Thoughts on the DFI LAN Party PRO875

[smahoney]

I saw the DFI LAN Party PRO875 mobo at Newegg for $199

What do people think of the Day-Glo Orange Connectors?

I think looking at this board under UV lighting would look cool for about 30 seconds before the migraine starts up.....

 

[Tom]

no no, orange is sooothing..
:moon:

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: smahoney


What do people think of the Day-Glo Orange Connectors?

Well, they're fugly.

 

[Jeriko]

Hey thanks for giving me the heads-up. This is one of the boards I'm waiting for. The other being the bright red I-Will. As soon as I can read some reviews, I'm ready to go.

-J

 

[cobrasvt]

I think it looks pretty cool to be honest. I would have rather them used the green colors that they used the AMD boards, but with the black PCB and orange color, looks interesting...

Now if they would just publish there darn manual.

This is 1 of the boards that are using the new CSA bus of the northbridge to bridge the Intel Gigabit controller... So far, only DFI and Abit are using it. Everyone else's boards are using another parties LAN chip...

 

[sumrtym]

WRONG cobrasvt. Gigabyte and MSI are also on the list that use Intel's chip and support CSA.

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: sumrtym
WRONG cobrasvt. Gigabyte and MSI are also on the list that use Intel's chip and support CSA.

Yes, and IWill too.

 

[Jeriko]

^ Do you have any info on the Iwill board? That's the other one I'm looking forward to, but I don't even know the name of it.

-J

 

[Jeriko]

Nevermind. I see Iwill has updated their page with it.

Unfortunately, it's an ugly green color. No red like I was expecting.

Looks like it'll be MSI or DFI for me.

-J

 

[oldfart]

I find it truly amazing that someone would base a motherboard purchase on PCB color.

 

[Jeriko]

^ It has to look good *and* perform well. I don't care how well a board performs, if it doesn't have to looks I'll pay a bit more for another board that performs just as good but looks nice in a window.

The days of green PCBs, though, are over as far as I'm concerned.

-J

 

[eclectro]

Originally posted by: oldfart
I find it truly amazing that someone would base a motherboard purchase on PCB color.

I was in the market for a 875p motherboard, and the DFI is competitively priced. Since all the 875p motherboards are going to perform pretty much in the same range, there is no reason to not go with one that is attractive.

I originally wasn't planning a window case, but I saw how this boad looks under uv and changed my mind. I love how the orange looks.

 

[eastvillager]

If I see my motherboard after I close the case at the end of the install, I messed up somewhere.

 

[PClark99]

I am in the market for a new motherboard right now. The DFI motherboard seems to have all the options I want. I don't care what the board looks like as long as it performs.

I just want to see a couple reviews before I pull the trigger.

 

[happybob]

this mobo is now available at atacom.com for $219!

 

[rushhug]

I saw it is sold now in www.newegg.com, and the board got lots of cool feature like Raid 1.5,FrontX Panal and even a Free harness.
Also the website is interesting www.lanparty.com.tw