Originally posted by: edm
I've heard nothing but good things about the ASUS P5Q-E board. I don't own one myself yet, but will be ordering one soon to run a E8400 or E8500
I know. My E8400+P5QE combo is running rock solid at 3.6GHZ with 1.264V. I have no regret buying this board. In fact, the computer generated so little heat that I can barely hear the fans running. (I have 4 120mm fans @ ~1000rpm. Core temperatures never exceed 55C running prime.)
However, if I must point out anything unsatisfactory, it would be my E8400. For the past 5 days, I have been trying to get the CPU stable @ 4GHz with voltage under 1.375V. That was not possible with all the tweaking I did. I can only manage stability @ 4GHz with voltage a little over 1.4V. I heard that 45nm C2Ds are very delicate, and voltage above 1.4V is not recommended. As a result, I cautiously pulled the OC back to 3.6GHz.
But that was the CPU, I am sure the board itself is excellent. You will have much fun with it.