The new DFI motherboards released one additional motherboard base of the AMD 790FX chipset, The new DFI LANParty DK 790FX-M2RS
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DFI LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS
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LANPARTY DK 790FX-M2RS
Friday, February 1st, 2008
AMD 790FX+S8600 Chipset
Supports Socket AM2+ AMD Phenom / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 Socket 940 AM2 65nm
Supports DDR2 667 and DDR2 800 DIMMs
3 PCI Express (Gen 2) x16 slots
Serial ATA with RAID
IDEA
Crossfire Ready
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Choosing an enthusiasts board.
Saturday, October 20th, 2007
What makes a board an “enthusiasts board”?
Gamers around the world seek out motherboards which allow the user to adjust basic system values such as processor and memory speed. almost all motherboards allow some adjustments of these settings. These motherboards are typically the upper- end of the normal consumer line such as the DFI Infinity series and ASUS P5 line. The motherboards that gamers normally flock to allow several more adjustments including voltages to the CPU, ram and even north-bridge chip-set. these voltages are typically enough to squeeze out 20 - 50 % more performance than a stock configuration. For example typically a gamer will buy a mid-range CPU such as the sub- $200 E6400 from Intel which runs at 2.13 GHz stock, and by overclocking the speed in bios can fairly easily achieve 3.0 GHz or higher. the x6800 Extreme Edition cpu in contrast operates at 2.93GHz and costs about $1000. As you can see the savings is $800 which is used for video cards, fancy peripherals etc.
Another type of motherboard are what are called “enthusiasts boards”. These boards offer adjustment to almost every possible voltage and timing setting imaginable. They are extremely complex boards and their price reflects that. The best Examples of this class is the DFI LAN Party series and the ASUS R.O.G. series. Almost every Enthusiasts board is capable of operating at twice the stock speed with proper adjustments. For most Enthusiasts boards the chip-set cooling as well as mosfets for power supply are cooled by exotic heat-pipe configurations due to the heat increase that is associated with raising the voltages and speeds. a good example is DfI’s Trans-piper as seen on the P35 model. A top enthusiasts board will also allow control of the memory systems latency settings, Manufacturers usually set these very loose to allow a greater compatibility between different brands and types of ram. adjusting these settings can allow a dramatic improvement in both speed and latency (Basically the time between a request for data and when the data is available). another invaluable asset of an enthusiasts board is the built in De-bug function, normally a two digit l.e.d. which displays the sequence code for the operations the board is performing during post. By watching the l.e.d.’s you can determine what stage of the post (power on self test.) the board is failing at.
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What makes a board an “enthusiasts board”?
Gamers around the world seek out motherboards which allow the user to adjust basic system values such as processor and memory speed. almost all motherboards allow some adjustments of these settings. These motherboards are typically the upper- end of the normal consumer line such as the DFI Infinity series and ASUS P5 line. The motherboards that gamers normally flock to allow several more adjustments including voltages to the CPU, ram and even north-bridge chip-set. these voltages are typically enough to squeeze out 20 - 50 % more performance than a stock configuration. For example typically a gamer will buy a mid-range CPU such as the sub- $200 E6400 from Intel which runs at 2.13 GHz stock, and by overclocking the speed in bios can fairly easily achieve 3.0 GHz or higher. the x6800 Extreme Edition cpu in contrast operates at 2.93GHz and costs about $1000. As you can see the savings is $800 which is used for video cards, fancy peripherals etc.
Another type of motherboard are what are called “enthusiasts boards”. These boards offer adjustment to almost every possible voltage and timing setting imaginable. They are extremely complex boards and their price reflects that. The best Examples of this class is the DFI LAN Party series and the ASUS R.O.G. series. Almost every Enthusiasts board is capable of operating at twice the stock speed with proper adjustments. For most Enthusiasts boards the chip-set cooling as well as mosfets for power supply are cooled by exotic heat-pipe configurations due to the heat increase that is associated with raising the voltages and speeds. a good example is DfI’s Trans-piper as seen on the P35 model. A top enthusiasts board will also allow control of the memory systems latency settings, Manufacturers usually set these very loose to allow a greater compatibility between different brands and types of ram. adjusting these settings can allow a dramatic improvement in both speed and latency (Basically the time between a request for data and when the data is available). another invaluable asset of an enthusiasts board is the built in De-bug function, normally a two digit l.e.d. which displays the sequence code for the operations the board is performing during post. By watching the l.e.d.’s you can determine what stage of the post (power on self test.) the board is failing at.
