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Asus vs DFI

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Asus @ $149
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131517

DFI @ $178
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813136166

Please help. Which one would you choose?

-XFX 7900GT
-AMD 64 X2 3800+

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I have a few ASUS boards, I like them and all but i have not been impressed with their overall overclocking performance. The DFI on the otherhand will overclock like crazy and are know to be great boards... (although i own none). So even though i have all ASUS boards I would reccommend the DFI

Reply to PJ101

Yeah, i've been hearing good things about them. I was about to buy an Asus. Not sure any more. Any other votes?

Reply to miroresh

i have an Asus A8n-Sli

i have moterate over clocking , nothing to drastic

AMD 64 3200+ @ 2.4 Ghz

seems fine right now

=]

Reply to uber_g

Man, only three votes?

Reply to miroresh

it's four now.
anywayz...
if you are an overclocker...
i recommend DFI Lanparty Expert rather than Asus A8n-sli.
if now.. just go for anything cheaper.
although, if u r looking for cheaper, i recommend epox.

DFI is very sensitive to RAMs.
but they got a forum to help you out; it helps in a big time.

Reply to alphakp295

Only get the DFI if you really know what you are doing - in general the DFI boards are not for beginners and the SLi-DR Expert is called Expert for a reason. Don't expect plug and play as these boards can be very finicky.

On the other hand, if you know what you're doing there is nothing faster in the OC world.

Reply to Avman

Althought i'm not an uber_dude and have never had the need to OC, i do have some pretty good knowledge of computers and well, i might give it a try. When you said that this board is "memory sensitive" what did you mean and what would you recommend?

Also, does DFI have a website?

Thanks again to all that replied.

Reply to miroresh

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Also, does DFI have a website?

You can find just about anything you need to know about DFI boards at www.dfi-street.com if you take the time to search through the forums there you will find answers to just about all the questions you will have about them. I'de post links to some of the guides there but I don't have them on this computer.

They have a list of recommended RAM to use with the board. If you don't use the recommended RAM you may have to adjust the settings in your BIOS for value RAM to work. Or you could get lucky and have it work fine.

Reply to Belac

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When you said that this board is "memory sensitive" what did you mean and what would you recommend?Thanks again to all that replied.

I used a SLI-DR Expert board in a system build recently, and it worked really well with OCZ Gold series (PC-3200).

www.dfi-street.com will have the skinny on what RAM is good with them, and what is not.

Reply to vimka

The A8N-SLI doesn't really excell in anything. It's a poor overclocker and not a fantastic performer, but I have to admit it is loaded with features and other crap you will never use. Although I've had BAD BAD BAD experiences with DFI Ultra-D's, I got my friend's SLI-DR working without a hitch, and his wasn't the expert version. Overall, I'd say here's how to sum it up:
If you are a dumbass like my friend who got the A8N-SLI and don't overclock or can hardly put memory in the right slots, then it will run for you regardless.
If you are willing to put up with BIOS failings and lots of CMOS Clearing and want to overclock, hands down DFI wins. MAKE SURE AS HELL THAT YOUR MEMORY IS COMPATIBLE WITH THAT MOTHERBOARD!
Other than that, good luck. Personally, I wouldn't really recommend either of these boards. Why are you confining your horizons?

Reply to ak47is1337

I perfer Asus motherboard.
I owned a few Asus motherboards and like their product very much.

Reply to upec

I have been buying Asus motherboards for years, pretty stable never had any issue. I own an Asus P5WD2 Premium, it OC like shit and I am sure all of them are. I heard lotta good thing bout DFI, should go with DFI if you know what you doing if you just want a stable board and don't do anything else go with the asus.

