- Joined
- Nov 22, 2006
- Location
- yorkshire
I think DFI may have pulled of a good budget x48 board here. Judging by how far it overclocks.
Anyway have a look yourself!
http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/user-reviews/4596-dfi-lanparty-dk-x48-t2rs-living-review.html
Synopsis:
Since the first initial tests with this board, I cannot help but be impressed! True it’s only a four-phase analogue design and that the cooling array needs a little work. However the board does over clock very well, taking a 8500Wolfdale CPU right to the edge.
Hard disk (single disk mode) and CPU performance is on a par with a great many of the more expensive boards out there. As for over clocking, even with a seasoned over clocker such as I, the BIOS can be a little daunting. However within moments I was over clocking this board as I would any other. Additionally I remain very impressed on the care that has gone into writing the BIOS for this board. DFI BIOS are stable and over clock well from the very first edition, a lesson that some other board manufacturers can learn from!
The colour scheme is fantastic on this board, with nice UV Orange/black effect. As you can see the board under a UV light is quite striking.
A minor gripe is that though there are six USB ports, I feel there could have been a bracket included which included two more and a onboard firewire connection.
In this review I have not had the time to measure Vdroop, however that will be completed shortly in the afterword section. It is of a concern as previously mentioned this is only a four-phase design.
Finally the only issue I have with this board is due to the cooling array, more attention needs to be paid to this, specifically to add a copper base on the Northbridge and PWM blocks. Clips to mount a 40mm fan would also have been useful.
gilgamesh
Anyway have a look yourself!
http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/user-reviews/4596-dfi-lanparty-dk-x48-t2rs-living-review.html
Synopsis:
Since the first initial tests with this board, I cannot help but be impressed! True it’s only a four-phase analogue design and that the cooling array needs a little work. However the board does over clock very well, taking a 8500Wolfdale CPU right to the edge.
Hard disk (single disk mode) and CPU performance is on a par with a great many of the more expensive boards out there. As for over clocking, even with a seasoned over clocker such as I, the BIOS can be a little daunting. However within moments I was over clocking this board as I would any other. Additionally I remain very impressed on the care that has gone into writing the BIOS for this board. DFI BIOS are stable and over clock well from the very first edition, a lesson that some other board manufacturers can learn from!
The colour scheme is fantastic on this board, with nice UV Orange/black effect. As you can see the board under a UV light is quite striking.
A minor gripe is that though there are six USB ports, I feel there could have been a bracket included which included two more and a onboard firewire connection.
In this review I have not had the time to measure Vdroop, however that will be completed shortly in the afterword section. It is of a concern as previously mentioned this is only a four-phase design.
Finally the only issue I have with this board is due to the cooling array, more attention needs to be paid to this, specifically to add a copper base on the Northbridge and PWM blocks. Clips to mount a 40mm fan would also have been useful.
gilgamesh
