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soundx98 said:begin rant
I read this thread three times trying to separate the emotional from the factual. Motherboards and OverClocking ARE very emotional subjects for most of us. So I just had to through in my 2 cents.
I recognize many of the names in this thread. Don't know your faces, but I do know your personalities and have a great deal of respect for most of the posters here. And I mean that sincerely.
Some thoughts on the thread:
I've never been on any IRC channel so I can't comment on it.
I was told the DFI channel was closed 3 days ago due to a security breach.
I was told in various forums in February that the 4V option was extremely dangerous. (And if it was used to insure there was active cooling on the Vdimm MOSFET and the RAM. Never set the 4V line to less than 3.3v. Oskar Wu mentioned that it was imperative that the PSU be unplugged and rig discharged before switching any components.)
I'm aware that some types of RAM were dying (or being killed) on the board.
Generally it was the types mentioned here and I really don't know the answer why.
I'm aware that it just didn't want to boot with some types of memory and smaller power supplies. (Think it sucks a lot of juice at turn-on)
But I have built 5 boards and the only issue I had was my 1st build and I admitted that it was probably my fault. But other that the 1st board, I have had literally no issues. (And yes, I realize that makes me pretty lucky with the kind of abuse I have subjected my rigs to). And the performance of the DFI NF4 LP has really been better than I expected from it.
I use 3 sets of Mushkin PC3200 Black Level II, 1 set of Mushkin PC3500 Black Level II and a set of OCZ PC3200 Gold UTT/BH5. I swap them from rig to rig often using almost identical settings. I run them all at 3.5V 24/7 and I am fully aware that if they die it's probably caused I killed them. Faulty 4V circuit? doesn't really matter cause as deception' says, I'm the one that decided to use it.
A perfect board - well hell no! If it was we'd all be running unbelievable HTT's and it would boot with any type of RAM you inserted and board hot spots would be non-existant. But that just isn't real world. Every component interacts with others in the highly overclocked universe.
What pizzes me off is those of you that state/imply that support for DFI boards at DFI-street is worthless. It's a support forum that tries very hard to help DFI users. Many of the posters in this thread and at DFI-street would take umbrage at an idiotic statement like that. There are all sorts of guides that members have worked very hard on to assist users in maximizing their experiences with the board. So while I respect your right to express yourself about other forums, I can hardly agree with a dumbass statement like that.
Like any forum, it has it's own flavor or members that you may or not like. Probably why so many of us visit different forums in search of finding our perfect place.
end rant
May your clocks be high, your temps low, and Prime95s long
That was a whole lot of typing just to say that all flaming of DFI is unjustified, and then flaming us here. Add "Neener-neener-neener" to the end of it and you've completed the thought.....