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680i Motherboard
Friday, September 21st, 2007
680i Motherboard
Hot deal on the DFI 680i motherboard
Need a cutting edge 680i motherboard? The 680i motherboard SLI Ready featuring the Socket 775 ATX Motherboard, nForce 680i LT SLI Chipset, Supports Intel Core 2 Quad CPUs, Dual DDR2 800, SLI Ready, SATA RAID, w/ 1394, Gigabit LAN & 8ch Audio
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680i Motherboard
Hot deal on the DFI 680i motherboard
Need a cutting edge 680i motherboard? The 680i motherboard SLI Ready featuring the Socket 775 ATX Motherboard, nForce 680i LT SLI Chipset, Supports Intel Core 2 Quad CPUs, Dual DDR2 800, SLI Ready, SATA RAID, w/ 1394, Gigabit LAN & 8ch Audio
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DFI LanParty UT NF680i LT SLI-T2R
Friday, September 21st, 2007
LanParty UT NF680i LT SLI-T2R
Great new, low price on DFI LanParty UT NF680i-$254.99 Features: SLI-Ready, Great over-clocking!
Must say Overclocking the LanParty UT NF680i LT SLI-T2R is not only extremely easy but the results really speak for themselves.
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LanParty UT NF680i LT SLI-T2R
Great new, low price on DFI LanParty UT NF680i-$254.99 Features: SLI-Ready, Great over-clocking!
Must say Overclocking the LanParty UT NF680i LT SLI-T2R is not only extremely easy but the results really speak for themselves.
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Overclocking a DFI LP UT P35 T2R
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
The first step in overclocking is to understand what it means.
The term overclocking means to raise the default clocks of a given component such as a cpu, motherboard , ram or even graphics cards. nearly all modern components can benefit from increasing the speed they operate at. The downside is the possibility of making the system unstable, so along with explaining the process of overclocking i will be explaining how to ensure that your system remains stable, reliable and definitely faster.Today i am going to show the results of taking my E6600 Core 2 Duo from a stock speed of 2.4ghz up by 50% to 3.6ghz. Using the DFI LP UT P35 T2R motherboard.First up we see a popular benchmark called ” Super PI/mod 1.5 XS” it’s purpose is to calculate the decimal places of PI and has an online validator to ensure that your results are accurate. a link will be provided at the bottom of the article so you can download it and try it yourself.Here is my “stock” or baseline run. at 2.4 GHz with default settings in bios.
Below is a run at 3.6 GHz a 50% increase in CPU speed.
As you can see the time it took to calculate the first 1 million decimal places of pi was 21.093 seconds with a stock processor and my DFI LP UT P35-T2R motherboard. Then I raised the front side bus from 266 MHz to 400 MHz, which gives me a CPU speed of 3.6 GHz. Then I re-ran the same benchmark again and the result was 14.078 seconds. a seven second improvement! not bad, but since i am never satisfied i decided to see if i could do better so after a few dozen attempts and plenty of adjustments i was able to get my 2.4 GHz CPU up to 4.7 GHz and had a go at the same bench again.
10.875 seconds with CPU at 4.7 GHz . Running on my DFI LP UT P35 T2R motherboard and using Crucial Ballistix Tracer ddr2 800 ram running at ddr2 1050.
As you can see from the above results raising the CPU’s operating speed can dramatically increase your pc’s performance. keep in mind the more you increase the speed of a CPU the more heat it will put out. most new Core 2 Duo processors can get to 3.0 GHz without much effort and usually with the stock Intel heat-sink-fan combo. above 3.0 GHz you will need to use an aftermarket solution such as a high performance air-cooler ( with much more capacity than stock) or a water-cooling solution. with good cooling and a proper motherboard and ram you can get about 3.4 - 4+ GHz. Not to bad considering the current top bin Intel sells for around a thousand dollars and runs at 3.0 GHz. For my tests I use a custom vapor phase change cooling system which lowers my CPU temperature to -45 celsius to reach 4.7 GHz.
