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21st August 2007, 05:48 | #1 |
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| Breakthrough FSB550, the high C/P ratio DFI Blood-Iron launched!! dIntel launched their P35 chipset more than 3 months. I remember that when P965 launched last year, all motherboard manufacturers were rush to release related products. From the beginning, Gigabyte’s 965-DS3 priced around USD$160. no matter OC or the components it used are really splendid. DFI’ P965 is not bad at OC record, but the price around USD$180. Nowadays, the P35 chipset motherboards are also the same in the situation. The prices are down to NT$5000 or cheaper… This one is the excellent entry-level platform for “performance users”. DFI has already launched their high-end LANParty UT P35-T2R. It takes advantage of its good OC ability and the unique heat pipe, to gather the reputation from market; nevertheless, the price is a bit higher than Asus, Gigabyte and MSI’s top models… For this reason DFI launches a new P35 model in market. The price is also reasonable between other manufacturers. It is DFI Blood-Iron Inf. P35-T2RL a new “sub-series”. They use a new tone to this new model. The crimson color is really eye-catching. The package box adopts a “relief” style. It seems more tasteful than in INF. NF4 period. The inside box accessories: Wow, all the way “Red”, even though, the label of floppy disk is also in red. A smaller PCB form factors. The lower left of the board: 1 x PCI-E X16 2 x PCI-E X1 3 x PCI The audio codec adopted Realtek ALC885, which supports 7.1ch. This model is higher than ALC888. besides, LAN chip is adopt Marvell 88E8053. The lower right of the board: 6 x SATAII (SB adopted Intel ICH9R) 1 x Floppy (almost no one needs it today) The upper right corner of the board: 1 x IDE (JMicron JMB368) 4 x DIMM DDRII, supports 533/667/800, maximum up to 1066. The upper left: 4-phase PWM, all Japanese solid capacitors around it. IO interface: 6 x USB2.0 and S/PDIF connector DFI uses a bigger black heat sink for NB chip BIOS options Start-up screen BIOS main page Main page for tweaking CPU Features DRAMs’ Timing options CPU FSB’s range: 200~700Mhz DRAM speed ratios The voltage option pages The highest voltage that you can add for CPU is 787.5mV DDRII voltage range: from 1.800 to 3.375v PC Health Status: 3.3V/ 5V/ 12V, it seems a bit low when test… The BIOS options are almost as rich as the highest-end UT P35-T2R. Although, the price of INF P35 is quite cheaper than LP’s one, but I think the Overclock performance should has a “closer” record to LP P35. Last edited by windwithme : 22nd August 2007 at 19:15. |
21st August 2007, 05:51 | #2 |
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| CPU:INTEL Core 2 Duo E6700 MB: DFI INF P35-T2RL DRAM: CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-10000C5DF VGA: ASUS EAH2600XT DDR4 HD: WD1600AAJS POWER: Corsair HX620W Modular Power Supply Cooler: Thermaltake V1 The drivers installation screen The CPU I got is good for OC. Well, I’ll try to test the board without add extra voltage to SB. FSB543, Super PI 32M finished the test. I tried to add the voltage “1 level up” for related chipset For SB Core/ CPU PLL Voltage are up to 1.95V FSB 555MHz, Dual Super PI 32m finished 560MHz, DDRII 1200, CL5 Dual Super PI 32m finished I tried to run some 3D stability test under high FSB 3DMARK2005 3DMARK2006 Intel chipset also did a good job in DRAM OC. DDRII 1150, CL5 5-5-18 DFI INF P35-T2RL (BLOOD-IRON) The goods: 1)As we know, P35 normally is not cheap, but DFI set its price at around USD$140. nice price and good performance motherboard. 2)The package design has a “unify look/ style”, truly eye-catching 3)BIOS options for voltage and others are rich. Almost can compare to highest-end product 4)FSB OC performance is better than others in same level, DDRII also performs good too. The bads: 1)If the board has one more PCIe for Crossfire, it would be better 2)3.3v/ 5v/ 12v, the motherboard voltage support modes seems a bit few 3)If the board has a on board Power and Reset button would be better too. This brand new “Blood Iron” model uses a total-red design is really eye-catching. Also, the price around USD$140 or cheaper is nice for entry-level overclockers. I think MSI’s P35-FR is the pin-to-pin enemy to this model. In the way, it’s good to see more choices for consumers in market. My next review BIOSTAR TD35D3-A7 Deluxe MSI PR210 Thanks |
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| Impressive OC tests! (as usual ) Quote:
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21st August 2007, 09:28 | #4 |
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| Which one do you pick, the lanparty or the blood-iron? |
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| the cheaper board, in my case
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21st August 2007, 17:09 | #6 |
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| Okay ... from an hardcore oc-er's point of view |
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| hardcore OC is somebody who gets most out of less, still the cheapest
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| Not a penny more; I overclock for cheap. Anything else I must add with money, I'd rather buy the highest CPU and kick it up more without optional add on.
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