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

[jcool]

What PSU do you have?

[Cptn Vortex]

It's an Ultra X3 1000W. Has been nothing but perfect for me. 3.6GHZ Q6600 no prob, and 2GTXs at one point too.

[Tarowah]

I just installed my Thermalright HR-05-SLI IFX and it is working like a champ, priming away at 44* as I type this and thats passive!!!


I did have to move my GTX into the second 16X slot because the chipset cooler is blocking the first 16X slot which kinds sucks but I have no plans to go Crossfire any time soon so this will work fine.


On a side note as it has been stated the stock NB cooler pretty much sucks, when I pulled it off I had one small contact area about the size of a dime, even with such a small contact area the chipset never got above 55* but still, if you havent checked how well it is seating I highly suggest doing so.

[non]

You got the 'new' Ballistix kit (single sided) and they are $hit for this board...

My old Ballistix kit (double sided chips) is doing 1200Mhz with 2.1v today.

I would try 5-5-5-5-15 for starters in your kit. Bump NB a little to 1.4-1.455 also helps.

Yeah, i already did that...5-5-5-15, even PL 8 & TRRD 4 in case if something too tight at auto, like P35 LT with GMH I must set TRRD at 4

So I guess that's the limit of the 8FE5 tracer. Only to get maximum 1174, at 1200 even Spi 1m doesnt pass . Damn, I guess god doesnt bless ballistix anymore sucks though...

[PhilDoc]

My Intel Xeon X3350 is coming tomorrow, has anyone had experience with this chip and this board???

Not at the moment, but I'm suppose to have one here on the 26th. We can compare notes then.

[emoners]

Not at the moment, but I'm suppose to have one here on the 26th. We can compare notes then.

does the X3350 have the same limitations as the Q9450?

[Monkey101]

Deciding to go for the DFI X38 Mobo for my upgrade just curious if the rest of the parts i plan on getting will work ok in it?

Intel Q9450 (When it eventually gets released in this lame country)
2 x 2gb Patriot Viper DDR2 - 800
GeCube HD3870x2 OC Edition
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme

Rest of my pc i will be keeping hopefully (In Signature)

I hopefully want to get the Q9450 running at 3.2 even 3.0 will be ok.
My main concern is if the Ram is a good choice. We are unable to get my brands of ram here (South Africa) and i am not looking at importing from the US.

Thanks for any replys and dont burn me at the stake if i made a stupid mistake

[jcool]

Looks ok to me. If you can get a Q9450, you won't need to stop at 3Ghz btw - it will do 3,6 with stock volts no sweat
Problem is high FSB rather than high mhz with these 45nm chips...

[Origin_Unknown]

just bought another 2x2gb kit of g.skill PC8000 ... now i have 8gb

[jcool]

Sweet, let us know how they're doing on the mobo. 8GB of ram's gotten really cheap... 8GB of these Gskills would cost me only 160€

[PhilDoc]

does the X3350 have the same limitations as the Q9450?

There's is no difference between the 2 from what I understand, except for maybe one being higher binned.

[Monkey101]

Looks ok to me. If you can get a Q9450, you won't need to stop at 3Ghz btw - it will do 3,6 with stock volts no sweat
Problem is high FSB rather than high mhz with these 45nm chips...

Thanks alot

[Effet]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5772/10x400qh3.jpg
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Using outdoor air and thermalright Ultima-90 (lapped cpu, heatsink and lapped stock nb heatsink), was like 10C cold outside. Used 2gb of Corsair xms2 800MHz mem sticks and I'll probably pushed it even more as soon as my hyperx pc 9200 arrives, AND my custom fuzion WC set.

[zsamz_]

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5772/10x400qh3.jpg
http://img116.imageshack.us/my.php?image=6x510bn8.jpg

Using outdoor air and thermalright Ultima-90 (lapped cpu, heatsink and lapped stock nb heatsink), was like 10C cold outside. Used 2gb of Corsair xms2 800MHz mem sticks and I'll probably pushed it even more as soon as my hyperx pc 9200 arrives, AND my custom fuzion WC set.

you gonna have problems with hyperx 9200 they use d9gkx
you will have to run them cas4
i got a pair of d9gkx n hard to run cas5

[Effet]

Define "problems" please. What's the "hard" part of running them in cas5?

[zsamz_]

Define "problems" please. What's the "hard" part of running them in cas5?

dfi board not too crazy for d9gkx
when you get yours you will find out
i can do 1250mhz with d9gmh 2.2v
but with d9gkx had a hard time @1150mhz 2.32v
but you can do 1080mhz 4-4-4-12 2.3v
i personnaly dont like goin over 2.26v on d9s

[Origin_Unknown]

Sweet, let us know how they're doing on the mobo. 8GB of ram's gotten really cheap... 8GB of these Gskills would cost me only 160€

work like a charm dude, looks a bit funny seeing 8gb in windows (more than my works exchange server )
not sure about the overclocking part yet as ive not had much luck with 4gb -although i will not settle for less than 500 fsb

[Psycho_eddie]

Am looking to get this board soon after being no so impressed getting my 780I mobo!

Can the Thermalright 120EX be mounted vertically or has to be mounted horizontally?

If problem is the NB cooler being to wide then perhaps this would work to let me fit Thermalright 120EX vertically?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=57&subcat=399

[Origin_Unknown]

Am looking to get this board soon after being no so impressed getting my 780I mobo!

Can the Thermalright 120EX be mounted vertically or has to be mounted horizontally?

If problem is the NB cooler being to wide then perhaps this would work to let me fit Thermalright 120EX vertically?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=57&subcat=399

it can be mounted either way ... i know as i have that cooler on that board

[Psycho_eddie]

it can be mounted either way ... i know as i have that cooler on that board

Fantastic, but is there much clearence... is the thermalright heatpipes touching or even pushing the Lanparty NB cooler at all??

Should be able to get this working nice and stable 24/7??

Q6600 450x8
Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) @ 1066Mhz

NB can handle that nicely?

[Origin_Unknown]

Psycho_eddie yeah - there is only a few mm of clearance on two of the pipes.

[Origin_Unknown]

installing Vista 64 now with 8gb ram and my CPU @ 4005mhz but it seems so slow for some reason, perhaps its just me?

[jcool]

Naw, thats just... TIV. This is Vista.
Stands and falls with HDD performance, since I got my 15k SAS drive I can actually run Vista fluently
But I'm not going to... kicked it off anyways. XP Pro x64 rocks my PC since more than a year now, my very 1st install survived 5 mobo and chipset changes without a reinstall and it's definitely gonna stay

[Jor3lBR]

installing Vista 64 now with 8gb ram and my CPU @ 4005mhz but it seems so slow for some reason, perhaps its just me?

I don't know why but I have this feeling that the fastest Vista version is the Ultimate 64. I used them all from 32 to 64.

Currently running Win Xp x64 as is the best for use in both 'worlds'

[flexy]

Fantastic, but is there much clearence... is the thermalright heatpipes touching or even pushing the Lanparty NB cooler at all??

Should be able to get this working nice and stable 24/7??

Q6600 450x8
Corsair 4GB Kit (2x2GB) @ 1066Mhz

NB can handle that nicely?

yes, yes, and yes. Could be you need to bend NB heatsink back a bit so it doesnt touch ultra - but it works mounting vertically with a 1mm - 2mm gap so NB pipes/HS dont touch Ultra.