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DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R Mainboard Review (page 11)

Category: Mainboards

by Doors4ever

[ 02/21/2008 | 03:55 PM ]

Conclusion

If you remember our overclocker mainboard classification we discussed in the beginning of this review, you will see that DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R will not be among the universal solutions. ASUS Maximus Extreme will be one of those: it will help a commencing overclocker to achieve some noticeable results, offers rich options to an experienced overclocking fan and will not disappoint a computer enthusiast. However, DFI didn’t intend to please everyone with their solution. However, they definitely made their target user group – extreme overclockers – very happy: the mainboard offers phenomenally broad range of adjustable options and settings.

At the same time our tests proved that you don’t have to be a genius to overclock processors successfully on DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R, although it would be nice to be one, of course. You can only change the main parameters and leave the rest to the mainboard or for later and you will still be able to easily overclock your system and improve the performance noticeably.

Of course, DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R mainboard is not absolutely impeccable, like any other board out there. Luckily, these are minor drawbacks and their importance depends mostly on the needs of each particular user. For example, some of you may be unhappy about too tall heatsink on top of the chipset North Bridge, because it may prevent you from installing a large CPU cooler. Some of you, however, may be very pleased with it, because it is highly efficient and doesn’t require additional fans that will inevitably contribute to the overall noisiness of the system.

The only indisputable drawback that we can point out at this time is the absence of any documentation on the basic as well as extensive BIOS features. The developers certainly know everything about their BIOS settings, but I believe they should share this valuable info with us, too. However, I believe that enthusiasts and extreme users will be able to turn this drawback into an advantage boasting in the forums that they were able to figure out the meaning of various parameters, determine its effect on the system performance and stability.

All in all, we can conclude that DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R is an extremely successful product. The only user group we wouldn’t recommend this solution to, is commencing overclockers, who may lose all interest in this exciting activity if they get lost in complicated BIOS settings DFI LANParty LT X38-T2R has to offer.