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Originally Posted by fareastgq
:hm: now thats not a bad Idea ....but it would only work if the box is made from more than cardboard. (looks like it's made from plywood in the pics)
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Originally Posted by fareastgq
:hm: now thats not a bad Idea ....but it would only work if the box is made from more than cardboard. (looks like it's made from plywood in the pics)
I have WAY too much stuff to fit in that thing. lol. I use clear storage totes for all my extra stuff.. that way i can see which tote to grab. Selling an OCing ethusiasts mobo in a fancy leather box is sort of silly... Now, a clear plexiglass container would be cool. j/k heh ;)
Any pics showed?
where does the phase change or PA120.3 go? :stick:Quote:
Originally Posted by fareastgq
and room for around 4 hard drives...tbh, i bought a case for a reason.
As i havnt got an expert yet i might as well see how this does before i go 939, and i for sure dont want to go am2, god knows how many problems there will be when it arrives. :(
juz get the sli-expert, now release special edition...:mad:
The tray in the box is to put your broken videocard, which just died misteriously and also took out your godly FX cpu. There's room enough for fried ramsticks as well :D
How convenient
very nice :D and sadly holds a good chance of actually being true. I'm not quite sure why everyone isn't waiting for the Fixed Edition that would be nice to have before they start charging for a large box.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaco
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Originally Posted by MaxxxRacer
Intel boards have nice hard boxes ;)
And thats about all there is thats nice about them too :rolleyes: :fact: ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by perry_78
anyone mention that the box/packaging reminds me of a coffin ? i don't like the the subliminal message LOL j/k
hopefully they improve on the board - might wait to get one of these special editions
What a POS. Are you supposed to disassemble the whole system the the day/night is over and it's time for bed? What are they thinking? Instead of a box, give us a case instead! I mean a small one, only with space for mobo, PSU, 1xCD and 2xHD, nothing more. There are so many real cases out there if you want that. What about compact ATX cases? I'm talking about a case that have two functions:
1 - It's small, light and got a handle. Perfect for a -LANPARTY- Do they know what that is? :stick:
2 - When that cover is off you pretty much get a mobo tray with CD and HD's under the mobo and the PSU on one side of the mobo, almost like having a mobo on a box that many of us does. Easy to access everything, and easy to snap the cover on when moving it, all in aluminium of course.
Just give us something that at least some of us want, and not only some crap we have to pay for just to get the best mobo.
Is there any wonder they can't get things right before inflicting them on us? Now see how their minds work, god help us all because DFI doesn't know how to.
From reading all this, it is funny how DFI went from the talk of the town to the...talk down of the town, even though a lot of people still owns the board and lots still recommend them to first time users.
hmm.. after staring at the picture for a while, I've finally figured out how they're going to market this: It probably comes with a blowup doll.
now i just know that would change half of your minds...dont even try to deny it!
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note: AS5 is NOT a lubricant!
Hmm I like the box but I would rather that it include handpicked ram that is personally tested by Oskar Wu to do 280 2,2,2,5 timings:) Now that would mak it a special edition worth having. Other wise why cant they just take the infinity board make it red and load it with ultra high quality caps and bios settings?
:D ...yeah, and remember, the @55 got no lubricant. Some people forget that.Quote:
Originally Posted by palehorse
First I thought AS5 was 1337, but you meant thermal paste.
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Originally Posted by trakslacker
The "Leather Lunchbox" comment still has me smiling and giggling to myself. OMG, what a perfect statement.
Toss a few diamonds and gold on that thing and Snoop might tote it around for the bling effect. :slap:
Otherwise, I cant see that solid caps are gonna give much more performance that the already high quality caps that are onboard the Expert as it stands. I just got an SLI-DR for Christmas, sold it and got the Expert for the added hardware changes and layout. Unless a dancing girl in red suspenders pops outta the Special Edition's box when ya open it, I am not changing boards again based on the changes listed in the first post. But hey, who knows what real improvements may show up. Frankly I would like to see them start work on a new board all together.
Leather lunchbox with a coffin styling is what I feel about that.
I don't give a jack :banana::banana::banana::banana: about any of the stupid crap they include in the package. I want my money spent on board components, not stupid brackets, pretty cables and leather coffins
yeah it is. i wonder if msi's going to pull ahead of the pack on this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by jetjaguar
this venus crap w/the packaging seems to be a bit of marketing bs. :slapass:
Pretty obvious that the (empty) box isn't being received to well here.
But it's the Marketing Dept that designs the packaging (and god knows how many have voiced their distaste for the current "lanboy" packaging).
Other than solid-state caps very little seems to be known about the board.
Very hard to make a meaningful performance comment without knowing more.
These all look like very interesting possible enhancements to me. Seems to me that DFI gets bashed if they DON'T produce a V2 of the Expert and bashed if they DO make one. DFI may have slipped and fallen but they are certainly not out of the race yet. It may be the board that Oskar wanted to make all along.Quote:
8phase power
nice cooling on chipset to keep it under 40c
nice cooling on pwm to kepp it under 40c
chipset hsf does not get in way of video card
full 32 lanes pci-e
2 pci slots for addin cards along with both pci-e slots filled in.
Sure would be nice if some manufacturer produced a mobo that accurately displayed/read the voltage and temps on the board as well as the other OCing goodies.
What's solid state caps?
It looks to me as if DFI just wants you to install your pc into the case they ship it in. I guess that way it will make RMA easier for people as they dont have to pack it back in the box.
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Originally Posted by Jaco
The only problem I have with REALLY laughing, is that it seems to be true
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Originally Posted by situman
The typical capacitor is more or less 2 plates, with a small seperation, with a liguid embedded. A solid state capacitor is just that, its a solid.
Typically a solid state capacitor has near zero current/voltage leakage, and makes an even better filter for electronic circuits as it opposes AC signal far better than standard capacitors.
That's what makes my regular Expert a "special edition" ;) Time to make some calls for this new one.....heehheehehehe.....Quote:
Originally Posted by speed bump