Advantages of the DFI Ultra-D over the 9npa+ (EPOX nf4 ultra)?

[thesurge]

I will be doing some moderate overclocking (1.8ghz to 2.3-2.4 ghz stock vcore opty 144).

What are the advantages of the ultra-d over the epox, and is it worth $30 extra?

 

[Meuge]

None?

 

[thesurge]

?

 

[nick1985]

I dont think there are any, at least any worth $30. Both boards got the gold editors choice here on Anantech.

 

[thesurge]

Alright, I re-read the Anandtech roundup.

The only main difference is that the DFI is more customizable (Memory vcore can go up to 4.0v, where epox can go up to 3.1v)

I'm sticking with the Epox. Should I jump on it? 93 shipped from ZZF.

 

[Arcanedeath]

The DFI board maxes out at a higher HTT speed and has DFI-Street.com for support so while the Epox is a great board if your planing to OC the DFI is a better bet its only real competition is the Asus A8N32SLI board

 

[WebDude]

I concur. The real advantage to my mind is the support you can get through DFI-Street. I had problems installing XP64 on a raid array off the nvidia raid. The guys at DFI-Street walked me through it (had to create a slip-streamed install CD). I probably would have rma'd the board if it weren't for them. (PS It's working great now.)