DFI Lan Party Dk P35 series US availability

[cbolt67]

I've seen these on their website. Are they available anywhere in the US? I'd like to see prices for these as an option to the blood iron board.

 

[TheGreatOzmodiar]

At this point it looks like it is only offered at one or two places, one being:
http://www.motherboardpro.com/...Motherboard-p-428.html
I ordered one from there last night. The board looks awesome IMO, and price seems reasonable compared to the Blood Iron (all solid caps, VRM heatsinks, improved layout and overall quality).

 

[cbolt67]

Originally posted by: TheGreatOzmodiar
At this point it looks like it is only offered at one or two places, one being:
http://www.motherboardpro.com/...Motherboard-p-428.html
I ordered one from there last night. The board looks awesome IMO, and price seems reasonable compared to the Blood Iron (all solid caps, VRM heatsinks, improved layout and overall quality).

I saw the board there before, but it wasnt available when I looked. I agree though. This board looks awesome. I would think this board would be very popular.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: cbolt67

Originally posted by: TheGreatOzmodiar
At this point it looks like it is only offered at one or two places, one being:
http://www.motherboardpro.com/...Motherboard-p-428.html
I ordered one from there last night. The board looks awesome IMO, and price seems reasonable compared to the Blood Iron (all solid caps, VRM heatsinks, improved layout and overall quality).

I saw the board there before, but it wasnt available when I looked. I agree though. This board looks awesome. I would think this board would be very popular.

missing 2nd pci-e thats why its not super popular. Also its a late comer.

:T

 

[Regalk]

Was looking at this board - just read somewhere of someone basically that DFI is on its last breath and that its P35 line is not as good as its heyday NF4 lines. Anyone come across anything. Just average compared to say Gigabyte. Now I am having sceond thoughts

 

[tallman45]

Holy smoles, talk about late to the game, X48 is on the way in, X38 has been around a while, just coming out with a P35 ? thats a red flag but they have been doing this for a while

Sounds like the DFI Infinty P365, it was a great MB (on paper) but it only became available in the US in May 07, way to late to the playing table

 

[cbolt67]

I've heard really good things about DFI's P35 boards. From the Blood Iron up. They do keep releasing products late though. It seemes to be a trend with them. I don't know if that signifies their demise or not, but I certainly hope not. DFI is my MB of choice usually.

 

[TheGreatOzmodiar]

I like to think DFI is "late to the party" so as to be more able to make solid boards with high tweakability on mature (i.e. reliable) products. Key phrase being "I like to think..."

I used the old DFI LP nf3 250Gb when I still ran s754 Athlons and it was indeed sweet. Haven't had one since, though. Just tried the Gigabyte N650SLI-DS4 but had absolutely no luck overclocking so that's why I'm moving to a DFI P35. I have nVidia GPUs so lack of a 2nd PCIe doesn't bother me. I was about to go with the Blood Iron (which I too have heard really good things about), but wanted a board with solid caps and VRM heatsinks, so this board was perfect. I just hope it OCs my e2180 50%+ . Its ETA is Thursday; will report back with any findings.

 

[Big Lar]

Newegg has this board now, $134.99 and shipping. I bought 1 today and with any luck it'll be here saturday.

The Blood Iron is currently out of stock, and the price of the Blood Iron went up to 149?

The Lanparty DK P35-T2RS, ( the board now at the egg ), is supposed to be the board with the solid caps, as it has the ICH9R, whereas the ICH9 board has the Japenese caps. At least that's what I have read.

Anyhow, the pics look good/the layout seems OK, except where the Floppy resides, and the price is good IMHO. Just thought anyone looking for this board would like to know it's available finally.

 

[toadeater]

Originally posted by: Regalk
Was looking at this board - just read somewhere of someone basically that DFI is on its last breath and that its P35 line is not as good as its heyday NF4 lines. Anyone come across anything. Just average compared to say Gigabyte. Now I am having sceond thoughts

DFI's star engineers were hired away by Foxconn. They now work on Foxconn's Quantum Force line of motherboards; Mars, BlackOps, etc.

