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| How do you stack these up against each other?
Guys, what do you think, how would you stack these two boards against each other,
DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR Expert
»us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product···&SITE=NA
Versus:
The MSI K8N Diamond Plus
»www.msicomputer.com/product/p_sp···class=mb
tom's hardware has this on the MSI:
»www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/26/···nd_plus/
Now, the MSI has a three phase system, unfortunately, but Tom's says it isn't much of an issue. And the MSI has a creative labs Audigy sound controller on board, plus there is at least one PCI-Express x1 and one PCI-Express x4 that are clear of any double wide graphics cards, unlike the DFI. Thing is, the MSI has one less audio connector, so I don't know if the mic or the line in is sacrficed, or if maybe there are front headers so the mic can connect there...
I am leaning towards the MSI, IF I get either one, which I might not, just looking at it right now...
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av8ndv8
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Re: How do you stack these up against each other?
You have entirely too much time on your hands..... |
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Re: How do you stack these up against each other?
I would think that if you are building a nice rig you wouldn't worry about onboard audio and just purchase a xfi. |
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likwidkool
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Is the diamond plus for sale even? I know right before AM2 came out they stopped selling them. I had reccomended it in a friends build but the board was non existant. I wouldn't worry about the 3 phase either.
If you can buy it, I think the board is great. For a good stable OC I can't complain. I haven't done much tweaking in a while now, but the MSI paired with an early X2 4200+, and 2gb of OCZ pc4000 EB has been running at 250x11 without incident. Slight vcc bump on the cpu, and no volts on the ram. Along with 2x6800gt's I bought from Podunk, it has run great. The oc itch is getting me again though, but I won't be seling the board till after the holiday's.
As for the DFI, it is another great board. I had the non expert. Can't go wrong with that board either.
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whymeintrouble
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I'd go with the DFI strictly on the fact MSI's customer support sucks! DFI has always treated me right, never had a problem. The Expert is the best of the S939 DFI boards for OCing last I had seen, more stable as well. be forewarned, there a zillion adjustments that can be made in the Bios. Oskar definitely knows how to make a serious OCers Bios  |
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likwidkool
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never had to use MSI's tech support, but you are right, the DFI is stellar. You could get lost in that bios!
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