DFI 965-S is here! For sale @ ewiz

[XtremeTiramisu]

Damn it...now later in pages on this thread, I begin to read negative reports for this board. This is by far the hardest OC board I've tested as you reach higher FSB / clock speed, and I really missed the days I could easily acheive +500FSB with my past DS3 Rev3.3, E6700 and the same pair of OCZ Platinum Rev2 PC6400 ram on 1:1 ratio.

I cannot do 1:1 over 499FSB no matter how I tried. The system will post but immediately locked up or freeze before windows starting to load. I'm still at x8 multi and @ 460FSB and it's currently priming OK. I'm certainly being cut back by my temp from low to mid 60s @ 3680. I'll try to apply the AS5 the correct way by adding 1 thin vertical line across the centre of the IHS. I'm serious thinking to upgrade my current air cooled 9700NT to best ones like Tuniq Tower 120, Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120 or wait for the new Thermalright IFX-14.

I'll be on the look out for the new P35 DS3R or DS4 Gigabyte board, they seems to be promising and around the same price range....and at this very moment, I speculate I may not be alone to leave this family....

My only hope is a magic BIOS update will enhance the board's overclocking-ability or I'll just go find a better and easier overclocking board and better future-proof..