I need to stress how important the motherboard is in overclocking. without a board that allows you to adjust the settings in bios you are very limited in what you can expect. The best boards are going to give you the ability to adjust almost every setting related to getting your board cranked up. But as with anything else you need to use common sense, go slow and test stability with each small increment.
Here is the super Pi Link
And for testing stability:http://www.ocbase.com/download/OCCTPT1.1.0.zip This test needs to run 30 min. I recommend using it every 100 MHz increase in CPU speed. As i’m sure you noticed i haven’t mentioned the voltage settings or memory settings as they will vary from one peice of equipment to another. Auto settings will only go so far. If you would like to see more in depth information just ask. And check Motherboardpro often for updates and new product reveiws.
The first step in overclocking is to understand what it means.
The term overclocking means to raise the default clocks of a given component such as a cpu, motherboard , ram or even graphics cards. nearly all modern components can benefit from increasing the speed they operate at. The downside is the possibility of making the system unstable, so along with explaining the process of overclocking i will be explaining how to ensure that your system remains stable, reliable and definitely faster.Today i am going to show the results of taking my E6600 Core 2 Duo from a stock speed of 2.4ghz up by 50% to 3.6ghz. Using the DFI LP UT P35 T2R motherboard.First up we see a popular benchmark called ” Super PI/mod 1.5 XS” it’s purpose is to calculate the decimal places of PI and has an online validator to ensure that your results are accurate. a link will be provided at the bottom of the article so you can download it and try it yourself.Here is my “stock” or baseline run. at 2.4 GHz with default settings in bios.
Below is a run at 3.6 GHz a 50% increase in CPU speed.
As you can see the time it took to calculate the first 1 million decimal places of pi was 21.093 seconds with a stock processor and my DFI LP UT P35-T2R motherboard. Then I raised the front side bus from 266 MHz to 400 MHz, which gives me a CPU speed of 3.6 GHz. Then I re-ran the same benchmark again and the result was 14.078 seconds. a seven second improvement! not bad, but since i am never satisfied i decided to see if i could do better so after a few dozen attempts and plenty of adjustments i was able to get my 2.4 GHz CPU up to 4.7 GHz and had a go at the same bench again.
10.875 seconds with CPU at 4.7 GHz . Running on my DFI LP UT P35 T2R motherboard and using Crucial Ballistix Tracer ddr2 800 ram running at ddr2 1050.
As you can see from the above results raising the CPU’s operating speed can dramatically increase your pc’s performance. keep in mind the more you increase the speed of a CPU the more heat it will put out. most new Core 2 Duo processors can get to 3.0 GHz without much effort and usually with the stock Intel heat-sink-fan combo. above 3.0 GHz you will need to use an aftermarket solution such as a high performance air-cooler ( with much more capacity than stock) or a water-cooling solution. with good cooling and a proper motherboard and ram you can get about 3.4 - 4+ GHz. Not to bad considering the current top bin Intel sells for around a thousand dollars and runs at 3.0 GHz. For my tests I use a custom vapor phase change cooling system which lowers my CPU temperature to -45 celsius to reach 4.7 GHz.
I need to stress how important the motherboard is in overclocking. without a board that allows you to adjust the settings in bios you are very limited in what you can expect. The best boards are going to give you the ability to adjust almost every setting related to getting your board cranked up. But as with anything else you need to use common sense, go slow and test stability with each small increment.
Here is the super Pi Link
And for testing stability:http://www.ocbase.com/download/OCCTPT1.1.0.zip This test needs to run 30 min. I recommend using it every 100 MHz increase in CPU speed. As i’m sure you noticed i haven’t mentioned the voltage settings or memory settings as they will vary from one peice of equipment to another. Auto settings will only go so far. If you would like to see more in depth information just ask. And check Motherboardpro often for updates and new product reveiws.