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- 5
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- 52%
- 4
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- 16%
- 3
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- 3%
- 2
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- 5%
- 1
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- 24%
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| Total Reviews: |
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Good for what I got...
- Pros: Board works like it should. OC's stable once you set everything manually in bios. Crossfire is nice and it works. Nice bios options. 4 eggs for the board. 3 for newegg for sending me an Open Box one...
- Cons: Keyboard PS/2 caused system crashes... replaced with USB and running fine. Paid for a NEW board and got a used one that was open with accessories opened as well... Needed the board so I installed it. After fighting with it a day or two I got it to run stable...
- Other Thoughts: DFI does have great boards WHEN they want to work... I've owned 4 since 2004. All have been great OC'ers but they have all been a little bit of a fight to make work... All except my very first board - DFI 875Pro LanParty Intel socket 478. That thing ran forever and still lives in my brothers computer since 2005!
I Tell Ya Later
- Pros: It is laid out nice.
- Cons: Here we go: 1, The NB heatsink pushes against the stock AMD cooler 2, The preinstalled holes do NOT lineup with the brass standoffs on my case (Antec 900 Two). Tried another case (Cooler Master) with the same result. I e-mailed DFI tech support and begged for another i/o shield (I think that was the culprit).
- Other Thoughts: I'll get back on this one.
RMA trouble
- Pros: Cross Fire (when the board works)
Intelligent cooling
Good power separation between vital components (CPU, NB, PCI-E bus
- Cons: Apparently these boards dying with a F1, C1 or garbled debug code is common, check their dfi forum.
The abs concept is nice but nobody seemed to pick up on it. The goal as I understood it was to have some "guru" play with the 500 settings and tweak the system and be able to share that profile with others. DFI has a few examples on their site but 99% of users get the most out of their gigabyte boards anyway.
- Other Thoughts: I've had two boards die on me now, one purchased Jan 09 the other March 09. RMA process at first seems paperwork heavy but quick... but once you submit the paperwork, the communication stops. I've heard this from other people as well at newegg and forums.
I wonder if this is an DFI-> AMD chipset thing. I own another JR p45 board and (cross my fingers) no problems... and great overclocking.
| Model |
| Brand |
DFI |
| Model |
LP JR 790GX-M2RS |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
AM2+/AM2 |
| CPU Type |
Phenom / Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 / Sempron |
| FSB |
2600MHz Hyper Transport (5200 MT/s) |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
AMD 790GX |
| South Bridge |
AMD SB750 |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
4×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR2 800 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
8GB |
| Channel Supported |
Dual Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| PCI Express x1 |
1 |
| PCI Slots |
1 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
6 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/0+1 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
ATI Radeon HD 3300 |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC885 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Marvell 88E8056 |
| Max LAN Speed |
10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| Video Ports |
DVI |
| HDMI |
1 x HDMI |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
4 x USB 2.0 |
| S/PDIF Out |
1 x Optical, 1 x Coaxial |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
3 USB header for 6 USB2.0 ports |
| Physical Spec |
| Dimensions |
9.6" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
LP JR 790GX-M2RS
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
FDD Cable
SATA Cable
4-pin to SATA Power Cable |
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Reviewed By: on 11/15/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
