DFI LP DK 790FX-M2RS AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: Very stable right out of the box. The board layout is very good. I'm running Vista64 with zero problems.

Cons: The only small thing is I had to manually set my memory to 4-4-4-15 and 2.1 volts. By default the BIOS sets the memory wrong with 1.9 volts. I'll gladly manually set the memory for a stable MB.

Overall Review: My system: Antec 850 TruePower Qoutro, Phenom 9500, 2x Sapphire 3870 crossfire mode, Xi-Fi 7.1, Linksys 56g PCI, 8 gigs OCZ DDR800(4 x 2gig) running at 4-4-4-15 2.1 volts 2T, Vista64 Home Prem.

Pros: AWESOME BOARD. Beautiful, feature rich board that works great. I only had questions and issues when I tried customizing settings and Overclocking, as this was my first time. But that is ME being a N00B, not the board's fault.

Cons: WTH?!?! - How is it that a company with such an AMAZING reputation with Power Users and Gamers could have such REALLY POOR service? Customer Service JUST SUCKS. You get some guy who sounds like he is eating cheetos at his home computer while playing WoW. His only answers are always: Reinstall Windows, RMA the Board or Reset BIOS. Those are the only suggestions or assistance you will ever get. Forget troubleshooting while on the line. You will be told to do one of those things and call back later, because apparently they cannot afford a multi-line phone and need to keep the line free, not that they pick up half the time anyway. And that is if you are lucky enough to catch them on the phone. If not, you will leave a message on some employees Grandmother's Answering machine that will never be returned. I know, I called and left 15 FREAKING MESSAGES before I got a live person. Never ONCE were the messages returned though.

Overall Review: I DO NOT want to talk bad about the PRODUCT. This board ROCKS!!! But I have at LEAST 10 Friends with Top of the line DFI boards that sing their praises. If you are an extremely proficient and capable PC builder who needs no or wants no guidance, then DFI is always a safe 1st bet. High Quality, Beautiful and capable workhorse boards. But is you need help or assistance, better hope you have some tech head friends, cause DFI could care less about helping you.

Pros: Everything I had worked flawlessly with this board. Great BIOS with tons of features for overclocking and fan control. The layout is awesome compared to other 790fx boards. This one has plenty of room around the CPU for a large heatsink. 3 PCIe slots is great. Resetting CMOS can be done with a button on the I/O panel. No more opening your case up and messing with jumpers or the battery. I had it running Vista HP 64-bit in 15 mins. Got my 2.2GHz 3500+ to 2.6GHz with no problems. This was my first DFI motherboard and i'm very happy with it. I liked the price even more.

Cons: I'm going to replace the NB heatsink real quick. I'm not sure what will fit in that space but it's hitting 50C in the BIOS which worries me. 3rd PCIe slot is x4 but i'm fine with that. I'm never going to do 3 way CF. Doesn't recognise SATA disk drives on first boot so no loading your OS on it. I had to barrow an IDE drive from another pc to get it running. It's fine now though. The yellow LED near the RAM and below the 3rd PCIe slot are yellow and don't match the blue in my case but that is a very very small con.

Overall Review: I'm in the process or getting the rest of my parts but for now i'm running this board with a left over 3500+ Orleans, 2x1GB G.Skill DDR2 800MHz RAM, Geforce 7300GT 256MB, PCP&C Silencer 610, WD 160GB SATA HD, Samsung SATA disk dive, and a zeroTHERM BTF90 with plenty of space inside of an NZXT Alpha case. I'll write another review when i get all my gear.

Pros: AM2+ support for quad-core Phenoms. 790FX North Bridge is a great chip and runs cool. 3 PCI slots if you need them all. Supports ATI 2-way or 3-way Crossfire in x16/x16/(x4) which isn't oo bad if you are going to go ATI. 10 USB connections including case front panel ports. RAID0 or RAID1 support. Great layout for large CPU coolers. Supports 1066 RAM with Phenom chips. Nice UV yellow and orange slots show up wicked cool in a UV lit case. Board is rock solid stable at stock speeds, but BIOS has huge options for customization and OC'ing. Great board for the price.

