[First Look] DFI 680i LT NF-680i LT SLI (56K Warning~~~)

**virtualrain** · 05-23-2007, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by vincey2kr1

virtualrain do you have any screen shots of your bios options, just to make sure there isnt something i missed concerning this cpu throttle issue? Maybe its mislabled.

So far I've only taken pics of the voltage screen... I'll post a full set of bios pics on my blog this evening and post back.

**Grinch** · 05-23-2007, 02:24 PM

just ordered 5 mins ago

**Grinch** · 05-23-2007, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by virtualrain

It seems Mbpro is really trying to make a good impression and build some cred. They seem to have a direct line with DFI in CA so they are on top of everything. I highly recommend them.

just ordered from them...

will be in the DFI club again....soon!

**Grinch** · 05-23-2007, 04:05 PM

what temps are people getting watercooling their dfi...(cpu)

**Spazilton** · 05-23-2007, 04:15 PM

Originally Posted by Grinch

what temps are people getting watercooling their dfi...(cpu)

Q6600 @ 3.3 1.4v Strong Drive (1.34 Actual Load) 61-62c all 4 cores. Thats through CoreTemp. Smart Guardian reports around 9-11c high depending. Make sure to take this into account when setting shutdown temp. Took 15 damn mounts of my Apogee GT to get the lowest even load temps.

BI GT 240 4x Yate Loons in Push Pull, Laing D5, EK Multi-Res, Apogee GT, EK 8800GTX WB.

**Grinch** · 05-23-2007, 04:41 PM

thx spazilton..*-)

what are people getting with dual cores idle/load?

**xTr33m sammich!** · 05-23-2007, 04:55 PM

Well, i've got it all wrong, but I like it :P, I have one of those cases with alot of holes in the side panel, free air flow right over the top of the vid and cpu..

Air intake in front and rear, top fan on cpu blows down, chipset blows down, exahusts out the side panel..
Sort of non-conventional.

E6400@3500
1.55vBIOS
1.5vIDLE@22c-CoreTemp
1.48vLOAD@50c-CoreTemp
SmartGaurd is approx 10-12c Higher

**Jobeo** · 05-23-2007, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by xTr33m sammich!

Sort of non-conventional.

LOL... ya.

i've had my ultra extreme here since yesterday and have run into the various things you've mentioned. although i'm not giving up on mounting it vertically. having the rear exhaust fan right there sets up too perfect of a push/pull situation.

also i think i can work something out with the PWM. the obvious issue becomes the NB and let me tell you i was about throwing a conniption fit over it. losing my mind over here. GD NB GD NB... but i think i might have something now who knows

i will prob start a thread over on dficlub with pics =) assuming all goes well which i know it never does

**xTr33m sammich!** · 05-23-2007, 06:25 PM

Any idea why Raid5 doesnt work on this board? I purposefully degraded a R5 array to see if it would rebuild without error, didn't work, second attempt, no go.

**Grinch** · 05-23-2007, 07:35 PM

is it possible to carry over my raid-0 from my evga 680i to this mobo without breaking the raid array?

**virtualrain** · 05-23-2007, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by Grinch

is it possible to carry over my raid-0 from my evga 680i to this mobo without breaking the raid array?

I would be willing to bet the DFI controller will recognize it just fine if you keep the drives on the same logical connectors when you do the swap, the problem will be any mismatch in drivers for peripherals... which is only an issue if the array is a system partition. If it's just data, no problem. If it is a system partition, you should uninstall all drivers for devices not present in your new system before shutting down the old system for the last time.

At any rate, it's obviously safest to backup any key data just in case.

**Grinch** · 05-23-2007, 08:04 PM

10-4...thank you

**vincey2kr1** · 05-23-2007, 09:46 PM

Heres my settings 24/7 Air cooled q6600 for the moment till some of the bios issues get worked out: Can do 3.5ghz but just too hot

for 24/7 use

Air cooled Enzotech ultra120
heres my volt settings in bios im at idle 40-45c and load 61c (prime95v252)
363fsbx9 3262ghz
Cpu vid 1.34375
cpu add 104%
Strong
STrong
2.3ov (ddram)
Nb 1.54v
sb 1.56v
sbdual 1.62v
LDTv 1.37v
Cpu vtt 1.34
GTL enable
140
75
75

Tried to keep my volts low as possible.

**virtualrain** · 05-23-2007, 10:48 PM

You hould be very pleased with that! 3.2GHz on air is excellent. Very reasonable voltages!

**virtualrain** · 05-24-2007, 09:32 AM

Here are my latest overclock settings after tweaking memory for low-latency.

I've also experimented with running memory at 1100MHz 5-5-5 2T but it was slower than 800 4-3-3-8 at 1T!

Full set of BIOS screen shots and more commentary on my blog.

Voltages:

FSB:

Memory:

**EvilMoe** · 05-24-2007, 01:35 PM

MIPS on DFI

**Cascades** · 05-24-2007, 03:09 PM

EvilMoe,

Where can we get that PWM water-block? Any link to it?

Thanks,

Cas

**Isaac MM** · 05-24-2007, 03:20 PM

How much FSB are people getting with quads on this board?

**virtualrain** · 05-24-2007, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by EvilMoe

MIPS on DFI

Looking good. Are those parts made out of brass or what is that?

When will they be available? Where can we get them in NA?

**virtualrain** · 05-24-2007, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by Isaac MM

How much FSB are people getting with quads on this board?

400x9... see my post above.

**OldGuy** · 05-24-2007, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by virtualrain

Looking good. Are those parts made out of brass or what is that?

When will they be available? Where can we get them in NA?

I believe they are copper with nickle flash...they were supposed to make a pwm for the IN9 32X-MAX. Dunno if they ever did...

**Raja@ASUS** · 05-24-2007, 07:33 PM

the IN9/Quad GT block is up on the Mips site,however the block shown above is not. Will probably require some kind of adaptor to use 1/2 ID tubing too..

regards
Raja

**virtualrain** · 05-24-2007, 09:53 PM

Over the last few days, I've done some memory testing on this board with my Mushkin 2x2GB PC2-8500 kit...

With my current stable OC at 400x9, my first priority was to tweak for low-latency at sync'd 1:1 speed (DDR2-800)... No problem with this ram at max rated VDimm of 2.3V...

SuperPi 32M...

I also tried seeing how high I could run 1T and got up to 900MHz but found the performance worse because it was running out of sync. I really need a BIOS that will let me set the x8 multi so I can try to run 450x8 and run the memory synced at 900MHz 1T!

I also tried to see how high the memory would run at 2T. I was able to get it running stable at 1120MHz at relaxed timings. Not bad given it's rated for 1066. It might do more with more juice, but it was clear that 2T even at 1100+MHz could not match the performance of 1T at 800MHz...

SuperPi 32M:

More info including a detailed review of my timings on my blog.

**signalpst** · 05-24-2007, 11:34 PM

hey virtualrain, it looks like you're having lots of luck running 1T with this board. From your testing, is 800Mhz CAS 3-3-3-9 1T 1:1 link+sync faster than 1200Mhz CAS 4-4-4-12 2T 2:3?

**virtualrain** · 05-25-2007, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by signalpst

hey virtualrain, it looks like you're having lots of luck running 1T with this board. From your testing, is 800Mhz CAS 3-3-3-9 1T 1:1 link+sync faster than 1200Mhz CAS 4-4-4-12 2T 2:3?

I can't say for sure. All I know is that 800MHz CAS4 1T is faster than 1100MHz CAS5 2T so I would expect this would hold true for your scenario as well.

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