[Bench Test] DFI Lanparty UT X48-T3RS

[El<(')>Maxi]

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I've been meaning to do a real review for some time and finally found the inspiration, DFI's latest offering, the Lanparty UT X48-T3RS. Pairing Intel's X48 chipset and DDR3, DFI has finally created their first DDR3 motherboard. It's been a while since I played with a DFI board, it will be interesting to see what they've come up with this time out.

Specs

CPU LGA 775 - Intel® Core2 Quad, Core2 Duo
FSB 1600/1333/1066/800MHz
Intel® X48 Express chipset & Intel® ICH9R SB
Four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8GB
2 PCI Express (Gen 2) x16 slots; PCIE 1 & PCIE 3
2-way CrossFire + Physics at x16/x16/x4 bandwidth
1 PCI Express x1 slot (PCIE 2)
1 PCI Express x4 slot (PCIE 4)
3 PCI slots
BIOS Award BIOS W/ CMOS Reloaded

Custom Thermalright Cooling

Bernstein audio module - Realtek ALC885 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
LANMarvell 88E8052 and Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN controllers
IEEE 1394VIA VT6307

Intel ICH9R chip - Intel Matrix Storage technology - Supports up to 6 SATA devices - SATA speed up to 3Gb/s - RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5
JMicron JMB363 PCI Express to SATA and PATA host controller
1 IEEE 1394 port
6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 RJ45 LAN ports
8 Serial ATA connectors
6 fan connectors

1 diagnostic LED
EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)
AC power failure recovery
Hardware MonitorMonitors CPU/system/Northbridge temperature and overheatPCB6 layers, ATX form factor

Packaging & Accessories

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Board & Socket area

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[El<(')>Maxi]

PCIe spacing & special CF Bridge (slots 1 & 3 = 16x)

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Diagnostic display, Easy Touch switches, I/O and upper DIM area

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[El<(')>Maxi]

I'm not going to cover the BIOS in full, just focus on the parts we care about when overclocking

This board features an Award BIOS, similar to Foxconn's Black Ops. One area of interest is of course voltages. A board that can supply enough voltage in every situation is preferred to one that needs to be modded.

The Genie BIOS
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VCORE + Special Add

DFI uses two settings to achieve the final vcore voltage: CPU VID Control & CPU VID Special Add. For example, a setting of 1.4V VID + 102.5% will result (mathematically) in a final voltage of 1.435V. Of course in reality, final values are not as precise. The best approach, particularly when entering the higher ranges is to directly monitor Vcore using a digital MM. For guys who like to underclock, .9V gives lots of room to play. However for sub-zero work, it appears we may need a vcore mod.

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Droop Control

The BIOS engineer's goofed a little on this one, the settings are reversed.

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DRAM Voltages

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NB Voltages

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VTT Voltages

Don't go crazy on these unless you know the risk. Several users have reported CPU deaths attibuted to high VTT. This board features very fine grain control compared to the Foxconn Black Ops.

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DRAM Timing

This can get a little involved. The best advice is to match the settings of your modules to start. Enter Windows and examine the programmed settings (SPD/EPP) using either Memset or CPU-Z.

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CPU Feature

The Core Multi-processing setting allows you to 'disable' half the cores on multi-core CPU's, this allows a higher overclock. Do not use this on a dual core CPU when running 3D tests.

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[El<(')>Maxi]

To be continued...Overclocking dual core

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

To be continued...Overclocking quad core.

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

Reserved

 

[Brolloks]

Look forward to see what that green machine can do, what CPU's will you be running as part of your review?

 

[Anubis_386]

Ooooo looks nice - I've always liked the bright green look of high end DFI boards .. What sort of power systems does the board have?

 

[Careface]

Ohhh.. sexy looking board there Maxi look forward to seeing the benches

PCIe spacing & special CF Bridge (slots 1 & 3 = 16x)

Thank you DFI! Looks like theyve learned from the s939 SLI-DR days spacing between cards = good!

Subscribed.

 

[meionm]

Does the 3pin fan have full controll when pluged to cpu fan header or does it run at full speed?

 

[Nebulous]

Awman, DDR3? Guess it's tru then, DDR2's demise is upon us

Sweet board tho

 

[toddm27]

looks good, can't wait to see some results

 

[Eldonko]

Should be a good one. All the results I saw thus far are great, DDR3 board of the year?

 

[benbaked]

Gotta love that Supersonics color scheme!

 

[rdrash]

Nice board...interested in how you make out with this DFI

 

[Eldonko]

Max fsb pleeeease!

 

[eva2000]

Nice.. got my DFI X48-T3RS setup last night as well.. looking forward to your results

Still finding my footing myself

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

What CPU's will you be running as part of your review?

8500 & 9650 of course

Max fsb pleeeease!

I'll be working an a real overclock tomorrow, hang in there!

Hi Eva,

How you doing with memory configs?

 

[eva2000]

Started testing memory http://i4memory.com/91199-post4.html

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

They need to do some BIOS optimizing/testing. XMP profile 2 won't load, CAS 7 is nearly impossible @ onboard XMP or even JDEC spec's. The new Beta BIOS is better but still needs a lot of work. Testing with a set of BL2KIT12864BA1608 Ballistix.

*Edit - now with a corrupted BIOS, classic DFI.