DFI LANPARTY X38-T2R for ddr2 @ computex

[RealTelstar]

Nice looking board. Perfect layout except for the ram too close to the 1st pci-e slot.

[DeathReborn]

Looks very tasty. I wonder if that void at the rear I/O area will be filled by some heatpipe/heatsink monstrosity? Bring on Computex

According to VR-Zone (first post) it will use Heatpipes so for those that don't like Heatpipes look elsewhere for X38...

[Mekrel]

It's good that they use a heat pipe because if it were seperate sinks, DFI would have used hooks again which is a pain.

Good for watercoolers like me, just hope a TR-09 sink will fit the mosfets.

[mascaras]

Computex 2007: DFI LANPARTY X38-T2R Board


DFI will be showcasing their LANPARTY X38-T2R board over at Computex next week along with their ATI RD790 based LP RD790-M2R board. Both motherboards are creation of two dedicated and top-notch DFI engineers: Oskar and Jarry. Initially DFI will release Intel X38 chipset based board with support for DDR2 only, because of the highly priced DDR3 modules. Another LANPARTY X38-T3R board that supports DDR3 memories will come later. The DFI LANPARTY X38-T2R/T3R boards also support Core 2 Duo/Quad processors with 1333MHz FSB, two x16 PCIe slots for dual graphics + one x4 slot for GPU physics, 8-Phase Digital PWM and special heatpipe cooling for PWM, MCH and ICH.



Source: VR-Zone


http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=32263

[p8ntslinger676]

nice board, i just hope they dont put ihs' on the northbridges of all the production boards

[Ra7or]

Successor of the 975X, just waiting to see its performance!!

It looks like this new Chip7 will run very hot, around 60 degrees, lets wait for some fancy new heatpipe cooling system.

[G.Foyle]

AT least DFI is not late like it was with 965P and 680i chipsets.

EDIT:

I see 7 onboard fan headers and onboard switches like Striker Extreme had...
ANd there is a fan header for NB fan, so it will be easy to ditch useless heatpipes (I doubt they would prove effective).

[xenolith]

Performance will probably be on par with P35, just with more PCI express lanes.

I just hope it doesn't cost $300.

[Ra7or]

Performance will probably be on par with P35, just with more PCI express lanes.

I just hope it doesn't cost $300.

Better performance I think, 975X has better performance than 965.

The price may be
Regards

[Zytek_Fan]

Yay a new DFI LANParty mobo!

[xenolith]

Better performance I think, 975X has better performance than 965.

That's flawed methodology. Just because it's a successor to an certain chipset is not indicative to a proportional performance increase verses some ambiguous chipset. There's nothing better than side-by-side comparisons before determining anything.

Besides, everything i've seen says the X38 is nothing more than P35 with dual 16X PCI-E 2.0 and the removal of "overspeed protection", whatever that means.

[Richard Dower]

I think X38 NB will all have the IHS, it seems logical...it actually looks kinda cool. I do hope that the mobo makers don't use crappy pads or paste for the TIM. Why can't someone cut a deal with Arctic Silver and develop a method to deliver and controlled amount of TIM to each IHS at the manufacturing stage?

Personally i think the extravagant heatpipes on the Gigabyte P35 series were also intended for the X38...it makes sense to make a one-size-fits-all design.

Make it beefy for the X38 but overblown for the P35, saves time and costs.

[Zytek_Fan]

I think X38 NB will all have the IHS, it seems logical...it actually looks kinda cool. I do hope that the mobo makers don't use crappy pads or paste for the TIM. Why can't someone cut a deal with Arctic Silver and develop a method to deliver and controlled amount of TIM to each IHS at the manufacturing stage?

Personally i think the extravagant heatpipes on the Gigabyte P35 series were also intended for the X38...it makes sense to make a one-size-fits-all design.

Make it beefy for the X38 but overblown for the P35, saves time and costs.

As long as the heat pipes aren't like Gigabyte's crazy cool, that has the stupid piece of copper underneath the CPU socket, that makes it impossible to mount a big HS/F unless you take off the Crazy Cool thing...

[Richard Dower]

You just take the Crazycool of...it's not hard, i like the crazy heatpipes and cooling they've used....hell i'd like to see more :-)

I'll bet $5 the heatpipe design for the X38-DQ6 will be the same as the P35-DQ6.

[Kunaak]

an IHS on the NB is cool.... I love that.
no more worrying about uneven pressure if you use a NB waterblock...

and NO HOOKS....
when was the last time DFI launched a top of the line board, with no damn Hooks for the NB? however long its been, its been way too long.
holes, are the only way to go.

it looks like a damn good board already.

[Origin_Unknown]

an IHS on the NB is cool.... I love that.
no more worrying about uneven pressure if you use a NB waterblock...

and NO HOOKS....
when was the last time DFI launched a top of the line board, with no damn Hooks for the NB? however long its been, its been way too long.
holes, are the only way to go.

it looks like a damn good board already.

agreed... this is going to be my next board, im going to skip p35.
I've not owned a DFI since the good ol' NforceII Infinity and the 2500+ m ... infact thats still in my loft

[Ra7or]

That's flawed methodology. Just because it's a successor to an certain chipset is not indicative to a proportional performance increase verses some ambiguous chipset. There's nothing better than side-by-side comparisons before determining anything.

Besides, everything i've seen says the X38 is nothing more than P35 with dual 16X PCI-E 2.0 and the removal of "overspeed protection", whatever that means.

That is your opinion, but I dont see any reviews to this chip7, in my opinion is what is more predictable for high-end chip7. If I am wrong, I dont know lets wait to see.
Regards

[Johnny Bravo]

I'll be very interested to see their cooling setup for the board, especially the PWM

[ColonelCain]

I hope as well that this comes out on time.

But I'll be waiting for the next chipset that Intel comes out with, or the 790, depending on which chip company is better in 1H '08

[lionel57000]

in ddr2 , this mobo isn t very different from the dfi nf680i lt

[kmon]

Any word if those are PCIE 2.0 slots? Not a huge difference but would make wiring cleaner when 2.0 cards launch.

[zerazax]

i believe all x38's are to be pcie 2.0

[fhpchris]

I agree with Kuunak, the man who puts hooks on these boards needs to burn in hell.

[Apollonas]

I hope DFI will be back for good with this mobo. Back to good old stuff.

[cyberspyder]

Hmmm, upgrade my P965-S Infinity or stay with it...choices Looks good, hopefully they'll dump the heatpipe contraption (just like their 680 LT board).

Brendan