Asus M3A79-T Deluxe

[Oliverda]

Better yet if you still can return the board get the DFI 790FXB-M2RSH instead.

I disappointed about DFI. They needed about 6 months to make a normal BIOS for LP UT 790FX.

...and unfortunately the 790FXB-M2RSH has a little bit weak PWM and cooling.

I'm looking forward for a socket AM3 DFI LP UT with digit PWM.

[Nedjo]

I'm looking forward for a socket AM3 DFI LP UT with digit PWM.

I think that in reality there's absolutely no point of having Digit PWM!

and regarding the DFI's regular 4+1 phase solution on curent SB750 mobos, all I can say based on experience with JR is that DFI engineers really have created great PWM.

[trueblue]

I think that in reality there's absolutely no point of having Digit PWM!

and regarding the DFI's regular 4+1 phase solution on curent SB750 mobos, all I can say based on experience with JR is that DFI engineers really have created great PWM.

I have often wondered about this as DFI's literature claims 4+1 digital PWM, but it looks like analog on the DFI Dark boards. Maybe you can have digital without a single large chip as on the UT boards?

Whatever they are doing, it works well, especially for the price point of the Dark series.

[EXxx]

thx patty, informal.
i tried 1.49 but it didn`t get into windows(4 times)
i`ll try friday, maybe i`ll get luky for a cpu-z and a super pi

[TheBlueChanell]

Is there any chance someone could inform me about digital PWM and why it's different than what I assume is analog PWM? If anything just a nice informative link would work.

I read a little bit about it and I always have been curious if the 4+1 Digital PWM is better than Asus' 8+2 PWM.

Thanks, Matt.

[demonkevy666]

Is there any chance someone could inform me about digital PWM and why it's different than what I assume is analog PWM? If anything just a nice informative link would work.

I read a little bit about it and I always have been curious if the 4+1 Digital PWM is better than Asus' 8+2 PWM.

Thanks, Matt.

I haven't read anything but it's usually digital is more efficient then an analog

[Jaivan]

With DFI boards I always have to use the floppy and my floppy drive is as old as I am and I get bad reads, etc... I suppose I could buy a new floppy drive, but first I would have to find an antique dealer that sells them.

You can flash the DFI with a usb stick by making it bootable and copying all the files in the BIOS zip file into the bootable usb and booting from it.

I disappointed about DFI. They needed about 6 months to make a normal BIOS for LP UT 790FX.

...and unfortunately the 790FXB-M2RSH has a little bit weak PWM and cooling.

I'm looking forward for a socket AM3 DFI LP UT with digit PWM.

Yeah I know that the board seems kinda underpowered on the spec sheet but, I still prefer it over the ASUS.
The FXB has a more stable PWM than the asus the voltages don't fluccuate as much and the sensor readings match the voltage you enter into the BIOS.
The layout on the DFI is better and I already have aftermarket cooling lined up for either boards so cooling is not a big factor for me.
There are also a lot more connectors on DFI there are 2 more internal usb and fan ports, plus it looks purdy.
Not all is perfect though as of now you cannot manually adjust the NB-VID for the FXB which you can on the asus.
Overall though the DFI just seems more stable and is a little cheaper than the asus.
Oh and there is no more squealing from the PWM's which is the best feature of this board .

I'll be probably getting the LP UT AM3 board too this one will hold me out till then.

Just wish i had more time to actually work on my case to get my watercooling setup back up and running.

[backhand]

You can flash the DFI with a usb stick by making it bootable and copying all the files in the BIOS zip file into the bootable usb and booting from it.



Yeah I know that the board seems kinda underpowered on the spec sheet but, I still prefer it over the ASUS.
The FXB has a more stable PWM than the asus the voltages don't fluccuate as much and the sensor readings match the voltage you enter into the BIOS.
The layout on the DFI is better and I already have aftermarket cooling lined up for either boards so cooling is not a big factor for me.
There are also a lot more connectors on DFI there are 2 more internal usb and fan ports, plus it looks purdy.
Not all is perfect though as of now you cannot manually adjust the NB-VID for the FXB which you can on the asus.
Overall though the DFI just seems more stable and is a little cheaper than the asus.
Oh and there is no more squealing from the PWM's which is the best feature of this board .

I'll be probably getting the LP UT AM3 board too this one will hold me out till then.

Just wish i had more time to actually work on my case to get my watercooling setup back up and running.

Have you ever tried F9 on bios main page for your DFI FXB board ? If you do this, you will get much more settings for NB-Vid etc.

backhand

[Jaivan]

Have you ever tried F9 on bios main page for your DFI FXB board ? If you do this, you will get much more settings for NB-Vid etc.

backhand

Yeah I have done the F9 thing but still no way to adjust NB-VID

[Brother Esau]

I disappointed about DFI. They needed about 6 months to make a normal BIOS for LP UT 790FX.

...and unfortunately the 790FXB-M2RSH has a little bit weak PWM and cooling.

I'm looking forward for a socket AM3 DFI LP UT with digit PWM.

Yes, Oliverda the Bios Releases for the DFI LP UT 790FX-M2R were a absolute Joke and complete disappointment! Shameful work from DFI for this boards Bioses it was almost as if the Bios Team were internship Students with absolutely no experience writing Bios,

[Oliverda]

Yes, Oliverda the Bios Releases for the DFI LP UT 790FX-M2R were a absolute Joke and complete disappointment! Shameful work from DFI for this boards Bioses it was almost as if the Bios Team were internship Students with absolutely no experience writing Bios,

Exactly. I loved that board's layout and the digit PWM was strong and accurate without any kind of drop or overvolt. The FAN controlling was almost perfect as well (better than on M3A79-T). So it was a good hardware with a bad software (BIOS).

I hope they will produce a good LP UT board on AM3. I'm not sympathizing with the new SB750 DK boards at all. They look less serious than LP UT...at least for me.