DFI's latest boards haven't been bad, but they're either too expensive or the features and cooling aren't anything special. I don't know how DFI is doing financially.

The Blood Iron is currently out of stock, and the price of the Blood Iron went up to 149?

Selling that board for $150 is a joke. Do they think that we can't find other stores selling it for its original price? They've done the same thing with a few other boards, including the DS3P which I wanted to buy. Now I'm not buying that board from Newegg, because they're charging $14 more for it (any reason why?) than another popular store.

 

[Quiksilver]

Originally posted by: tallman45
Holy smoles, talk about late to the game, X48 is on the way in, X38 has been around a while, just coming out with a P35 ? thats a red flag but they have been doing this for a while

Sounds like the DFI Infinty P365, it was a great MB (on paper) but it only became available in the US in May 07, way to late to the playing table

it's hardly "late to the game" they've had p35 series boards out for awhile, this is just a "budget" p35 board; aimed at those who don't need crossfire but still want features.

They also have an x38 line out but I don't think too many places have them in stock.

Rumor is their going to start toying around in the mATX market as well so I highly doubt their in financial trouble or at least not as bad as you think.

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: toadeater

DFI's star engineers were hired away by Foxconn. They now work on Foxconn's Quantum Force line of motherboards; Mars, BlackOps, etc.

afaik Oskar Wu is still at DFI & he is/was their star (they hired him away from abit).
& again afaik the DFI guys that left for Foxconn came from the Infinity side rather than the Lanparty team.

DFI are also making the new Sapphire branded AMD790 chipset mobos & iirc are doing quite well on their industrial mobo side but the retail side does look like it's becoming increasingly niche.

 

[cbolt67]

Dang it!! Couldn't wait for the egg. So i purchased from motherboardpro. Cost me $10 more but thats no big deal. First time I've purchased anything from motherboardpro. Hopefully it will be a good experience. I normally purchase everything from Newegg.

 

[TheGreatOzmodiar]

I too didn't feel like waiting for the Egg. But I get charged sales tax in TN by Newegg so it is still cheaper from Mobopro. So far the experience has been good: I called them to check on the status and ask about how long shipping would take and the lady offered (on her own) to see if she could catch the package before it was shipped to upgrade the shipping for me. THAT'S service.

 

[stealengine]

no esata damnit, i dont even have esata but i might want it

 

[CP5670]

Originally posted by: cbolt67
I've heard really good things about DFI's P35 boards. From the Blood Iron up. They do keep releasing products late though. It seemes to be a trend with them. I don't know if that signifies their demise or not, but I certainly hope not. DFI is my MB of choice usually.

Yes, this has become the usual situation with DFI these days. I like DFI stuff and would have bought this if it was available six months ago alongside all the other P35 boards, but at this point I don't really care about it. They're losing a lot of potential buyers by delaying their products this much.

 

[kaxx]

I agree with a poster above, I think they are late on a lot of products simply because they want to provide quality and work out all of the kinks. The price is definitely right. I'd be complaining if they were charging $175 or more for an outdated board, but for $135 for what seems to be a very solid board......I think it's fair for even an older motherboard.

I don't think they will have much problems selling it as is. But I will be upset if they lower the price in the next month or 2 which I have a feeling might happen. I just purchased mine last night.

 

[CP5670]

The problem is that many of us who would have bought this already have a board by now. For most people, there is not nearly enough of a difference between the P35 motherboards to justify upgrading if they're staying on the same CPU, so they are not going to switch boards unless they're having problems with their existing one. That only leaves those who don't have an existing P35 (or equivalent) board and the hardcore overclockers.

DFI's old 939 boards used to come out at the same time as the competition and were big hits. This late release trend seems to have started with their ICFX3200 board, which came out very late (seemingly due to its unique chipset) and basically flopped, and they don't seem to have recovered from that setback.

