there a difference between the two?
Not much of a muchness I don't think, is yours black?
Yellow
Ye this ones black and has a few more SATA ports I think
Did you read the review and look at the pics? lol
Did you read the review and look at the pics? lol
Yeah i read it lol 
I just assumed because the box and board were different colours that i had a later/earlier revision or you hada 'review' sample, only when i checked my box i saw it ha no PLUS.
I just assumed because the box and board were different colours that i had a later/earlier revision or you hada 'review' sample, only when i checked my box i saw it ha no PLUS.
Does anyone know if this board will support the penryns that are out soon?
I would imagine so with a BIOS update, but don't expect the longevity to cover Nehalem procs (LGA1366). All you need do is head to the manufacturers website to find the answer, which I have already done for you here
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- Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU
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