Official DFI LanParty UT X38-T2R(and LT) Discussion/Review/Overclock/Guide Thread

[Ace-a-Rue]

Thanks Cap'n. Equally sorry. I know I can he hard headed. Peace.

Let's have a beer.

i'll drink to that!!

[zsamz_]

Slot PCIE3 (x16) - yup, that's where I have my video card installed.

so v-card works x16 on all 3 slots??

[zsamz_]

i'll drink to that!!

i feel the love in this place


1 for each of you guys

[Russian]

Hey guys I just sold my Q6600 (that could get into 9*450) looking to buy a low VID version of the Q6600 (1.20v or 1.21v max).

But now that I know those Q9450 will be out soon what do you guys think? I really don't know much about the 'overclokability' on those new Cpu's as for the Q6600 it can well hit the 70% OC mark.

Will I be able to run the Q9450 stable 8*500 in my rig to achieve 4000Mhz or at least set that goal or that's out of the question?

Also It would cost me only $85 to get the Q9450 instead of a Q6600 with a 1.20vid.

At this point, i cant really tell how this chip will overclock on this board. But some Engineering samples people have... did not clock to 500 because of their motherboards. Hopefully this motherboard will change that. I honestly dont expect a 500 FSB, but more of a 450+ which is fine by me.

[zanzabar]

so v-card works x16 on all 3 slots??

pci-e slot 2 is 1x and pci-e4 is 4x but 1/3 is pci-e2 16x

[Jor3lBR]

*#^%*^@%$@^%$@^%$@^&%@$*@%

What to do when you put all your case together: 10 fans, 3 heat sinks, 2 vid cards, organize wires, watercooling, cables, sleves, UV lights, long hours of work and when you are about to tight the waterblock:

THE FREAKING BACKPLATE FALL'S OFF THE BACK OF THE MOBO!

Any solutions besides the will power to burn all this pc down or slit wrists?

Sorry the kinda off-topic but I needed to let it go...

[crazyea]

I mounted mine prior to assembly. sorry bro.

[AKHandyman]

I use the Noctua NH-U12P and it has one hell a beefy backplate ... no probs there ... though I have thought about water cooling, just don't know yet what the best setup would be ... any suggestions?

[zsamz_]

*#^%*^@%$@^%$@^%$@^&%@$*@%

What to do when you put all your case together: 10 fans, 3 heat sinks, 2 vid cards, organize wires, watercooling, cables, sleves, UV lights, long hours of work and when you are about to tight the waterblock:

THE FREAKING BACKPLATE FALL'S OFF THE BACK OF THE MOBO!

Any solutions besides the will power to burn all this pc down or slit wrists?

Sorry the kinda off-topic but I needed to let it go...

man you slitin your wrists verry often

[Jor3lBR]

man you slitin your wrists verry often

lol sam, its not me, I got the idea from another forumember!

Crazy: I did mount it prior also but the little stickers and the center sticker just came off with time...

[t_ski]

I use the Noctua NH-U12P and it has one hell a beefy backplate ... no probs there ... though I have thought about water cooling, just don't know yet what the best setup would be ... any suggestions?

I am a big fan of the Laing D5 pumps (DD D5 and MCP-655) and triple radiators like my current Swiftech MCR320-QP. As for a block, the D-Tek Fuzion is a good contender (from what I've read - I haven't gotten a chance to install mine yet ), and you can buy a "Pro" mounting kit which has a backplate for it. The Danger Den MC-TDX is the high-flow champ, making it great for loops with multiple blocks. One guy I know said the MC-TDX performed just as well as the Fuzion in his loop.

[zsamz_]

lol sam, its not me, I got the idea from another forumember!

Crazy: I did mount it prior also but the little stickers and the center sticker just came off with time...

i seen 3 members slitin wrists so far

big reason i took dfi was not to get bored
second reason was its gotta be the best x38 since the x38-dq6 suked lol
btw i couldnt run 4 sticks on dq6 stable past 750mhz
my board can do 1200 withought a sweat

[sparks]

DID I MESS UP ????

Last night I sat down and was going to get everything in the case and install the os.

SOOOOO after 9 damn interruptions I got it all together. I then realized I did one thing wrong.

I always clean the cpu and hs with artic cleaner and purifier. Well after thinking thru the interruptions I cleaned the cpu and hs. Then I was using the purifier on the hs and had to take care of some family biz...When I got back I finished but I didn't use the purifier on the cpu...
Does the cleaner leave a residue that will mess up the paste?

I did not start up the system I ran out of time so it will just be a matter of removing the board and hs and cleaning and reinstalling and screaming and shouting LOL

[Villainstone]

Hey there guys not sure if you can help me but I am having trouble learning all the BIOS functions. I am coming off an Abit AB9 QuadGT to the DFI LANPARTY DK X38, so there is a HUGE difference in BIOS options. There are just sooo many different options I am not sure what does what. I actually figured out how to reach 400FSB no problem but anything after that is tough. I am using a TT120 and I am hoping to hit 500FSB with this MB. If I can just 500fsb I will be a happy camper for sure.

[flexy]

i had to reapply TIM on mine since i didnt do it right the first time. Demounting this whole **** with the U Extreme 120 is a pain in the ***, in addition i have a very tight case. So you spend an afternoon disassembling the whole thing, removing motherboard, etc...i know the feeling.