 

[kaxx]

Originally posted by: CP5670
The problem is that many of us who would have bought this already have a board by now. For most people, there is not nearly enough of a difference between the P35 motherboards to justify upgrading if they're staying on the same CPU, so they are not going to switch boards unless they're having problems with their existing one. That only leaves those who don't have an existing P35 (or equivalent) board and the hardcore overclockers.

DFI's old 939 boards used to come out at the same time as the competition and were big hits. This late release trend seems to have started with their ICFX3200 board, which came out very late (seemingly due to its unique chipset) and basically flopped, and they don't seem to have recovered from that setback.

That is a very good point. I'm moving from a 939 to this mobo and wasn't thinking about the people that are looking ahead.

 

[Big Lar]

Well, I have the Dark setup now, and am running an E8400 in it. So far it runs great, I am at 3754 with just 1.264v so far. Taking my time and just nudging the voltage when needed.

I do have to say tho that this e8400 does not report temps right, and I am assuming core temp is right. Other than that tho, I am completely pleased with this board.

Larry

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: CP5670
The problem is that many of us who would have bought this already have a board by now. For most people, there is not nearly enough of a difference between the P35 motherboards to justify upgrading if they're staying on the same CPU, so they are not going to switch boards unless they're having problems with their existing one. That only leaves those who don't have an existing P35 (or equivalent) board and the hardcore overclockers.

DFI's old 939 boards used to come out at the same time as the competition and were big hits. This late release trend seems to have started with their ICFX3200 board, which came out very late (seemingly due to its unique chipset) and basically flopped, and they don't seem to have recovered from that setback.

Naw, they're almost always behind the competition but that's because they consistently put out the boards that can hit the highest performance.

I think the most recent problem was that they failed to supply a motherboard that could fill the gap between their P35 BloodIron and their upper echelon LanPart P35 UT (and later LT) which have been available, although only for well over $200 or even over $300 at debut.




This board should be excellent for anyone looking to get a new one though, there's nothing wrong with the P35 chipset, it will certainly last until the end of the s775 era, the only reason to vie for a newer chipset (X38/48) at the moment is for crossfire support...and when we consider current multi GPU solutions aren't anywhere ideal, the best bet really is to stick with a single video card solution, something this motherboard should be perfect for.

 

[cbolt67]

I'm moving to this from a DFI NF4 board also. I'm still deciding on a processor. I want an E8400, but the premium is very high right now. I may stick with an E21xx for now and get an E8400 later.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

It really is fun to play with the E21xx CPUs.

I plan on keeping one to mess around in with one of these while my E8400 is in my DFI LP LT P35 T2R. Just so happen to have two X800XLs and one of them is conveniently the crossfire edition, never got them specifically for crossfire, just picked them up on separate occasions due to separate hot deals back in the day, but now I'll be able to play with them in crossfire - pointless considering I've got my 8800GT but it'll be fun to play with from a hardware tinkering standpoint.

 

[Big Lar]

Originally posted by: cbolt67
I'm moving to this from a DFI NF4 board also. I'm still deciding on a processor. I want an E8400, but the premium is very high right now. I may stick with an E21xx for now and get an E8400 later.

This board reminds me of the Ultra-D alot. Plenty of Dram Timings and plenty of Voltage options. So far it is rock stable on the OC front. I have it at 3825 now at 1.29v (9 x 425) and no probs. Board runs fairly cool as well, at least cooler than my previous Ultra-D.

 

[cbolt67]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles
It really is fun to play with the E21xx CPUs.

I plan on keeping one to mess around in with one of these while my E8400 is in my DFI LP LT P35 T2R. Just so happen to have two X800XLs and one of them is conveniently the crossfire edition, never got them specifically for crossfire, just picked them up on separate occasions due to separate hot deals back in the day, but now I'll be able to play with them in crossfire - pointless considering I've got my 8800GT but it'll be fun to play with from a hardware tinkering standpoint.

I enjoy hardware tinkering. It's always fun to keep old hardware around to play with.