Anyone for a Core i7 LAN rig?

Tute · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:02

http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?80330

DFI seem to be working their magic again...

X58 chipset, Crossfire, possibly even SLi...

I might well have to pick this baby up and see what it's capable of!

WobblerJW · 8 Jan 2009 at 15:44

mmm very nice looking motherboard ifi had the money i would have a i7 :<

ShaolinDreams · 8 Jan 2009 at 16:23

does look impressive

Tosk · 8 Jan 2009 at 16:56

i think i might make a 2nd sugo system for this board as long as the price aint
to high

nice find Tute

Tute · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:06

Thank W3bbo for the find, was talking to him about getting a SFF Phenom II rig and then the sod goes and suggests getting i7...

I mean how can I possibly consider it when DFI are releasing this?!?!

pingwing · 8 Jan 2009 at 21:44

Im suddenly rather excited!

Cheers for the info (iv been wondering on matx for i7 for a little bit now...)

benwoodcock · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:07

As a younger member who isn't aware of the history surrounding these, what makes DFI so much better than the others?

Psypher5 · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:26

used to be the pinnacle of overclocking boards. Nothing could touch them years ago i belive?

geekyEd · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:30

the nf2 -nf4 days

Tute · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:33

BluZiff said:
the nf2 -nf4 days

Yeah - starting with the Lanparty nF2-Ultra 400 (which I had and it was an AWESOME board, better than the Abit board), right through to the nF4-Ultra and SLi boards.

They had some problems with their P35/X38/P45/X48 boards IIRC, and the competition was fierce.

They have recently started to make good mATX boards, incorporating Crossfire with full width lanes so you can get two full sized cards in.

This is just the "next step" in that - the move to LGA1377.

Conan257 · 9 Jan 2009 at 08:55

As long as its 2 x PCI-E 16x lanes then i'm in... Seen it for 290CAN$, not sure if its available here yet.

Tute · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:07

Conan257 said:
As long as its 2 x PCI-E 16x lanes then i'm in... Seen it for 290CAN$, not sure if its available here yet.

Was talking to Yewen on MSN last night, these will be stocked by OcUK at some point.

Locke · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:19

They also look pretty badass aside from the functionality, the old ones had sensitive ports/cables so that under UV lighting, they would glow.

Bradley8988 · 9 Jan 2009 at 15:50

Nice looking board but Full on gaming rig in a small case = fail.

superflyguy · 9 Jan 2009 at 15:56

Bradley8988 said:
Nice looking board but Full on gaming rig in a small case = fail.

Care to elaborate on that?
Cant see any reason why its bound to fail, quality components and good airflow/cooling then there's no reason why it cant be a fully fledged gaming rig.
Be much easier if lugging it round for a LAN party too.

BYTEr · 9 Jan 2009 at 16:20

My DFI Lan Party JR P45-T2RS only got delivered today

Very nice looking board though.

Bradley8988 · 9 Jan 2009 at 16:42

superflyguy said:
Care to elaborate on that?
Cant see any reason why its bound to fail, quality components and good airflow/cooling then there's no reason why it cant be a fully fledged gaming rig.
Be much easier if lugging it round for a LAN party too.

Would like to see good air flow and cooling in a small case filled with hot running CPU/Hdds and twin GPU's.

Tute · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:00

Bradley8988 said:
Would like to see good air flow and cooling in a small case filled with hot running CPU/Hdds and twin GPU's.

I feel the cooling in my V350 is more than adequate? :confused:

Conan257 · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:07

SFF is the way forwards... Dont see why it gets such a slagging...

Bradley8988 · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:12

Are you running Xfire or sli? It was impossible for me to get decent temps in my V350 so much so i sold it. Im keeping the mobo as its very decent but case was not built for it.