DFI LanParty LT X38-T2R & DFI Lanparty LT P35 T2R

[HeXploiT]

I'm looking for opinions on both these motherboards.
DFI Lanparty LT P35 T2R DFI LanParty LT X38-T2R

The X38-T2R looks to be the higher quality board with two fullspeed SLI slots but it does not state that it takes the extreme chips whereas the P35 does.

Any complaints or praises?

 

[Gillbot]

I'm just grabbed the P35 and i'm not overly impressed, I'd go for the X38 because I wish I would have gotten it myself.

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
I'm just grabbed the P35 and i'm not overly impressed, I'd go for the X38 because I wish I would have gotten it myself.

Could you perhaps be a little more specific?

 

[mhouck]

Actually right under the specs the x38 says core 2 extreme.

And they aren't sli slots; they are pci-e x16 2.0. the x38 supports crossfire not sli.
So if you want to use multiple nvidia cards buy a skulltraill or an nvidia chipset board.

 

[mhouck]

double post. Sorry

 

[HeXploiT]

Originally posted by: mhouck
Actually right under the specs the x38 says core 2 extreme.

And they aren't sli slots; they are pci-e x16 2.0. the x38 supports crossfire not sli.
So if you want to use multiple nvidia cards buy a skulltraill or an nvidia chipset board.

It's a good thing you mentioned that. I've been using Nvidia for so long I'd completely forgotten that crossfire was another story. Thanks.

Looks like I may end up dumping SLI as I can't seem to find a motherboard with consistently high user reviews.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: Perry404

Originally posted by: Gillbot
I'm just grabbed the P35 and i'm not overly impressed, I'd go for the X38 because I wish I would have gotten it myself.

Could you perhaps be a little more specific?

I moved up from my Neo2-FR to the DFI P35 LT and while it's a NICE mobo, none of the features were heads above my MSI mobo which was 1/2 the price. From what i've read, the X38 has a better feature set but since I don't own one, I can't expand more.

 

[Big Lar]

I have the X48, which is almost the exact same as the X38. If you don't need the 2nd x16 pci-e, then go with a P35 board IMHO. I had a P35 DFI before this board and it clocked the same. I got this board so I could run my SCSI Raid card in the extra x16 slot.

Larry