Difference between DFI LANPARTY DK P45-T2RS & T2RS Plus?

Bradmax57 · 17 Nov 2008 at 11:02

Noticed that DFI have a standard and a plus version of their P45 board, any idea what the difference is, doesnt seem to be a huge difference in price

Jimbo Mahoney · 17 Nov 2008 at 12:11

Plus has more SATA ports.

That's it I think.

EDC · 18 Nov 2008 at 11:29

It has 2 extra SATA ports, but more importantly DFI made new revisions to the "plus version" which has resulted in better performance, particularly when overclocking.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2044067
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pastymuncher · 18 Nov 2008 at 13:39

Does'nt the plus take DDR2 1200 ram as well? The normal version "only" takes DDR2 1066.

Jimbo Mahoney · 18 Nov 2008 at 16:19

EDC said:
It has 2 extra SATA ports, but more importantly DFI made new revisions to the "plus version" which has resulted in better performance, particularly when overclocking.

http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2044067
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Reading that thread, and a reply from the distributor, it seems the difference is two extra SATA ports + removal of double boot issue (an Intel feature of all P35/P45 chipsets AFAIK).

Chipset revision / improved overclocking seems to be speculation.

EDC · 18 Nov 2008 at 17:20

the "plus" version has a different revision number to the non-plus board. If I were buying one I would buy the plus version.

this XS review also recommends the plus version as a better overclocker

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=191950

Swordfish125 · 18 Nov 2008 at 17:56

Edit: ignore lol, thought you put x48 lol.