Overdose wrote:
hmmm im just a nub overclocker... The only thing I've managed is to overclock my Q6600 to 3.4 Ghz by just tweaking the fsb and vcore voltage. I really don't understand the Vdrop means
Vdrop is how much your Vcore fluctuates - if you don't have a quality PSU and mobo it will change a lot, and you won't get a stable high overclock. With the Rampage BIOS, the P5E thinks it's a Rampage, and acts accordingly. They're both great motherboards, although almost exactly alike (the Rampage has dual Gigabit LAN ports instead of one on the P5E, and an X48 instead of X38 chipset).
With the P5E thinking it's the Rampage, it acts like the Rampage. ASUS of course made sure that the Rampage had minimal Vcore drop, and that the P5E had a little more, so that buyers who really want a stable/high overclock would get the Rampage instead of the P5E.
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