Conclusion

Well, despite a few things DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS mainboard made a very good impression. No, we couldn’t make I work at 500MHz FSB frequency, but you don’t rally need FSB speeds like that for successful overclocking of most contemporary processors. Namely, our Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 CPU sample overclocked easily to 4.1GHz, which is the maximum it can do anyway. The board is very smartly designed, it has a fully-functional BIOS without any restrictions. The technical specifications of this board will definitely satisfy most users. Besides, the board is not overloaded with any excessive additional functions.

Of course, there are a few drawbacks that we can’t disregard. What doesn’t go together with the great overall impression from the board most of all, is the useless Clear CMOS jumper on the back panel. Moreover, the board could use a bit more options for fan rotation speed control. The rotation speed doesn’t adjust automatically depending on the temperature and you can’t even simply lower the rotation speed to some more suitable value. We did point out a few more drawbacks in our today’s review, but they are not so serious, so no need to mention them here again.

Throughout the article we called DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS mainboard “new”, although it is not really a new product any more. Besides, there is a similar mainboard on Intel X38 Express chipset, which design was used for DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS. The thing is that it is the first DFI LANPARTY mainboard from the new DK series that we tested in our lab, so it is a bit hard to get rid of this feeling of newness.

All in all, DFI LANPARTY DK X48-T2RS performed rally well in our tests. It doesn’t amaze you with any crazy innovations, but doesn’t annoy you with any significant drawbacks, as well. It is a good reliable board, a true work horse. It is one of those boards that I feel like installing into my own computer system, which is a pretty rare occasion these days. This board is very reliable data, its functionality is good enough and its price is reasonable. You should definitely check it out, maybe it is something you have been looking for.