Dfi P35

[EternityZX9]

With respect to the heat pipe and the offending copper plate - that is only if the intention is to mount the transpiper out side the case. Page 41 of the user manual. If you are going to be mounting the transpiper inside then the copper plate will not be needed.

Yay?!

the manual states not to use retention clip style heatsinks.

Umm is the TR 120 eXtreme a "retention clip style heatsink"?

[Damien]

Yay?!



Umm is the TR 120 eXtreme a "retention clip style heatsink"?

no it's bolt down

[Boogerlad]

well i like the heatpipe design, seems pretty good

[GMX]

wow guys, the jumping to conclusions are so strong. Just wait for a comparison then through out the same comments.

Anybody who gets this board, even if you have no confidence in the heatpipe system (like I and others ) please be a pioneer and compare it anyway!

I wonder when they are going to put the motherboard thats Oskar and Andre used on the DFI website.

it is clearly a DFI Infinity, while this is DFI Lanparty UT...

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lol
In the picture it has "lanparty" stamped on it. Also Lanparty and Infinity should be the same PCB, just infinity less a bells and whistles board like the NF2 series. It's sad seeing a lot of fairly new members think LP is a special line of DFI lol. It never really has, and it should go back like the NF2 releases.

[sergers]

In the picture it has "lanparty" stamped on it.

as jimmyz already corrected me...

[alex17 GTX]

Maybe this will be good news for you. The DFI LP P35 TR2 in listed at this shop in Romania, but actually it's not in stock. Aldo , they usually list the product in the moment they order them from the producer.

The price for DFI LP P35 TR2 it's 336.62 USD while these are the prices for other motherboards :

DFI LP UT 680I SLI-T2R/G - 333.59 USD
DFI LP UT 680I SLI-T2RS/G - 355.23 USD.
P5K Deluxe - 290.33 USD
P5K3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP - 314.56 USD
Gigabyte P35-DS4 - 218.50 USD
Gigabyte P35 DQ6 - 267.39 USD

I hope the price will drop soon.



Hope the price will drop soon.

And one more thing. Have you heard anything about the DFI Infinity P35 TR2 , which is supposed to be launched same time with LP P35 ? (at least this is what the roadmap says)

[Tibu]

Hmm that means the price in the US is going tobe right around the price of a P5k3 deluxe. They should have a "non retarded heatsink design" version for less.

[turtle]

And one more thing. Have you heard anything about the DFI Infinity P35 TR2 , which is supposed to be launched same time with LP P35 ? (at least this is what the roadmap says)

I asked Andre the same thing right after he made the thread, and he said they are still on schedule to ship at the same time.

BTW, the INFINITY version is the "non-retarded heatsink for less" version.

[Tibu]

I asked Andre the same thing right after he made the thread, and he said they are still on schedule to ship at the same time.

BTW, the INFINITY version is the "non-retarded heatsink for less" version.

BTW do you know an aprox. date of when they will be available? next week, mid august?

Oh and...

I wish goddammit, we'll make it if you believe; FBI!

[1Day]

Okay thanks turtle the infinity sounds good then - turtle can you confirm that the P35 infinity will offer the same bios options as the Lanparty Motherboard? I have not found much information about the P35 infinity version at all.

[cantankerous]

I too am interested in the Infinity. If the ONLY thing missing is the heatpipes then I would get the infinity and just put on a couple HR-05 myself. If it has less SATA/USB/Ethernet among other things it may not be worth getting over the lanparty however.

[MotF Bane]

...I thought the LanParty's were manufactured in Taiwan, and the Infinity's were manufactured in China.

[turtle]

Sorry amigos, don't know when it's shipping. I would think any day now considering it's gone through all the motions except seeing the privalaged testing it. You know how DFI is...Only thing you can do is shoot them an e-mail, and they will more-than-likely give you the best information they have available right now.

As for features, I think the main differance is as follows, but it's per the roadmap as I havn't inquired further:

*6-phase PWM (8 on LP)
*Two less SATA ports
*Lacks second RAID controller (Sil3132 on LP)
*1 ethernet port (2 and teaming on LP)
*Doesn't have heatpipe thinger

Judging by the P965-DARK, I imagine bios options will remain similar, and not crippled as in the past on Infinity boards.

So...

"Are you in, or are you out?" (nice pick in 'everything evil' btw)

[Revv23]

You have to understand the technical benefits of each solution. Analogue is less accurate than digital, is considered less reliable due to the fact that is uses caps, and makes the socket area much more cluttered which is bad for those who wish to use very large heat sinks or phase-change/dry ice/ln2.

However, digital PWM is limited by it's phases, meaning if a digital solution has however many phases to deliver however many amps to the cpu, it will deliver up to that much and absolutely no more. An analogue solution is much more flexible and can generally extend far beyond the power requirements it was originally designed for. Again though, when pushing an analogue solution like this to it's max, you're running the risk of blowing a capacitor or suffering serious voltage fluctuations.

Digital in the end I would say is better because of it's accuracy and space saving. As for it's thermal characteristics, it should get better, especially if board designers decide to go even more overkill with the phases.

