ASUS First 965C2 Motherboard P5B-E FSB 500

[Turtle 1]

Nice work Andre . Thanks for taking the time.

[AndreYang]

Nice 500 FSB and this will be a cheap board. LOL, I knew they were going to do this......where was this board back in July? (Back then the only cheap board was DS3)

I can tell this will be a good one. Hopefully on par with P5B deluxe without all the fluff.

First Version 1.01G is Memory 2.1V Version.
Second Version 1.02G is Memory 2.4V Version.


1.01G will be available in the market next week, but 1.02G need to wait until October.

[trans am]

Ask your lady friend at Asus to trade me a 1.02G version for this C1 P5B lol! I'll keep her at stock until Thanks in advance Andre!

[shimmishim]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...uctCode=247113

no ETA though

[bingo13]

Retail 1.01G Board - Retail 0402 Bios - C2 Stepping - Also have another retail board that is a C1 Stepping. I understand as of today the next board revision will actually be in November and might have another product designation. Current vDIMM limit of 2.1V is a real drawback for extended overclocking, however the board is very solid so far.

[remorema]

unless you use raid, it's not worthy to change from a p5b to a p5b-e.

i guess vmods are equal to p5b , cause vcore & vdimm regulators seem to be the same.

for those talking nonsense about this board. i'm very happy with my p5b, i had a p5wdh and i didn't OC nothing compared to the p5b.

this board makes 500 fsb look so easy.

[Wam7]

Andre, will there be a P5B-E Deluxe edition as well?

Wondering if there will be one of these as well. Need the Wifi.

[Doumz]

unless you use raid, it's not worthy to change from a p5b to a p5b-e

Also fix the double reboot on restart and on cold boot

[bingo13]

Also fix the double reboot on restart and on cold boot

Still does it when overclocking.

[dinos22]

Retail 1.01G Board - Retail 0402 Bios - C2 Stepping - Also have another retail board that is a C1 Stepping. I understand as of today the next board revision will actually be in November and might have another product designation. Current vDIMM limit of 2.1V is a real drawback for extended overclocking, however the board is very solid so far.

that's a bit misleading running separate SPI runs and placing them next to eachother as if you ran them simulataneously

[mascaras]

that's a bit misleading running separate SPI runs and placing them next to eachother as if you ran them simulataneously

LOLOL

[Doumz]

Ordered one from Ncix,however they are on special order

Wonder how much time till they got some instock to ship it to me

[user0001]

ASUS P5B-E will use New 965C2 and the price will be between DS3 and S3.

its out. Here on back order.

Hmmm.... IIRC it was listed at $130 a few days ago. Now its $160... Hope it drops back to $130 when it retails

[user0001]

I knew they jammed the price up. Take a look:
Sept 14 $129
Yesterday $160
Sept 20 $180!

So much for being a budget board priced between a S3 and DS3!

[Grendel66]

I'll drop back as soon it becomes available in quantities..

[Rudyn]

I still want the P5B Dlx mainly cause it's got black PCB, no more yellowish mobo for me

[bingo13]

that's a bit misleading running separate SPI runs and placing them next to eachother as if you ran them simulataneously

Sorry about that, honest mistake, linked to the wrong image, always run 32M about a dozen times before doing the dual runs to dial the system in. I take screenshots to see where I was at, when you are an old fart it helps.
I hope this meets with your approval now.



p.s. Will post up my original 7x501 Dual 32M run once I find it.

[Brahmzy]

Well this board is in stock and shipping for $169+!

So much for a nice cheap board. P5B D it is.

[bingo13]

Well this board is in stock and shipping for $169+!

So much for a nice cheap board. P5B D it is.

That is way above the Asus MSRP, but it seems most places are charging in that range at this time. The board was designed be right under the DS3 in pricing.

[JoeBar]

I still want the P5B Dlx mainly cause it's got black PCB, no more yellowish mobo for me

Yellowish mobo...

[lookmomnobrains]

p5b and p5b-e side by side





source

[mykeos]

great comparo,yet you should include the deluxe in it too.

[bingo13]

First Version 1.01G is Memory 2.1V Version.
Second Version 1.02G is Memory 2.4V Version.


1.01G will be available in the market next week, but 1.02G need to wait until October.

Actually, my 1.02G board will do 2.45V.

[tvdang7]

so this board is in every way better than the ds3 if the price drops right?
ive been waiting for something new to drop .
had my eye on the ds3 but i was sure something better was gonna come out.

[Truckchase!]

First Version 1.01G is Memory 2.1V Version.
Second Version 1.02G is Memory 2.4V Version.


1.01G will be available in the market next week, but 1.02G need to wait until October.

Pardon my lack of knowledge on Asus versioning, but that's board revision not bios version, correct? Assuming yes, If I end up with a 1.01G (just ordered today from zipzoomfly) will I be able to get up to 2.4 with a BIOS update or is the hardware different? Any chance for a VMCH adjustment in a newer BIOS rev?