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Asus P5N32-E SLI PLUS

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Anyone know if this board is fine to work with a 45nm core 2 quad (Q9450) ? the specs state ready for 45nm but makes no mention of the yorkfield cpu's but also searching google gives me mixed results :confused:

also would nforce be a bad idea to use with a ati card (not crossfire) but a single card?
 

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You got the P5N32-E SLI PLUS the plus means that it works for 45nm. It's probably just a newer bios and some stuff thats been overlooked. You shouldn't worry.

But i know why you are confused. The P5N32-E SLI "non plus" came when QX6700 was kickass.
 

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650i means no 45nm Core 2 Quad support.

The CPU support list can be found here.

The nVidia 600 series was physically incapable of supporting the 45nm Core 2 Quads in a stable manner, so support for them was never officially added. There is a very slim chance that it will work, I wouldn't waste the money to find out.

You got the P5N32-E SLI PLUS the plus means that it works for 45nm.

:wtf:

The "Plus" has nothing to do with it...
 

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the CPU support list confirms my vague reccollections: these boards support 45nm dual core, and 65nm quad.
 

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650i means no 45nm Core 2 Quad support.

The CPU support list can be found here.

The nVidia 600 series was physically incapable of supporting the 45nm Core 2 Quads in a stable manner, so support for them was never officially added. There is a very slim chance that it will work, I wouldn't waste the money to find out.



:wtf:

The "Plus" has nothing to do with it...

Stop your whining, it will work. P5N32-E SLI PLUS came with bios to support newer cpus and also got updated with better solid capacitors.

Some people even put the plus bios on the P5N32-E SLI.
 
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yeah they are very specifically not mentioning anything past core 2 quads , and only officially support those three

P5N32-E SLI Plus
intel centrino2
The best SLI platform-P5N32-E SLI Plus

- Support Intel® next generation 45nm Multi-core CPU ~Vague
- Intel® Quad-core CPU Ready ~Not "Core 2 Quad"
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme/Core™2 Duo Ready ~Not "Core 2 Quad"

Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.B3,4 cores) ALL
0302

Core 2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.G0,4 cores) ALL
0705

Core 2 Quad Q6700 (2.66GHz,1066FSB,L2:2X4MB,rev.G0,4 cores)
 

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the only ones supported are B3/G0 kentsfields, when it comes to quads.


Like i said, 65nm quad, 45nm dual
 
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