Reply to Da_Banig

I cant give advice on the DFI, I have no experience with Diamond Flower products however I have had bad experiences with Asus and their SLI board reviews at newegg arent very good. However I have always used MSI boards and this one has 100 excellent reviews at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130037

Reply to MrsD

Iown a DFI Sli DR-eXpert mobo and it oc's like there is no tomorrow, a great board but pricy. Nice things cost money, but hey, doesnt everything.
I would recommend DFI for gamers DIY'ers and enthusiasts. If your a noob or a fresh one, not recommended, to many bios features you will have to stuggle with, unless you know what you are doing. :twisted:

Reply to bluntside

I've heard alot of how the DFI boards are not for begginers and are finnicky and such but listen to this.

I have only ever fooled with older computer components. My only computer was a HP Pavilion 533W which I could fully disassemble, and reassemble in less then an hour. I knew all there was to know about that box and the hardware it had.

I read alot over the internet and would say im in the middle third of the bunch when it comes to enthusiasts. I know a good deal relative to the average person.

I just built this, and this was my first time building.

Opteron 165 CCBWE 0607 @1.18ghz (NO OC yet.. in a week or two though)
Antec P-180
Enermax EG565AX-VEFMA2.0-SLI 535W Power Supply
320GB Western Digital
DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra-D
M$ Windows XP PRO /w SP2
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro (not yet installed, stock is doing fine)
Logitech G15 and G7
G.Skill 2x1GB 184 Pin DDR 400 F1-3200PHU2-2GBNS
Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800XT 512MB

It all worked without a hitch, I had one error where a missing file or something kept on screwing me up upon boot but when I ran and installed everything from the DFI mobo cd it worked fine. I just did a restart with last known good config and installed ALL of the DFI cd and boom. This system is awesome, mind you I know alot about most of the features save the very advanced ones.. of which I will know what thier is to know before june.

I say DFI Lanparty, if you have hardware that is compatible with the board and the time and patience to work things out then its the board for you. Its a mad OC'er and I've yet to have one problem with mine.

Reply to wowchamp

Ok, I have experience with the Ultra D, the SLI DR, and I currently own the Asus A8N SLI..... I have owned all three boards, and I would go with the Asus board due to the passive chipset cooler. The NB fan on the DFI boards can get rather annoying, and it can also go out. No worry about that on the Asus board. As far as the DFI boards being finicky, never had any problems like that. I have been able to get the same overclock on all three boards with my X2 3800 my 3000 venice, and my 165 opty. So, in my opinion, the Asus board wins the battle. And if you plan on using SLI, it has a better SLI layout, the cards are spaced further apart, and the cards also don't hit the top of the chips cooler, as they do on the DFI boards. Don't get me wrong, the DFI boards are great stable boards, but the Asus board has a better layout, less expensive, and not as loud. The only thing I don't like about it is, there are not options for V-core above 1.5V. But in my experience with all the AMD chips I have tried a total of 6, 3 dual core, and 3 single venices, none of them gained any stability at a higher clock from going over 1.5 volts, on DFI I think it went to 1.55 and then it had special vid or something like that. That being said, when I have set this board to 1.5v, it has shown it drawin almost 1.55, so the board will allow the CPU to draw higher, you just cannot select it. After all my experience with the different boards, I would buy the Asus one again. The only thing that might have me lean towards DFI is a passive, or, better chipset cooling solution, that fan gets extremely loud.

Reply to weskurtz81

One other thing, you hear people say that the board is not for begginers, as long as you know how to install windows, and know how to leave everything at bios default, expcept for a few things that are required on every board, then anyone can use this board. How would you ever learn to use the advanced settings on the board if you never own one and mess with it. If you mess up settings, just use the jumper and reset your bios, that easy. And if you heatsink is properly installed, you don't have to worry about frying your cpu, it will freeze up before it fries.... in my experince. Oh, one other thing, in favor of DFI.... you can save your bios settings on bios blocks.... I think there are two or three. That is nice when you get a stable OC, you can save the exact setup in bios... and just load that block to select in the future when you want. But it really isn't that hard to remember it, I do it all the time, run at stock, then reboot and bump it back up to highest stable at 2.7ghz.... take about an extra minute.... but that's me.

Reply to weskurtz81

Oh.... I left out.... I own the Premium.... not the Deluxe..... go with the premium..... it's great....

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