[First Look] Retail Box DFI UT LP P-35-T2R (56K Warning~~)

[Tony]

Super pi is all about access latency, you can reduce the latency with outright memory speed or you can tweak the chipset and the ram to have the lowest latency it can run and the scores will be equally as fast.

You have to remember to get boards running high FSB's internal latencies have to be relaxed....now if you are chilling the CPU you also chill the board and this has a real positive affect on how well the board clocks up and "may" allow latencies to be tightened again. For most mortals running water or high end air the latency has to remain high and so you lose speed due to increased access latency.

This is why for me 600fsb is worthless, as the boards are running very loose latency to do this and there is no real speed gained, I would much rather run 450ish FSB and ubber tight latency on the chipset and memory with half decent Vmem also

[ripken204]

so does anyone know when this board is coming out?
tankguys should have all of the Q6600 g0's delivered sometime next week, so i need a board asap..

[xenolith]

so does anyone know when this board is coming out?
tankguys should have all of the Q6600 g0's delivered sometime next week, so i need a board asap..

motherboardpro.com moved it up to 8/20... even if it does come in earlier than that elsewhere, you better act fast, pull down your pants and bend over...

[Capt_Caveman]

motherboardpro.com moved it up to 8/20... even if it does come in earlier than that elsewhere, you better act fast, pull down your pants and bend over...

LMAO

[idiotekniQues]

it's purty

[palese]

I have a retail X6800, no quads, or I have ES6750 and ES6850 or 6400 Allendale.

So it looks like tests will be with the 6800 to keep you happy

Tony you are the man

[Kin Hell]

alright.. DFI uses screws on the NB and SB..

Nice to see those crappy Hooks are gone. Looks like someone heard the Cry to stop using Hooks back on the RD600 Thread!
Does anyone know if this is this just a DFI thing or have Intel dropped Hooks for ever!?

It also appears no one can Explain why this Intel Board has nVidia Raid?? I've read this thread backwards & forwards in case I missed relevant info, but several questions have asked "why", with no reply yet!? Beats the crap outta me considering other Intel boards Boast the Slick Matrix RAID.
Can anyone shed some light on "WHY" nVidia RAID & perhaps one of you lucky fellas to already have this board could post some HD Tach results for a couple of Striped SATA150's.
Thanks for info & Nice Pics Andre...Sexy looking board!

[alpha0ne]

How can a board not be WC friendly

Never seen that before

[Kin Hell]

How can a board not be WC friendly

Never seen that before

The heatpipe transfers are the problem. Removing the NB means you have to find an alternative cooling solution for the rest of the components. Those being the SB & Digital PWM. Thats one helluva SB plate for a P35 board imo but then the 680i is another chipset that demands Water Cooling for the SB and is poorly cooled with Stock Blocks. PWM's get really HOT & DFI appear to have dropped a large lump of metal & External Hetpipe/Fin option to address this issue. As soon as you Water Cool the CPU, those mofsets are hitting 100+ Deg C for no downdraught when using a conventional Heatsink/Fan combo! Unfortunately, I cant cool the SB on my 680i as my 7950 GX2's inner card hangs right over the SB. There are blocks that will fit but I aint happy with the mounts & they arn't specifically designed for the Chipset. I'm considering this board to be rid of VDroops but the use of nVidia RAID concerns the crap out of me!

[Heidfirst]

It also appears no one can Explain why this Intel Board has nVidia Raid?? I've read this thread backwards & forwards in case I missed relevant info, but several questions have asked "why", with no reply yet!? Beats the crap outta me considering other Intel boards Boast the Slick Matrix RAID.
Can anyone shed some light on "WHY" nVidia RAID

it's a misprint - the manual has ICH9R & the driver download is Intel.

[EternityZX9]

motherboardpro.com moved it up to 8/20... even if it does come in earlier than that elsewhere, you better act fast, pull down your pants and bend over...

Does anyone know if motherboardpro is a reliable vendor? Cause I'd like to get this board...but I've never heard of them.

[cyberspyder]

The heatpipe transfers are the problem. Removing the NB means you have to find an alternative cooling solution for the rest of the components. Those being the SB & Digital PWM. Thats one helluva SB plate for a P35 board imo but then the 680i is another chipset that demands Water Cooling for the SB and is poorly cooled with Stock Blocks. PWM's get really HOT & DFI appear to have dropped a large lump of metal & External Hetpipe/Fin option to address this issue. As soon as you Water Cool the CPU, those mofsets are hitting 100+ Deg C for no downdraught when using a conventional Heatsink/Fan combo! Unfortunately, I cant cool the SB on my 680i as my 7950 GX2's inner card hangs right over the SB. There are blocks that will fit but I aint happy with the mounts & they arn't specifically designed for the Chipset. I'm considering this board to be rid of VDroops but the use of nVidia RAID concerns the crap out of me!

THERMALRIGHT TIME BABY!!!!!

[Spanki]

Does anyone know if motherboardpro is a reliable vendor? Cause I'd like to get this board...but I've never heard of them.

Me either, but I got the link from DFI's website as an authorized dealer. Whether that says anything about thier business practices, I don't know.

[shimmishim]

Does anyone know if motherboardpro is a reliable vendor? Cause I'd like to get this board...but I've never heard of them.

from what i've heard from others on XS, MBP appears to be a reliable vendor. many people that got the first round of DFI 680i boards got it from here.

i say you're safe getting it from here.

[Grinch]

Does anyone know if motherboardpro is a reliable vendor? Cause I'd like to get this board...but I've never heard of them.

awesome vendor!

[Sailindawg]

@Tony OCZ

When you get the time, can you also clock this board with one of your lesser retail cpu's? It would give us more mortal types a better idea of how the board can do with a more average cpu.

Thanks.

[AcuraDC5]

Board is just plain sexy

[Fr3ak]

Seems to be a really nice board.
Question now is how good and reliable is the digital PWR for high voltages when extreme cooling is being used.

X38 boards will hit the stores earlier than end of october from what I heard.

[EternityZX9]

from what i've heard from others on XS, MBP appears to be a reliable vendor. many people that got the first round of DFI 680i boards got it from here.

i say you're safe getting it from here.

awesome vendor!

Alright. I'm going to take your word for it. And I also saw njkid32's good rating on resellerrating.

Pre-ordered.

[AndreYang]

New BIOS Memory Control is so stronger.


Here is LOW Voltage DDR2 1200 CL5-5-5-15 Dual 32M











If you have this mobo, you could pm me to receive new BIOS.


Andre

[ziddey]

wowowowow. d9gmh doing 600 with 1.9v??? what's it able to do at 1.9v in other p35 like p5k?

[DMH]

1.9V for 600Mhz???I want that pair of dimmsHas anyone posted differences beetwen the use of that thingy(can't remember the name) to use outside the case??

[bypolar]

Last I seen http://http://www.motherboardpro.com...T2R-p-338.html

had 26 comming to the states.

Info= Joefriday from DFI Club

hey, and looks like another great Board from DFI, surprising they are early this time for them.

[shimmishim]

wow, that's some amazing memory Andre... or is it a combination of the board and memory

either way, great results!

[TinTin]

New BIOS Memory Control is so stronger.


Here is LOW Voltage DDR2 1200 CL5-5-5-15 Dual 32M











If you have this mobo, you could pm me to receive new BIOS.


Andre

Good, and did it fix the BIOS e.g. can disable on board Lan, 1394....?
BTW, u have a PM