I also dont want to know how often it happened i put everything together, and then i found the mobo wasnt seated right onto the side-panel (with the LAN connectors)...again removiing the whole thing, motherboard out/in again etc. Also...there is this fan connector which is BELOW the graphics card (if GC is in PCIE3)...impossible to remove a simple fan plug. So..i had to remove the card first to get to this stupid connector

[GrandMasterJ]

In Everest Ultimate 4.2 I'm seeing 56C Core 1 and 46C Core 2 under 30 minutes OCCT load. That Smart Guardian lies and reports 27C. I just reseated my CPU HSF and am using MX-2. HSF is a Xigmatek S963 (cause it would actually fit) mounted with a Thermalright backplate kit and some washers to add additional pressure. Ambient is about 22C.

Where'd I go wrong?

Oh right...that's at stock too on an E8400.

[t_ski]

AFAIK Smart Guardian reads the socket temp, and not the "on-die" temp. That would account for the huge difference.

As for the Xigmatek, have you checked the contact on it? I had a HDT-S1283 (which I beleive is the big brother of your heatsink) and was not getting as good of temps as I expected after seeing other reviews say it was a top performer. When I unmounted it, I saw why. Since the heatsink has direct contact with the heatpipes, there are grooves in the aluminum base for the pipes to fit. It seems with the one I got that the grooves were too deep. The aluminum base was making perfect contact with the IHS, but the heatpipes were not. In fact, such poor contact made the thermal compond not spread out as much as it should.

Unfortunately, the only real way to find out if this is the case for you is to remove the heatsink and check the contact.

[deadman'sclick]

could sum1 please tell me how to get the cash & memory thing up for everest? i can't find the option anywere?

thanks

deadman's

[t_ski]

Send all the cash to me and I'll take care of it

[deadman'sclick]

im getting a penny wired driect to ure offshore account as we speak

[240z]

Nice board great step up from the 3200 icfx . Then running strong 6600 go @c 1.3 390x9 priming for 3 hours np run cpuz hangs up reboots the dreaded C1 error. Nice took out my 2 crucial ballistix 8500 1gb set toast @ 2.1v . So microcenter is close by, which would be better the ocz 6400 2x2gb vista set or the 2x2gb corsair xms6400dhx ?
thanks,
240z

[GrandMasterJ]

AFAIK Smart Guardian reads the socket temp, and not the "on-die" temp. That would account for the huge difference.

As for the Xigmatek, have you checked the contact on it? I had a HDT-S1283 (which I beleive is the big brother of your heatsink) and was not getting as good of temps as I expected after seeing other reviews say it was a top performer. When I unmounted it, I saw why. Since the heatsink has direct contact with the heatpipes, there are grooves in the aluminum base for the pipes to fit. It seems with the one I got that the grooves were too deep. The aluminum base was making perfect contact with the IHS, but the heatpipes were not. In fact, such poor contact made the thermal compond not spread out as much as it should.

Unfortunately, the only real way to find out if this is the case for you is to remove the heatsink and check the contact.

Were you able to re-mount so it worked properly? I removed it earlier today (ugh) and changed the orientation and added more MX-2 for the grooves. However, it appeared that the heatpipes were making better contact than the aluminum base. I'm less than pleased with this HSF after reading reviews...thinking of jumping on to the water cooling bandwagon.

Yea, the HDT-S1283 is the big brother of the HDT-S963. I went with the S963 for space reasons so I could close the side of my Wavemaster case. I came from a Tuniq Tower with which I couldn't close the side properly.

[GrandMasterJ]

Nice board great step up from the 3200 icfx . Then running strong 6600 go @c 1.3 390x9 priming for 3 hours np run cpuz hangs up reboots the dreaded C1 error. Nice took out my 2 crucial ballistix 8500 1gb set toast @ 2.1v . So microcenter is close by, which would be better the ocz 6400 2x2gb vista set or the 2x2gb corsair xms6400dhx ?
thanks,
240z

C1 error? My board always boots up C1, then changes to FF. C1 is bad? Or yours halts with C1 on it? (which mine has also done sometimes...I made the assumption it was DFI being finicky.)

Does anyone know a place where the Diagnostic LED error codes are listed?

Corsair is a hit or miss bag. Lots of different IC chips used. Here's a listing of IC chips for different modules if it helps. Don't know if the ones you're looking at are on there:

http://www.overclock.net/amd-memory/...-ic-chips.html

[zanzabar]

could sum1 please tell me how to get the cash & memory thing up for everest? i can't find the option anywere?

thanks

deadman's

go to tools cash/mem benchmark

[flexy]

got my cr*ppy XTC Plats to 530 Now at CL5, although they need TRCD 6. Its ok, everest benchies look good and 530 is good for those sticks. But this darn L741 Q6600 will NOT go at 3600, its like it has an "internal" block, once i go over my 3537 ---> Bsod, no matter what VTT/Vcore i give it. OCCTing right now to settle this OC final since i am getting tired of this tweaking

Also..added second 120mm in front, dropped temps a lot...but i wont go higher than 1.44 (as bios tells me) on Vcore. (set it to 1.406...)