DFI LANPARTY LT X38-T2R

The updated X38 motherboard is slightly slower due to the untweaked memory configuration; If all settings, even the sub timings, would be exactly the same, I'm convinced that the X38 would be as fast as the P35. The €25 price difference is what you pay for full speed CrossFire compatibility, not an insane amount of money. The DFI X38 is definitely recommendable for people who want to get the most out of their system and are prepared to spend time tweaking the memory configuration; however, if you don't intend to use multiple ATI video cards, you might as well go for the P35.

DFI accomplishes this by using mainstream motherboard technology and combining it with what they know about building a great motherboard to create a simple and functional product that not only performs well but is easy to setup and configure.

Although the X38-T2R didn't manage to smash any records as far as overclocking on our Q6600 chip was concerned, the potential is most definitely there. DFI have designed the X38-T2R for the extreme overclocker and have taken measures to ensure that using exotic methods of cooling on the board (such as LN2 or Phase change) aren't hindered by objects around the CPU socket or Northbridge area. In addition to this, the board provides some very high voltage options right out of the box, and the ability to tweak some of the finer memory settings (if you know what you're doing) should certainly help to squeeze out some extra numbers during benchmarking.

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.