DFI LT X38-T2R LanParty - Living Review.

[Clunk]

Originally Posted by zfactor

so none of those were stable at all?? see it seems to me everyone may be feeding me crap... not here but on other forums everyone says with this mobo i should be able to do a stable 450+ on air on a quad no sweat at all.. 24/7.. they claim to be able to run around 3.8-4.0 24/7 with this mobo...

is this crap in your opinion?? i mean i can achieve 3.6 on a quad with nearly any p35 or x38 mobo out there so then spending more money on a so called better board seems piontless does it not?? or is it just me?

i have a freind who runs his q6600 at 3.7 27/7 on a 110$ blood iron??

450x what? 450x9? If people are telling you that you will definitely be able to do 450x9 stable, then yes, they are "feeding you crap".

I'll say it again, no overclock is guaranteed, all hardware will give you different results, and if you have an average clocking CPU, you will get average clocks, regardless of the board that you use.

i mean i can achieve 3.6 on a quad with nearly any p35 or x38 mobo out there so then spending more money on a so called better board seems piontless does it not?? or is it just me?

If that's the case, why not just go and buy a board and have done with it?

The thing that you seem to be missing is that it's not just about the board. Lot's of reviews use hand picked CPUs or engineering samples. We don't, we use retail, off the shelf CPU's, which is more likely to give similar performance to what you'll see yourself if you put a little time and effort into the board.

To give you an idea, this CPU used to do around 510FSB when it was new, and now, it is struggling to hit the 470FSB without a generous amount of voltage. I personally haven't had this on an Intel CPU before, so make of that what you will.

I will have another CPU to test this week, and will also be testing the phase unit, so still a long way to go with this board.

P.S. Don't forget that I'm using air cooling as well at the moment.

[zfactor]

see ^^^^^ that is what i was looking for. thanks for the no bs post. great post...

cant wait to see the rest of your results

[Clunk]

I've just spoken to DFI regarding the supply for the UK and it seems they have completely sold all of their X38 boards in Europe!

They will be in stock on or around the 25th of Feb at a well known northern UK retailer

If there's any more news, I'll let you know

[affiliate13]

Oh joy,
i didn't think you would be able to get these in the uk, i cant wait to see how this review will pan out.
Hopefully you will get a chance to try an E8400 in it. i have been looking at this mobo and one of those. i thought id have to order the board from the states though so good news about the uk stock comming.

Maybe you could ask one of the ATI card makers to let you try a couple of HD3870x2 in it?

i think everyone would benefit seeing that review too.

[Beowulf1100]

[quote=Clunk;7951]I've just spoken to DFI regarding the supply for the UK and it seems they have completely sold all of their X38 boards in Europe!

They will be in stock on or around the 25th of Feb at a well known northern UK retailer

Drat, that will mean they will charge an arm , a leg and a kidney for the board

[Clunk]

Originally Posted by affiliate13

Oh joy,
i didn't think you would be able to get these in the uk, i cant wait to see how this review will pan out.
Hopefully you will get a chance to try an E8400 in it. i have been looking at this mobo and one of those. i thought id have to order the board from the states though so good news about the uk stock comming.

Maybe you could ask one of the ATI card makers to let you try a couple of HD3870x2 in it?

i think everyone would benefit seeing that review too.

I have an E8400 sat here waiting to go in. Just waiting for a couple of bits and bobs to arrive and I'll get the phase installed

I can't promise anything on the Crossfire, it would be nice though, I agree

[Clunk]

[quote=Beowulf1100;7954]

Originally Posted by Clunk

I've just spoken to DFI regarding the supply for the UK and it seems they have completely sold all of their X38 boards in Europe!

They will be in stock on or around the 25th of Feb at a well known northern UK retailer

Drat, that will mean they will charge an arm , a leg and a kidney for the board

No idea on the price of them at the moment, the retailer that I mean is usually one of the cheapest on a lot of things

[dikkiedirk]

I have a Maximus Formula. Is there any reason to switch to the LT X38-T2R?

[zfactor]

yeah wow i missed these at motherboard pro in the usa.. now they are teling me march for us here.. ill be looking elsewhere if i can get one till then. now i have to start my search all over again.. this sucks..

[Clunk]

Originally Posted by dikkiedirk

I have a Maximus Formula. Is there any reason to switch to the LT X38-T2R?

Too early to say.

It's been a while since I used the Maximus, and at the time, the BIOS wasn't great, I'm not sure how it has matured either.

I can give you what I consider to be plus points for the DFI;

The BIOS is awesome, and there are tweaks for pretty much everything.
The build quality is fantastic.
The layout is great.
The bundle of stuff is very good.
Onboard cooling is excellent.
Runs pretty cool.


Theres more, but I'll save that for the review