Monday, April 13th 2009
DFI Preparing Budget P45 Board
It appears DFI is preparing an update to its current Intel P45 based P45-T2RS board, called the Blood Iron P45-T2RS Elite. Although an update, the new board with its revised PCB layout and new LAN chip, drops from two PCI-E x16 slots to one, in favour of a third PCI-E x1 slot. Despite being a budget board, it has been said that speeds in excess of 600 FSB are easily attainable. Like most other P45 based boards, the Blood Iron P45-T2RS Elite will support LGA775 Processors ranging from 800 to 1333 FSB, 4 DDR2 slots for up to 8 GB of 1066 MHz, 6 SATAII ports, 12 USB 2.0 ports, legacy support for IDE and floppy, 8CH HD audio via a Realtek ALC885 chip, 1 Gigabit LAN port via a JMC250 chip, a Software Debug LED and on board power and reset switches.
BIOS voltage tweaks include, Vdimm, Vnb, Vcore, Vsb, VHT, and then the usual adjustments for FSB in 1 MHz increments and CPU multiplier. It is also said that DFI have fixed the issue of automatic shutdown while overclocking and that mass production will start next week.
More pictures are available at VR-Zone
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VR-Zone
BIOS voltage tweaks include, Vdimm, Vnb, Vcore, Vsb, VHT, and then the usual adjustments for FSB in 1 MHz increments and CPU multiplier. It is also said that DFI have fixed the issue of automatic shutdown while overclocking and that mass production will start next week.
14 Comments on DFI Preparing Budget P45 Board
Sounds good, pity about the lost PCI-E slot.
Nothings blocking the slot lengthwise either, for the dual GPU cards.
It's nice to see them make budget overclocking boards, I just hope they work on getting budget AM3 and i5 stuff out. I'm thinking of getting a cheap i5 and a decent board for my folding rig once I get a real job with an income. I kinda miss messing with Intel chipsets!
i havent had a DFI since socket 939 :)
I think we all know how it ended up...
Personally I understand that they target a special market but even this doesnt explain their pricing strategies. I never noticed their boards getting cheaper with time as newer technologies come ( even if they drop pricing its not as fast as other companies).
Nobody normal will pay +40% to a board thats 1,58% faster than msi/gigabyte/asus top models just because it has a nice heatsink and a yellow slot.