DFI is a good company, have been making great overclocking boards for years. I've heard good things about this board, check out the stable Phenom II overclocks thread to see how this board was used and how high it could push a CPU.
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Im pretty much a DFI fanboy so i will recommend them..i love the look and performance/overclockability and amount of tweaking you can do. But if you are new to overclocking id get a gigabyte or asus. Ive used DFI from the start and have always found them reliable. 1 thing though, their RMAs dont get much praise..so if that is something important to you, you may want to look at other options. Also im sure that board will be a monster overclocker. I got my phenom 9500 (crap ocing chip) to 3.313ghz!!
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on a DFI 790FX M2RS.
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I suppose I'll give it a try. I've never tried a DFI board before; mostly because they are so expensive.
Thanks for the input.
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That is amazing. Isn't that a 2.2GHz low-voltage chip?
Thanks for the input.
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Originally Posted by waqasr Im pretty much a DFI fanboy so i will recommend them..i love the look and performance/overclockability and amount of tweaking you can do. But if you are new to overclocking id get a gigabyte or asus. Ive used DFI from the start and have always found them reliable. 1 thing though, their RMAs dont get much praise..so if that is something important to you, you may want to look at other options. Also im sure that board will be a monster overclocker. I got my phenom 9500 (crap ocing chip) to 3.313ghz!!
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Right here.
Honestly, not even half of the Newegg reviews give this board justice. The fact is, you need to know how to set up your hardware. If you don't, you won't be able to boot and say it's a faulty board. DFI's are all extremely finicky with settings, as almost everything is customizable.
With that said, I haven't had a board with as many options as this one. And surprisingly enough, the BIOS is pretty easy to navigate and understand. I'm extremely happy with mine, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
The only little thing I'd like to modify is the NB cooling, which seems to get a little hot for my taste. But that's nothing a few extra fans a some properly applied AS5 can't fix.
I give it six eggs.
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Honestly, not even half of the Newegg reviews give this board justice. The fact is, you need to know how to set up your hardware. If you don't, you won't be able to boot and say it's a faulty board. DFI's are all extremely finicky with settings, as almost everything is customizable.
With that said, I haven't had a board with as many options as this one. And surprisingly enough, the BIOS is pretty easy to navigate and understand. I'm extremely happy with mine, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.
The only little thing I'd like to modify is the NB cooling, which seems to get a little hot for my taste. But that's nothing a few extra fans a some properly applied AS5 can't fix.
I give it six eggs.
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