DFI 965-S is here! For sale @ ewiz

**nealh** · 04-08-2007, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by t1no

easter day sale 139.99 and the mobo cannot handle 1066 (pc 8500)!!

what?

**t1no** · 04-08-2007, 10:28 AM

ewiz.com they have a easter day sale and its down to 139.99

**EMan** · 04-08-2007, 10:33 AM

I doubt it was the price drop he was asking for clarification about

**t1no** · 04-08-2007, 10:39 AM

got it from the specs.

**nealh** · 04-08-2007, 12:34 PM

why would it not support pc8500

BTW when I checked prices it was $141...still I think the price is terrific for C2D mobo

**Blacklash** · 04-08-2007, 12:43 PM

It's a little less than the P5B-E and should be a better mobo, at least by early accounts. Coolaler had ram running @ DDR2 1280 on the one he tried. (Done on E6600 @ 3844MHz 1708rated fsb)

http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=471

**nealh** · 04-08-2007, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Blacklash

It's a little less than the P5B-E and should be a better mobo, at least by early accounts. Coolaler had ram running @ DDR2 1280 on the one he tried. (Done on E6600 @ 3844MHz 1708rated fsb)

http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=471

I agree and it is a DFI board with a nice bios options

**aamsel** · 04-08-2007, 03:28 PM

Would you agree that it (the 965) is not the best chipset/platform for an E6600?

Andrew

Originally Posted by EMan

...I agree the chipset/platform has it's limitations and is by no mean the newest thing.

**grimREEFER** · 04-08-2007, 03:45 PM

i bought it.....i hope its better than the p5n-e.
its gonna replace my dead p5ld2, im gonnna pair it with a smithfield.
hopefully it'll handle 250 fsb lol. what are the mem dividers available on this board?

**EMan** · 04-08-2007, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by aamsel

Would you agree that it (the 965) is not the best chipset/platform for an E6600?

Andrew

There are others here who have far more experience than me, but...

The main advantage (for overclocking) of 965 boards is high maximum fsb, especially compared to 975 boards (680i is another story and harder to compare).

So, using the E6600's 9x multiplier, you might get ~ 9x400 = 3.6ghz stable with a good chip on air (maybe a bit higher on water)

However, the Bad Axe 2 (975), for example, can do 400fsb easy and is faster clock-for-clock than 965 boards. So you be the judge.

However, there are two potential caveats:

1) most 965 boards use the 1333 strap (worse latencies) at higher fsb clocks, which is (partially) why they are slower than 975 clock-for-clock. But, the Abit QuadGT and the DFI Infinity P965-S clock higher on the 1066 strap. (The Abit board may be buggier than the DFI, though.)

2) I suppose there is the possibility that (probabilistically) you're more likely to get a better overclocking chip with a E6600 or E6700 (and certainly, X6800) than a cheaper processor. If there is a "binning" process for Intel chips, then the choice of mobo and cpu are somewhat less dependent. That is, I'd rather have a good E6600 and oveclock it using a lower multi on the DFI 965, than use a crappy E6400 or E6300 at its normal multiplier.

**dekruyter** · 04-08-2007, 04:23 PM

Nice post and good brief summary EMAN; I concur.

**momomo6789** · 04-08-2007, 04:53 PM

abit loses its speed @ higher speeds we will see how dfi is better @ 500+ fsb

i got 11.25 1m s pi

@ 4.499 gig see if dfi can beat it

**wedfighter** · 04-08-2007, 08:06 PM

it would be my 3rd c2d mobo, after DS3 and Tforce

**ziddey** · 04-08-2007, 08:09 PM

this would be coming from an asus 945g matx board, three ds3's, a p5b vanilla.

wedfighter, you don't like that biostar?

**serialk11r** · 04-08-2007, 08:10 PM

I'm planning on getting a motherboard soon...Any more guinea pigs wanna cut me in line?

**NinjaZX6R** · 04-10-2007, 10:30 AM

Sold out now...anyone know where to get one?

-Collin-

**p0tter** · 04-10-2007, 10:41 AM

Yep, Just got a call from ewiz and the board is sold out....

**PotGoblin** · 04-10-2007, 11:29 AM

but they got 98 of them for sale on ebay for ~$153+shipping

**PotGoblin** · 04-10-2007, 11:34 AM

ermm nm it ended but only 1 sucker bought at the auction price so maybe they "magically" got more in stock now?

**nealh** · 04-10-2007, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by PotGoblin

ermm nm it ended but only 1 sucker bought at the auction price so maybe they "magically" got more in stock now?

still OOS

**p0tter** · 04-10-2007, 11:54 AM

thats bull

, they already charged my CC... and throw them up on ebay.

**erwinz** · 04-10-2007, 05:35 PM

look here..

a mobo with no image..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136034

grab it guys..

I envy you.. for me.. I'll be waiting for weeks..

**ziddey** · 04-10-2007, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by erwinz

look here..

a mobo with no image..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136034

grab it guys..

I envy you.. for me.. I'll be waiting for weeks..

hey hey guys

edit: no stock yet. Item# N82E16820150043 is removed from shopping cart due to quantity limitation/insufficient stock. Some combo items might be affected by this.

but sooooon

**drunkcarlos** · 04-10-2007, 06:13 PM

newegg was showing 4 in stock about 5 minutes ago when I checked.
EDIT: nevermind they're on auto notify now...

**erwinz** · 04-10-2007, 06:19 PM

patient's is a virtue..

hehehe.. please post some benches for those that have bought it so far..

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