DFI has added a new motherboard to its famly. The LANPARTY DK X38-T2R motherboard with the new x38 Intel chipset. The New DFI LANPARTY DK X38-T2R motherboard features Digital PWM, provides stable voltage to the CPU and avoids damage to capacitors. EZ-CLEAR and Excellent Over-clocking capability with Voltage tuning , Vdimm , Vnb , Vcore, Vsb, VHT 1MHz frequency subtle tuning, Fsb.Adjustable CPU Multiplier.This DK X38-T2R is one of the best on the market.
ASUS Deluxe/WiFi-AP DDR3 Motherboard ships with Skype Embedded Linux, Firefox
ASUS P5E3 Deluxe /WiFi-AP DDR3 x38 motherboard is one of the most innovative x38 DDR3 motherboards we have seen to date and it packs one very exciting and unusual feature. Embedded onto the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP is a Linux environment that features a Firefox-rebranded web browser and the Skype VoIP client! Within five seconds of turning on you can be using Linux and surfing the Internet.
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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.
We do not have an ETA for the DFI X38 at this time. As soon as we have one, we will post it immediately. Check back frequently for updates!
DFI LanParty UT X38-T2R-INTEL X38 Chipset,Socket 775 ,2 PCI Express, LAN, max 8GB, Audio, IEEE1394 X38 Motherboard Retail
Tuesday at Intel developers forum Paul Otellini introduced Intel’s next generation 45nm quad-core Yorkfield cpu to the world in the best way possible by setting 10 world records in various benchmarks including an 8.4 second super pi 1m run and records in aquamark 3 and cinebench 10 32 bit. Charles “FUGGER” Wirth owner of xtremesystems.org was the man behind the scoresas he used his personal triple stage cascade cooling system to get the chip down to about -109 Celsius allowing it to overclock to 5.6 GHz.FUGGER is no stranger to world records as at least 1 of the records he broke belonged to him already (pcmark 05).
In contrast to the extreme cooling used the motherboard was an un-modded Intel X-38 board using ddr3 ram. this should be a very good indication of what the future holds.
MSI Diamond pictured above.
If you’re planning for Penryn to come out the X38 chipset is where you’ll want to be. The x38 chipset is the successor of the 975x in the same way the P35 is the successor of 965P. It will work with 1333FSB 45nm Conroes out of the box.
Aside the infamous DDR3 support, what’s really new in the X38 is the fact that it integrates dual full-speed PCIe 2.0 x16 slots. The dual PCIe 2.0 slots are compatible with AMD’s CrossFire technology but no one knows when AMD’s PCIe 2.0 VGA cards will come out. X38 can also sustain a third PCIe 2.0 x16 for physics processing but due to chipset limitations this one has to use lesser lanes (4 to be more specific).
ASUS, Biostar, DFI, Gigabyte, Intel and MSI have X38 Express MoBos showcased at Computex 2007 . ASUS for example, plans to release an X38 Express-based workstation board which will probably do away with the third PCIe 2.0 slot but will incorporate ICH9R as southbridge. DFI on the other hand takes a different approach and integrates DDR2 instead of DDR3 onto an X38-based motherboard. The LANParty X38-T2R supports DDR2-800 memory while the X38-T3R supports DDR3-1333. Aside from the DDR2/3 support, DFI has also produced a new audio solution called DFI Bernstein 8-channel theater-level audio solution.
Gigabyte has the same approach as DFI, with two X38 Express based motherboards, one with DDR2 while the other supports DDR3 even