Why do a lot of people pick Dfi???

[Kniteman77]

Quality . . . . lots of quality from what I've experienced.

 

[DfiDude]

Ic most of you guys like you Dfi's and would recommend it, but im thinking to buy this or msi both are good choices, and at the end it doesnt really matter as long as im picking an nf4 motherboard

 

[Demo24]

Originally posted by: DfiDude
Say if it was 3500+ winnie, TwinMos PC-3200 Memory, Copper XP-90, 520W Powerstream PSU, LianLi PC65 Case.

still gonna vary dude.

and why is your name "dfidue" if a)you dont have a DFI board b)your asking if your should get DFI c)your thinking about MSI

 

[Thurgo0dy]

This was my first build... DFI booted the first time with Corsair VS and then I later flashed to the 3/10 BIOS. I do plan on overclocking but I still recommend it whether OCing or not.

 

[manisero]

I was deciding between a DFI and a MSI when i was buying an NF4 board. I went with the MSI because im not much of an overclocker and the DFI is butt ugly . On another note my MSI has been working perfectly right out of the box. I did have some problem with the realtek integrated sound but that was because of a problem between the chair and the keyboard.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: manisero
I was deciding between a DFI and a MSI when i was buying an NF4 board. I went with the MSI because im not much of an overclocker and the DFI is butt ugly . On another note my MSI has been working perfectly right out of the box. I did have some problem with the realtek integrated sound but that was because of a problem between the chair and the keyboard.

Same here, DFI was shoved down my throat (in a suggestive way) in every mock build thread I made, but I choose MSI because I thought DFI was fugly too and I wasn't going to OC much either. My build worked with no problems after pushing the power button and has been rock solid for a month now. I did try a little OC'ing recently and things didn't go well, but I'm thinking its due to a low 350W PSU.

 

[ribbon13]

What's the vDIMM on the MSI go up to?

 

[DfiDude]

All i kno is not much, i think 2.85, correct me if im wrong.

 

[Thurgo0dy]

Don't forget DD, get an MSI u lose your username and all 191 posts.

 

[DfiDude]

Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy
Don't forget DD, get an MSI u lose your username and all 191 posts.

LOL, dont worry man, im getting the dfi im also getting a 3200+ oc'ing it to 2.6 with an xp-90 w00t (hopefully).

 

[Waylay00]

Originally posted by: Painman

Originally posted by: Thurgo0dy

Originally posted by: Waylay00
I think Jose hit the nail on the head. It's not just DFI, but rather all of the NF4 boards that have problems (some maybe a little more than others) . I do, however, get tired of people recommending DFI to a person who wants a stable performing mobo at stock. DFI is not for that person, but rather for the extreme OC'er.

But I do find it funny how DfiDude hastily recommends the DFI to everyone even though he doesn't have it, yet then posts topics like this.

I disagree... The DFI is very stable at stock speeds, and the prices compete with other NF4 Ultra mobos. The Ultra-D is a very high quality board and I would suggest it to anyone. OCing or not.

I wouldn't suggest it to everyone, even though I own it and love it so far. It's VERY picky about RAM and it's the only board I've owned in 7+ years of DIY computing that hasn't gotten up and ran right out of the box. I had to wrestle with it for the first hour and get it stable enough for a flash to the 310 BIOS so it would stop gagging on my Ballistix. For neophyte OCers or non-tweakers I would personally recommend other products.

There you go, that's what I was basically trying to say.

 

[Painman]

Originally posted by: DfiDude
All i kno is not much, i think 2.85, correct me if im wrong.

2.85 is correct

 

[DfiDude]

Originally posted by: Painman

Originally posted by: DfiDude
All i kno is not much, i think 2.85, correct me if im wrong.

2.85 is correct

W00t!!

 

[blinky2004]

Had an Asus A8N-SLi but have switched to a DFI UT NF4 Ultra-D for better overclocking.

