I have had no problems with my set up. The CPU runs at max. 46 degrees Celcius (114 degrees Fahrenheit) in my Antec Sonata Piano, which is really good since my ex-CPU (AMD Athlon 2200+) often beeped at me with overheating if I ran demanding programs.
The memory has been good, but knowing what I know now (some people have had problems with the OCZ DDR2 800MHz Platinum series memory on the P5B), I'd suggest to stick to the
qualified-by-ASUS list and buy Kingston sticks or something to be sure. Yet no matter what you get, don't forget to flash the BIOS when you boot for the first time.
The Sonar 3 Test runs at 28% with my Presonus Inspire set at 4 ms (which equals 176 samples) with just a little tweaking (e.g. set priority to background services, not programs, etc, but no overclocking whatsoever). And I have my internet and the notoriously slow F-Secure anti-virus program running there in the background.
Best,
Jyri
My gear: ASUS P5B DeLuxe WiFi (MoBo), INTEL CORE 2 E6400 2.13GHZ (CPU), 2 gigas of OCZ DDR2 800MHz Platinum XTC, Presonus Inspire (SndCard), ASUSTEK X1300 PRO PCI-E 256MB SILENT (GrCard), Maxtor DiamondMax10 SATA 250 GB for the system, Maxtor DiamondMax10 PATA 250 GB for the audio, Sonar 5.2 Producer Edition
post edited by Jyri T. - September 24, 06 10:05 AM