DFI LanParty ICFX3200 or Asus P5W DH Dlx

I will be building a crossfire system soon for a friend, and was recently told thet the Asus board was the best for Crossfire, but now the launch of DFI's new Intel board I am not so sure. Someone please give me the pros and cons of this new DFI board. I am very familiar with the Asus board as it is in my current system.

I need to know:
1 Does it accept DDR2 1000? Newegg lists it as DDR2 800 but ZZF has it at DDR2 1000. Who is right?

2 Does the RAID chip seem ok? Asus easy RAID hasn't failed me yet. I am curious about this Promise chip DFI is using on this board.

3 Will a TT120 fit on it?

I think that's all for now. Thanks for any help. -Jim

You'll find most of the answers here......


http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=125862


The only answer I can give you now is that it will accept DDR2 1000. Last post I saw a guy is running the OCZ9200, which is DDR2 1150.

My 3200 will be here Tues. From what I've been reading about it, it will perform better than my P5W.

Well we went ahead and ordered the DFI board

We have invested $2178.55 so far.

So far we have in possession for this gaming rig:
2 x ATI X1900XT Crossfire cards
1 x 74gb Raptor
2 x 160gb WD Caviar
1 x Core 2 Extreme X6800

And stuff we have already ordered and are waiting on delivery:
1 x Creative X Fi Platinum
1 x Abtec 900
1 x DFI ICFX3200 T2R/G
1 x Samsung SH-S182M DVD/CD burner with Lightscribe
1 x Floppy/Card Reader
1 x Logitech Wireless Desktop

All we need is about another 500-600 dollars for PSU, RAM, fans and lights.