Official DFI NF4Ultra-D/SLi owners thread.
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Few hundred points loss.
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welshtom said:I recently sourced this waterblock from Italy and i must say its awesome.Chipset temps rarely go above 32 degrees now and thats with a x800XTPE in the loop also. Very happy with it and it was only 48 euros in the end.
WOW! thats a tight fit there! nice block btw.
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mightynimrod said:Yes it does - really well as it happens
It can take either an 80mm or 92mm fan
Ive got a YS-Tech 92mm fan on it but its soon to be changed for a Panaflo 92mm
thanks for that info. So why do you want to change fans?
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tomos said:
2 gig Geil Value is going amazingly on this board. Everything is at stock atm, as I don't want to risk clocking while I'm still using my 20-pin 450w PSU (so I can't tell you much on the OC front yet).
The debate about the 24 or 20-pin PSU would indicate that it may operate ok on 20pin, but if you're trying to diagnose a problem it's better to eliminate the obvious first.
BF2 runs like a dream with the 2 gig Geil value. Most people will tell you it's better to have 2 gig Value as opp. to 1 gig premium.
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tomos said:
That looks sweet for getting the chipset watercooled easily.
Nice waterblock from welshtom BTW
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You can SLI 2slot/watercooled GFX coolers on that - which is probably the only main design issue with the DFI NF4 series - I can stop recommending the Asus ones now for that 
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Is it me or have they removed the 2 power connectors?!? (or is the one above the first PCIe slot the floppy one - cant tell, but an evl place if it is)
EDIT: Tho I doubt you can fit an XP-120 on that now with the capacitors down one side...
After reading the thread I doubt you can have a 20pin PSU on that since it seems to use the newer BTX power connector; if you dont have a BTX PSU youll have to replace it without a chance of using your old one in the meantime? - have to admit I dont like the RAM where it is - prefered the 'BTX' orientation myself...
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...Is it me or have they removed the 2 power connectors?!? (or is the one above the first PCIe slot the floppy one - cant tell, but an evl place if it is)
EDIT: Tho I doubt you can fit an XP-120 on that now with the capacitors down one side...
After reading the thread I doubt you can have a 20pin PSU on that since it seems to use the newer BTX power connector; if you dont have a BTX PSU youll have to replace it without a chance of using your old one in the meantime? - have to admit I dont like the RAM where it is - prefered the 'BTX' orientation myself...
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Does anyone know if some bios's are better for running 4x512 sticks of ram? Because im having a few startup problems running 4 sticks and im trying to what works and what dont. Any ideas?
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Same here.... ive got 2 512MB sticks of 3200 corsair xms pro and have just bought 2 more sticks of 512mb corsair xms xpert.... and guess what! wont boot with more than 2 sticks installed. I can mix and match em into almost and configuration of any 2 sticks in any 2 slots but i try 3 or 4 sticks and nada... nothing!..... this is really annoying as these boards were SUPPOSED to run with 4 slots filled. Bah!!! 
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AtreuS said:Same here.... ive got 2 512MB sticks of 3200 corsair xms pro and have just bought 2 more sticks of 512mb corsair xms xpert.... and guess what! wont boot with more than 2 sticks installed. I can mix and match em into almost and configuration of any 2 sticks in any 2 slots but i try 3 or 4 sticks and nada... nothing!..... this is really annoying as these boards were SUPPOSED to run with 4 slots filled. Bah!!!
What bios are you using at the moment?
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Latest official one. Been playing a bit but still no luck
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AtreuS said:Latest official one. Been playing a bit but still no luck
Well maybe im having a little more luck than you as I can get mine going with with 4x sticks. Its just if I turn off my pc for a while it gives me a little grief, so I just have to take out 2 sticks, boot up, then shut down. Put the other 2 sticks back in and it works. Most of the time I dont have to do that, it will just boot up with 4 sticks as normal, but then again I should never have to do that. I never had a problem with just 2 sticks ever. It's a shame they dont do any 1gig modules that can do really tight timings because I would have gone down that route. Im using the lastest beta bios which is N4D702-2 (oskar wu beta). Im pretty sure it's a bios problem.
My Ram BIOS Settings are:
Vddr: 3.3v
Tcl: 1.5
Trcd: 2
Tras: 5
Trp: 2
Trc: 7
Trfc: 15
Trrd: 2
Twr: 2
Twrt: 2
Trwt: 2
Tref: 3120
Twcl: 1
Bank int.: Enable
Skew control: 255 +
Drive strength: 8
Data strength: 1
Max. Async: 6ns
Read Preamble: 4.5ns
Idle Cycle: 16
Dyn. Counter: Enable
R/W Bypass: 16x
Bypass Max: 7x
32Bit Gran.: Disable
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Just tried updating to the BIOS you are on.... shoved all 4 sticks in and it booted!! only found 1GB though and wouldnt boot again with all 4 in. This is deffo a BIOS problem somewhere along the line.
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AtreuS said:
Yeah it's strange. Perhaps you need to do the full reboot thing where you take out the battery on the mobo and clear the cmos for a good 5 min or so. Then boot up with 2 sticks, let it do it's posts screens. Shut down and add the other 2 sticks. Give it a go I know it works for me. Rememeber also, I dont know if your doing it or not but you need to be running 2T not 1T for 4 sticks - not that it makes any difference in performance. Some people say it affects performance running 2T but I cant notice any.
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