Digital PWMs are good as long as they don't make awfully high pitched whine during load. Hope this one doesn't scream like the P35 TR2S I tried did which sounded like if I'd be torturing it with 5v or something.
Digital PWMs are good as long as they don't make awfully high pitched whine during load. Hope this one doesn't scream like the P35 TR2S I tried did which sounded like if I'd be torturing it with 5v or something.
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Sweet, the first X58 board ive seen that i can insulate sufficiently
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Wow, board looks good... only thing I don't like is the expansion slot layout. Why didn't they stick to the X48 layout? I think the chipset/socket take up too much space to copy it exactly, but they could have done:
PCI-E x1 (or empty)
PCI-E x16
PCI-E x4
PCI
PCI-E x16
PCI
PCI-E x16
That would have worked better?
Also I partly agree that DFI BIOS is way to complicated, and maybe Asus are closer to the "sweet spot". However, how can you justify paying between £30 and £100 extra for a similar motherboard versus a DFI model??
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EnJoY,
It's not about demand (well, ok, maybe to an extent). Only a few european shops carry DFIs, for example; roughly 150 shops offer Asus LGA775 boards, whereas only about 10 offer DFI's boards.
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Looking at Scan (UK eTailer):
DFI LT X48 £154
DFI UT X48 £190
Asus Rampage Formula £184
Asus P5E3 Premium £202
Asus Rampage Extreme £280
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The prices are more competitive for DFI here in the states now as well. However, when the X38's and X48's were first launched, DFI and Asus prices were very comparable IIRC.
Besides, it's not the price that concerns me. It's being able to get the most out of my setup and DFI boards just scramble my brain these days, that's all.
Formerly XIP, now just P.
Agreed. I think DFI should send a helping guide to its users explaining what each feature does. We do like many features, being able to change anything, however some are too technical to some people. I think a plain English should be enough even if that takes 5 pages instead of 1.
Metroid.
Yay, it's nice to see their samples out right on time.
I love their bios and I hope this is another ut p35. The community/support for that board was awesome.
can't wait to get my grubby hands these boards - memory oc'ing will be interesting
bios holder
those power/reset buttons seem to be moving further up the side of the board with each board release hehe
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still need additional power for vga? and still using those stupid floppy connection?
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Yea, I never got those floppy connectors?! And no heatspreader on X58?
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How come nobody complains about their color schemes? *cough*...
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I will definitely be considering this if they can get it out on time. The x48 dfi boards seem to take forever to come out.
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Anyhoo I don't think DFI's bios options are impossible to use. You can leave the majority of them at auto until you understand them. The memory options are extensive but they are the only things I don't understand and I am not an extreme ocer.
I felt rather overwhelmed with the x48 DK T2RS when I got it. So many new settings but if you leave most at auto then it really does a good job in posting in whats necessary. I'm not hardcore by any means, but the features that are there and segregated off from the more rudimentary are nice to read into and one day try and tweak with.
It would just really be nice if DFI did release some sort of documentation on a lot of these other settings than relying on the few percent of the user base who understands this to do this for them.
Last edited by Reznik Akime; 10-07-2008 at 12:59 PM.
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