Cheap Mobo but AWESOME performance, DFI DK P35, 600fsb on Air, DDR2-1500+

[VictorWang]

I bet this gonna be a pretty good seller on the market.
arround 150$~170$ :D

box
http://www.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_67/20071203_c28b640ff816952fa476d0YUYu2b3T6o.jpg


mobo, very good quality 4layer PCB
http://www.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_67/20071203_332fbb56c53f2995d302KVdp53oZkNaR.jpg


pwm, ISL6322: 4phase VR integrated I2C.
NCC solid_alu_cap, 2up/2down mos+1*inductor for each phase.
http://www.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_67/20071203_a78ec28455aac2ac1d7aV482P1nNilFd.jpg


wide volt option
http://www.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_67/20071203_384fc24bfa2557a01db7swW1BC1i7qaz.jpg

almost same memory overclking feature with P35 T2R.
better overclking failure recovery ability.
PWR/Rst+Key(Home/Page Up/Insert) = Clear FSB/Mem/CMOS


4Ghz performance ROCKs !!!
http://www.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_67/20071203_01db8d5ef0b354e0802doV4OEOdH7Fmo.jpg


600fsb 4m on AIR !!! same chip, same cooling, 587fsb max on anyother mobo.
pll=2.15v, fsb=1.381v, nb=1.65v, ambient=16c,
http://www.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_67/20071204_2771c80c9d5c8cedcd35nDNqRzpXkvcj.jpg


after tuned "fine delay".... DDR2-1500 5-5-4-9 dual-channel 1G*2 done :D
http://www.unihw.com/attachments/forumid_67/20071204_25192fdde77ec99df4b2kGDYTSiKmdSt.jpg

and my teamate Uni-Yangxun achieved ddr2-1536 dual-channel on the mobo with 2.65v 5:8 ratio:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=277414


more reviews and guides here (of course, in Chinese):
http://www.unihw.com/viewthread.php?tid=310


TBH...this mobo really shocked me on either performance or the frequencies :D

[rastaseb]

what about vdroop on this mobo? same as the P35-T2R ?

[trans am]

How is this much better than the infinity P35?
Is it mostly the o/c bios options and recovery?

[VictorWang]

vcore droop = 0.02~0.04v with a C2D.
bios option almost 99% same as P35 LP/UT T2R.
u can simply regard DK as a little brother of LP/UT :D

[Aldy402]

cant wait to see this on a quad, so easy to just swap out the nb sink for a mcw30 too. What a board...
thanks for pics

[Solarfall]

vcore droop = 0.02~0.04v with a C2D.
bios option almost 99% same as P35 LP/UT T2R.
u can simply regard DK as a little brother of LP/UT :D

wow really.. im predicting that this board will sell like hot cakes :D

[EvilBellyLint]

Nice!


EBL

[HeadOn]

Sold!

[nullface]

uh, ill be getting one for sure too, miss my old SLI-D alot!

When can i buy it?

[YukonTrooper]

Wow, those FSB and memory speed/timing results are out of this world.

Can't wait. I loved my old Ultra-D.

[mad_skills]

Has similar bios to P35 T2R. Looks like a small winner.:up:

[kuhla]

.....and for quads? I'm on the fence between this and the Abit IP35-Pro for a Q6600.

[BAR*B*Q]

wow gorgeous results :up:

quad performance would be interesting though :)

[mascaras]

another great Intel mobo from DFI !!!


before i bought Asus P5E i had DFI P35 , best Intel mobo i ever tested !!! and i only "switch" to the Asus P5E because of Crossfire 16x/16x

:up:

[lazy]

.....and for quads? I'm on the fence between this and the Abit IP35-Pro for a Q6600.

well if its true bout this boards vdroop, you will be better off with this
board compared to the ip35 pro

[Nate P.]

Looks like an awesome board!

[spinejam]

well if its true bout this boards vdroop, you will be better off with this
board compared to the ip35 pro

i concur! :)

[Corsa]

Challenge the limitation of Quad-core CPU-DFI LANParty DK P35 First Look by windwithme :cool: (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164950)

[kuhla]

Challenge the limitation of Quad-core CPU-DFI LANParty DK P35 First Look by windwithme :cool: (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164950)

Yea, I've seen that thread before. I'm hoping someone else will come along and confirm getting overclocks like similar to those (also with a quad). I like getting multiple angles before a purchase if they are the same angle but from 2 people :D

[VictorWang]

oskar promised there will be better performance on Quad(fsb).
i'm working on a vcore droop mod, then will post some qx9650 result on it. :)

[GAR]

nice board, all its missing is PCI-e 2.0

[kuhla]

nice board, all its missing is PCI-e 2.0

...and a place to buy it :( :shrug: :wth: :upset:

[masterg]

1 PCI-express 16, no thanks :(

[HeadOn]

1 PCI-express 16, no thanks :(

It's P35, no point in having more :p:

[Comminadian]

One PCI-E 16X? Yes please.

This looks like the board I have been waiting for.

[zizo]

I might give up my P5B deluxe for this board. Still nowhere to be found though.

[knob]

OMG. When is this coming yuleh?

[asp6000]

motherboardpro.com: "The DARK P35 will be in around Mid-December."

[swolfe]

I wish I could have bought this instead of my ASUS P5K-E!

[C0ncrete]

I wish I could have bought this instead of my ASUS P5K-E!

I'm taking my second P5KE back, staying on my TRUSTY 965p and will see how this DFI goes.

I just want good vcore option/no droop and something that is as win as my sli-dr!

[kuhla]

motherboardpro.com: "The DARK P35 will be in around Mid-December."

The reply I just got from them:


The ETA is Dec.18th. We will probably start offering Pre-Orders Friday. We are only getting a limited quantity for the first shipment.
Thank you-
www.MotherboardPro.com

I think I'm going to pre-order.

[asp6000]

Just put mine in. 5 left.

[vengance_01]

is it in stock, or still pre-order?

[kuhla]

pre-order?

pre-order

[asp6000]

http://www.motherboardpro.com/DFI-LanParty-Dark-P35-T2R-Socket-775-Motherboard-p-428.html

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=2635645#post2635645

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=164950&page=3

[hstuehmeyer2000]

http://www.ncixus.com/products/27638/LP%20DK%20P35-T2R/DFI/ for $143