P5B Deluxe vs Commando

[kyleslater]

That's the main reason I didn't go w/ the EVGA board. Now that I've experienced the power of the matrix and the crazy snappy Winblows experience...

Gonna swap out the Commando @ Fry's in hopes of receiving a less noisy board. Wish me luck!

Lots of luck. Though I was looking at that board myself (probably should hold off for a P35 based board). It looks pretty impressive.

 

[bing]

Question for Commando owners : Does it still double boot as P5B-Dlx does ?

Yeah, the one that off/paused momentarily and then restart again.

 

[nvidiaOCmaster]

that commando looks NICE!

It also costs 209$

 

[Supershanks]

@Bing

Question for Commando owners : Does it still double boot as P5B-Dlx does ?

Yeah, the one that off/paused momentarily and then restart again.

yep coming from an award bios put the fear of god up me when it 1st happened. A sound like that on my dfi usually meant curtains.
I'm actually pretty cool with it now

I was originally thinking of 680i but the $ of the commando here in uk about $25 more than p5b dlx, made a lot more sense.

 

[kyleslater]

@Bing

yep coming from an award bios put the fear of god up me when it 1st happened. A sound like that on my dfi usually meant curtains.
I'm actually pretty cool with it now

I was originally thinking of 680i but the $ of the commando here in uk about $25 more than p5b dlx, made a lot more sense.

I've had that happen with every board since my P5LD2 (when overclocked) they have all done that.

 

[Jod]

Lots of luck.

Screw luck, I bought 2.

Question for Commando owners : Does it still double boot as P5B-Dlx does ?

It doesn't really bother me anymore either. Other than folks w/ water, what's the reason it's hated so much? Please don't tell me it'll ruin components.

I really do enjoy the layout, especially the SATA ports. It def helped for for a clean build.


Also, I noticed a few people bitchin' about the vdroop. I've done no OC (temp ram), but @ stock it's 1.28 in Asus Probe...load @ 1.27. If that's right, it's the lowest amount of vdroop I've ever seen on a board. Now I just have to decide if I wanna use the AS5 or some of this man nail polish Zalman STG crap on the new board...

 

[Supershanks]

vdroop increases as u oc, as u found at low spedds vdroop is small. To rubbish the commando 4 vdroop is ridiculous when it exists in all non-intel 965 & 975 mobos.

Asus probe voltages are overall pretty close to the actual voltage readings from a multimeter. I measured mine & was suprised compared to the big differences on previous boards.

 

[Vulcan]

Amazing wiring job JOD.

Makes me want to get mine sorted... I will some day, but eh, not right now haha.

 

[Jod]

Thanks, now get rid of this whine!!! Grrr...I hear it from the front right of my case and also from the PSU. It's def an issue w/ Commando vs Antec NEO HE 550. Now it's just a question of whether or not to swap the board or the PSU. There's no more Asus P5B in PHX, so I'm leaning towards a Gigabyte DQ6.

 

[Rattle]

go to frys pic up a psu see if it goes away...

 

[Supershanks]

It's nothing to do with the PSU all that will do is waste money

I 1st saw comments here about Buzzing/whistling 1st heard of here post#393 onwards
Commando Results by Tony and Andre (and others...)
Main suspect found

sugested solution

Since seen these:-
1)Anandtech see Jose's posts

2) Bleeding Edge

4) [H]ard Forum

& of course yerself

So i'd either try the fix
swap it Mine's ok
get summat else

luck

 

[Jod]

You're both right. Interesting comment from Hardforum. Alright, here's what I got...

Seasonic S12 Plus makes an even worse noise that def comes from the PSU. Squeezing, twisting, or moving the various coils on the board do nothing. I have 1 more out of 3 Commando's left to try. When unplugging the various devices inside the case, I found the noise went away substantially wo/ the 2 raptor ADFD's. This did not bother me previously w/ the P5B, but I can't possibly see how the Commando could be causing this. Wo/ the Raps, I still get the long distance electrical noise that interferes the head on my shoulders. As soon as my pc gets turned off, I feel relaxed. I'm def going w/ either a P5B or the Bad Axe 2 today. And I'll chuck the raptors if I have too. My piece of mind is worth more than faster loading time.