Winnie 3000+ CBBID 0502 (not the greatest overclocker)

with Asus Max O/C 230MHz HTT after much tweaking

with DFI Current O/C 250MHz HTT, with very little fiddling. Probably go higher with some tweaking.

 

[shock311]

I chose to go socket 754 recently and based on Anandtech's article on the Lanparty UT 250gb, I chose the board also for the fact it can OC well and that its UV reactant. I have my 2800+ running stable at 2.48ghz, very pleased.

 

[DfiDude]

Wow nice.

 

[cubeless]

i'm at 271 with a 3000 and kingmax cheapram... lots of dividers is way nice... the ut is a cool board, but it 'takes some tweakin to get it freakin'...

 

[Solema]

I have an A8N-SLI Deluxe right now, and frankly I am fed up with waiting for them to get off their asses and fix the damn 240+FSB 1T issue. I'm just really disappointed in its OC ability. The main reason I got it was that it was the only board out at the time, and Asus is usually known for good OC ability, and it had the extra space between the PCI-E slots, which I liked because I planned on adding extra GPU cooling. That being said, for running at stock speeds the Asus is a fantastic choice.

Sitting here on my stock system, I will be getting the DFI board as soon as the Venice CPU's are out and I can pick up one of those.

Sometime next week I will have a Asus A8N-SLI/AMD 64 3200+ combo up on the FS/FT forums. PM me if you're interested!

 

[Puffnstuff]

Well I've had 3 nf4 mb's and they aren't all equal. My first was a msi k8n neo4 plat that was extremely unstable even with extra voltage applied to everything I could boost and that was running at stock speed. I rma'd it and got an abit fatal1ty an8 which has been rock solid since I first hit the power button. When I got the replacement neo4 back I installed it into my sons machine and it lasted about a week before it started acting up. Just started refusing to boot after a shutdown one day and after playing around with it he discovered that if he unplugged all of his usb devices it would boot. BS! I ordered a dfi ultra-d and it has been solid since it first went in. I would most definately stay away from msi and I've got to rma that pos back. Everybody has problems every now and then but this is rediculous. MSI doesn't have to worry about me buying anything else with their name on it.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: DfiDude
I am wondering why so many people have the Dfi motherboards, Is it becuz of overclocking? Or performance? Stability? All of the above? Just wondering...Dfi users please explain

I think its strictly because of the O/C options. Overclockers want the most options possible, giving them the best chance at their best overclock. Overclockers(myself included) aren't the most rational bunch when it comes to price/performance, they will generally go to extremes for the smallest of performance gains.

Case in point, I've already seen several people ditch their A8N-SLI for the DFI board because of the 250 1T issue. Even though the real world performance increase of 280 1T vs. 250 1T is not noticable and only provides a couple of FPS in games and a few extra points in benchmarks. Yet many people will gladly tear apart their systems and go to the added trouble and expense to change mobo's for these precious few FPS's or benchmark points.

And for the small minority that go to extremes (phase change, peltier, cascades, etc...) the DFI is the only board that offers the kind of voltages required for this extreme overclocking.

"And the who's in whoville say his small e-penis grew two full sizes that day" the day he got his DFI

FLAME SHEILD ACTIVATED
:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:

 

[DfiDude]

Ahh ic ic

 

[Solema]

Well, I just made the switch from the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe to the DFI NF4 SLI-DR, and I gotta say, I can't really think of a word to describe how totally amazed I am at the completeness of the DFI board. In addition to FINALLY being able to run my RAM higher than 240MHz at 1T command rates, I was blown away by the sheer amount of options and features in the BIOS of the DFI board. It is DEFINITELY the board for "tweakers." You can save 4 different settings profiles in the BIOS, it has MEMTEST86 built-in, which for me is awesome because I refuse to use a floppy drive in my legacy-free system. The diagnostic LED's on the mobo and the FRONTX are really helpful, too.

This is my first DFI board, and they have made me a customer for life. Their ability to focus on giving tweakers the "little things" really sets them apart.

 

[DfiDude]

Congratulations man!!!