I would agree - digital could be the better solution. Thus far no company has given enthusiasts a digital solution that was properly designed for our needs. Thus - like i said, currently analouge is much better suited for our needs. When we start running this cheap digital hardware out of spec; like you say, it just shuts down or burns out. With the current high end analouge designs (that are cheaper then the cheap digital designs) we have a more flexible and more reliable power solution.

So while i would agree a well thought out digital solution using high quality parts with excess capacity in relation to our enthusiast needs would be more ideal then an analouge solution; no company has yet to offer that - and my educated guess would lead me to believe that for a digital PWM to compete quality wise with an analouge setup, it would cost much more money. So; I would rather have a simple; cool running, and cheap analouge setup that might need new capacitors in ten years instead of a hot; underdesigned; and expensive digital solution that is prone to overloading and melting down.

[OBR]

You have to understand the technical benefits of each solution. Analogue is less accurate than digital, is considered less reliable due to the fact that is uses caps, and makes the socket area much more cluttered which is bad for those who wish to use very large heat sinks or phase-change/dry ice/ln2.

However, digital PWM is limited by it's phases, meaning if a digital solution has however many phases to deliver however many amps to the cpu, it will deliver up to that much and absolutely no more. An analogue solution is much more flexible and can generally extend far beyond the power requirements it was originally designed for. Again though, when pushing an analogue solution like this to it's max, you're running the risk of blowing a capacitor or suffering serious voltage fluctuations.

Digital in the end I would say is better because of it's accuracy and space saving. As for it's thermal characteristics, it should get better, especially if board designers decide to go even more overkill with the phases.

This is very funny, you are know nothing about it! Digital PWM is only marketing phrase for noobs! Coils cannot to be digital or analogue! In that "digital PWM" is only few coils in one case, there is nothing digital on that coils ... Only one think is better - place savings ...

[GMX]

Sorry amigos, don't know when it's shipping. I would think any day now considering it's gone through all the motions except seeing the privalaged testing it. You know how DFI is...Only thing you can do is shoot them an e-mail, and they will more-than-likely give you the best information they have available right now.

As for features, I think the main differance is as follows, but it's per the roadmap as I havn't inquired further:

*6-phase PWM (8 on LP)
*Two less SATA ports
*Lacks second RAID controller (Sil3132 on LP)
*1 ethernet port (2 and teaming on LP)
*Doesn't have heatpipe thinger

Judging by the P965-DARK, I imagine bios options will remain similar, and not crippled as in the past on Infinity boards.

So...

"Are you in, or are you out?" (nice pick in 'everything evil' btw)

out

I want to see a return to similar product range and features of their NF2 release.

This stupid crap with Infinity dumbing they are doing in last platforms is a joke.

[turtle]

out

I want to see a return to similar product range and features of their NF2 release.

This stupid crap with Infinity dumbing they are doing in last platforms is a joke.

Hey, I agree with you. I had a NF2 Infinity and loved it because it had most of the LPB features (I loved the 3.3v VDIMM...Why I switched from the NF7-S 2.0) without being so expensive. In this case though, the only thing I would miss is the second RAID controller, and if the "dumbing down" in this case makes a DFI board using the P35 chipset with a $120-130 price tag instead of $220+ price tag, i'm all for it. I'll just buy a damn RAID controller.

[1Day]

I am just concerned about the BIOS options and the quality of the power delivery - raid and all that means little for me. Thanks for the update anyhow I have taken your advice and sent an email to DFI.

[alex17 GTX]

Any more info about dfi inf p35 will be more than appreciated. I'm a little undecided about buying a new mobo for conroe rig. I have to choose between DFI Dark and a p35 implementation. I've read about the advantages of P35 and i'm not convinced that it's better than DFI Dark. So if i will buy a P35 based motherboard i will certainly buy a DFI Infinity. Please provide more info.

[ziddey]

Any more info about dfi inf p35 will be more than appreciated. I'm a little undecided about buying a new mobo for conroe rig. I have to choose between DFI Dark and a p35 implementation. I've read about the advantages of P35 and i'm not convinced that it's better than DFI Dark. So if i will buy a P35 based motherboard i will certainly buy a DFI Infinity. Please provide more info.

I'd say go p35 in either case. the p965 dark isn't all that great

[EnJoY]

This is very funny, you are know nothing about it! Digital PWM is only marketing phrase for noobs! Coils cannot to be digital or analogue! In that "digital PWM" is only few coils in one case, there is nothing digital on that coils ... Only one think is better - place savings ...

Well, whether it's actually "Digital" in Webster's definition of the word, or not, my analysis is fairly accurate.

But since I "are know nothing about it!", and seeing as it's only "marketing phrase for noobs" despite the fact that everyone everywhere uses this phrase, perhaps you could tell us all what it's REALLY called and what the technical differences are between analog and digital, as well as the benefits and weaknesses that go along with each?

[ziddey]

[95blackz26]

so when does this board come out in the good old US.

[jimmyz]

so when does this board come out in the good old US.

the day after you get tired of waiting and buy something else, lol. i hope soon, i'm stoked.

[Gunlance]

if this thing drops in a week or two, I will buy it.

Any later will have to get something else...

I am very interested in the onboard teaming more than anything really...

but if I buy this, the first thing I do is throw out the heat pipe system... or atleast dismantle part of it.

I noticed no difference with teaming on my cfx3200.