No, nobody in the UK has/has had either of the 2 DFI P35 boards in stock.
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No, nobody in the UK has/has had either of the 2 DFI P35 boards in stock.
gah, i hate living here for tech :(
Well, often abit's new mobos are out in Europe before the US so I guess it just comes down to each companies local branch but DFI look as if they may be losing it here.
I've got my Blood Iron to settle in at 3800 (475x8) using my E6850. The board is impressive; the chip is so-so considering I'm on water. I still don't have a good monitoring program for temps and voltage. I thought I had Smart Guardian working, but it doesn't update itself. A little help in that department would be nice, if someone has a good working solution.
Now i found why my system wont boot sometimes:
My Soundcard (X-Fi) has a IRQ problem !!! :fight: How should i know this !!!
I took the soundcard out and now it works great !!! :up:
looks like im going to get one of these from germany... to go with the extra 2gb of ram that i ordered from crucial that i ordered today.. :D
thanks to tommy hewitt for the link to the board :D
has anyone replaced the northbridge heatsink? bit silly having the sticker on it since no other DFI boards do.
Both DFI boards are in stock at Ebuyer
£190 for the LP, £90 for the BI
Are you getting one Kenny?Quote:
Originally Posted by K404
regards
Raja
zomg, thanks for letting us know about that... i almost ordered one from germany !!
Hows the temps doing for the chipset??
Im getting an odd, 50-55 degrees idle..
ive got 42 idle with 1,38NBvcore. By smartquardian. Its propably more in reality though.
But its propably a tad hotter out there in thailand than here in finland. :)
I turn the AC on 24/7 @ 23 degrees dude! And i's got a Lian Li PC-G7 case..
Is there any other way of cooling the chipset??
My nb runs around 40C @ 1.4v
running only 230 fsb tho
I ordered a Swiftech waterblock for the nb when i run into temp problems
running at 279 fsb now, nb still 40C under dual prime.
I stuck an old cpu heatsink fan to the bottom of the nb heatsink, blowing air up towards cpu.
I also have air conditioner set @ 22-23 C
Its a good board, but Ill keep my 965 Dark.
I know color doesnt matter, but id like to see dfi keep the "Dark series"
Well I finally purchased the Blood Iron for $120. There was a point that I wanted to buy the new Asus x38 but after careful consideration I decided to go the cheaper route. Basically I'm still using DDR2 with an e6600 so the blood is the better value considering the x38's are currently DDR2 models. Sure Gigabyte has an x38 with DDR3 1600 support, but I'm staying away from GB since my 965p-DQ6 (rev 1.0) still suffers from the cold boot issue. Also I really don't want to dish out for DDR3 yet... Though I'm a little nervous about the Blood Iron 4 phase PWM, it looks like it should do fine with dual cores from what you've all posted here. I'm going to put some RAM heatsinks on the PWM's just in case. Along with a better NB and SB cooler. Thanks for the great info on the Blood Iron guys! This should keep me busy until the Wolfdale comes around.
I've already said it numerous times: The number of phases doesn't necessarily matter. And it won't change for this special board. As long as the design is good and the parts used are also up to the task, there is absolutely no reason not to buy a board with "only" 4 phase PWM. The higher phase numbers only mean that it takes some strain off each single phase, because the power gets delivered "phase shifted". That means, the first phase delievers the first 1/n of an n-phase system and the second phase does the second 1/n'th part and so on, upto the n'th 1/n for the last phase. That means the idle time for each phase increases (as long as the switching frequency stays the same) and the current, that each phase needs to deliever, decreases.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinas
But, you can simply use higher rated mosfets and overall better parts and still create for example a 4-phase system that will outperform a 12-phase system. It depends on many variables. For example the 4-phase system could be rated for a max. current of 250A, while the 12-phase systems max. could be 200A. Just for example.
To make a long story short: More phases != generally better system :up:
Yeah, I guess I should have mentioned that my current board (GB 956-DQ6) has 12 phases -- that and the reviewer mentioned 4 PWM's being a potential problem for quads. I'm in total agreement with you though Celemine, since a more efficient design IMO would use stronger mosfets, etc. and equal the performance of more phases. We'll see.
My board arrived today and I'm waiting on my swiftech RAM sinks so I can mount them on and around the PWMs. I just noticed all solid caps around the CPU socket. I didn't notice that right away in the pictures here. Nice addition to a kind-of bargain board.
Thanks for the input!
Better late than never- I should have a Blood iron in my hands tomorrow (Thursday)
first challenge: What Clockgen settings to use! :p
bobs results are encouraging- I want 555FSB++++ :)
The guy whos board died over 4 days is the yin to that yang though :p:
BIOS 2007/09/13 adds a fair amount to the options, but I still cant get over 564MHz ishhh on the RAM.
600MHz (or above) wont play at all- I have no idea where im going wrong?!
I've been running my system with this DFI board and a Q6600 G0 for a few days. Still looking for the optimal settings for 24/7 use, but I've already noticed that the NB tends to get uncomfortably hot. How's the NB on your boards? Now running the FSB a bit over 400@1.37V and the NB temp is close to 70C while running Orthos.
yea, my NB is a fair temp as well. I have a fan over it just to be sure :)
How is your RAM clocking- mine aint great on this board :(
how is this board doing these days? I just ordered one to replace a dead P5K Premium.
I've just put mine up for sale. its not shabby for 3DMark, but mine wont clock RAM well at all. Seems capped at 560MHz ishhhh I have no idea what (if anything) im doing wrong
Just have to comment on it here as well... My Blood Iron lasted only for three days with an overclocked Q6600. The 4-phase power supply circuit literally blew away... ;)