Cons: Only 4 SATA ports internal, and one is occupied by case's external SATA connection. Not much room for an all SATA drive setup. Has difficulty seeing my G.SKILL RAM to show up as 1066 with my 9850BE X4 Phenom, will only show as 800 currently without tweaking. Board is power hungry with 24-pin, 8-pin, and two 4-pin power connectors. Have a beefy 600W+ PS for stability.

Overall Review: Bought this board for my latest X4 Phenom build. Board comes nicely packaged and POST'ed right out of the box with no issues. I'm pairing it with a Athlon X4 Quad 9850BE 2.5Ghz CPU, Zalman CNPS9700 fan, G.SKILL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 1066 RAM, Seagate 500GB 32mb cache HD, LG 22x DVD-RAM Dive, e-VGA 9800GTX+ SSC video, and a Coolermaster HAF 932 Case all purchased through the 'Egg. System runs Crysis in DirectX9.0c in 1440x900 in High settings at 55-60FPS at stock speeds. Great board. Newegg Rocks!

Pros: Fast,quick setup,30 minutes from box to running.used existing HD from Biostar build.250x13@38c both cores.ATI drivers from website much later and greater than DFI CD drivers.Quicker boot time than Biostar.LOVE IT.

Cons: Sata connector placement does not allow angled cables had to use what came with it.DFI chipset driver at website not there. Chipset paste too much under south bridge,nonexistent under other sinks.Ceramique did the trick.

Overall Review: Brisbane @ 3.25 gig.Sapphire HD2900,2 X western dig 160 3.0, Sony dvdr.2 gigs Gskill 6400.Just waiting on the Quad,Phenom or 45nm whichever seems best. Writing from work with my DFI NF4 ultra D,Opteron mobo.

Pros: I have this board for about a month and its awesome. Its been 100% stable with no crashes or bugs that i have found. BIOS is rebust and is labeled well. My sound is fine. Tons of fan headers. 6 USB ports on the I/O panel The big 790FX logo is cool. 8 phase power. Onboard power/reset buttons. SB stays cool to the touch. Room for big heatsinks on your CPU. I'd never had a DFI board before and i'm glad i tried them. I heard they were a hit or miss company so you either love them or you hate them.

Cons: Side ways SATA ports presented a minor annoyance as I feel like I was going to snap one while installing drives. NB gets hot so i took it off to find thermal past that didn't seem to work well. Replaced it with some AC5 and its running about 5 degrees less at 45C. Still hot but i'm getting a 30mm fan to put on it. Pins for front panel HD audio are right infront of the 2nd PCIe slot on the total other side of the board which is a horrible location. Especially if your doing crossfire. I didn't even bother to hook it up tho so its not a problem for me. The price went up 30 bucks since i bought it for $140.

Overall Review: to Paul with the audio issues. You're trying to load the wrong codec. This board uses ALC885 not 888. My setup: Athlon x2 5000+ Black Ed./ 2x2GB Corsair DDR2 800 RAM/ HD3870/ WD Cavier SE 160GB x2 in RAID 0/ PCP&C Silencer 610W/ NZXT Alpha w/ side window/ Vista Home Premium 64-bit all running flawlessly.

Pros: whats not to love about this board , super fast and super stable and I am picky . Best AM2 board I have seen period ! Lots of bios tweaking options well laid out , and well built . Onboard lan is nice , onboard sound is not that great

Cons: minor con , the northbridge heat sink had no thermal paste. was running very hot , fixed that with some artic silver and temps went way down. bios defaults to PCIE 1.0 you must manually set to 2.0 by default bios enables infrared for the serial port has no serial port or paralelle ports .

Overall Review: Paired this with a 8800GT , 2x1gb of Ocz plat rev 2 ram , wd raptor , and a XFI soundcard

Pros: This has to be about the best board I have ever owned. (I have owned all different brands)790fx chip set so far is rock solid and super fast. AMD is still the better gaming platform. Board layout is a pretty easy install nothing covered by a long video card. No heat problems because it's fan less at all. Plenty of options for overclocking. Neweggs Awesome shipping , receiving and warehouse. DFI and Newegg did a great job with this board.

Cons: Had to manually set Ram timings not really a con but it's all I can think of.

Overall Review: Comparitive to it's big brother this board is awesome. AMD 6400+ 4 gigs corsair extrem DDR800 320 gig SATA/300 2 opticals Geforce 7800gt roswill 550watt PSU