[Thermaltke]

Hey i got myself a DFI mobo, the exact same revision B version your all chatting about, and yes floppy the installation was a dream, it looks great too, reflects red cathodes lovely, as you can see in the gallery.

Even after all this time i have had it, its still running lovely and i have only noticed one problem, DUST shows up big style, so them filters went in snug as a bug. Especially pleased with the advanced bios features, CMOS reloaded is neat, apart from when it automatically set my 3200xp to run at 1124mhz, which was embarrassing, because it should be at 2200+ witout being touched, ah well im still pleased with it.

[Alf]

Damn! i want to get that board!!

[floppybootstomp]

Thermaltke: After I'd posted, I did notice your pix in the gallery and thought 'Aha, that's a DFI board'

Looks good

[Kenny]

Hey. To advance on my initial post, I would really like a board that has an AGP and PCI lock, and can cope with a FSB speed of 210MHZ or greater- it would have to be capable of dealing with PC3500 or PC3700 memory. Raid/ Sata would be nice as well, as would a decent number of fan headers.

Not had a chance to check out the DFI board, but I will after this. The price of the board is also a consideration... £81 is... a reasonable amount.

Cheers

Kenny

[Thermaltke]

The DFI board is amazing, yes t has sATA, and it can cope with 4 drives, not even tried putting IDE ones in aswell. And i think yes it can cope with even the ultimate pc4400, defnately pc4000 because thats what i was going to go fo.

It has some wcked speeds, (could be better but great for the price) And if you want AGP lock, its all there ncluded in the price, what other mobo could you dare to buy?? (dont say anything)

My work here is done...

[floppybootstomp]

In mine I have two SATA drives (Raptors) in a RAID 0 and two x 80Gb IDE drives, plus a CDRW & a DVD ROM drive. I still have two SATA slots free. Could still add plenty of storage or maybe even go for a RAID 0 + 1.

And yes, as Thermaltke said, all that other stuff. Plus a Harness to cart your machine to a LAN party, if that's your thing

[Thermaltke]

yes and i am forgetting, you get the big thick Uv reactive cables, (check my pics) you get the carry harness which is awesome, i used it alot and take alot of wieght off your hands, you get a smart Northbridge cooler that does its job well, theres temperature guages on it, you get a sticker, quite a big one, loads of big blue easy jumpers, and a big front X extra that has firewire, USB, mic, output, and a few more.

On the board; 3 firewire, 2 USB; which turns into 4 in most cases, 5 PCI slots, 1 SGP with lock, 2 DUal memory slots and one extra for a little more cpacity, the only one problem i found was installing the CPU cooler where it didnt actually fit, it needed a good jab with the screwdriver, this may be because it said some number on it instead of A, dont ask i was an amature when i fitted it.

In the back; 4 USB, normal 2x ps2, printer, in/out things :S, base etc, so its got a good built in sound card etc, and the drivers for it are nothing short of amazing. especially the new updadet ones, (make sure you have them floppy )

Also see Lan party NF2 KT400

harry.