All-in-one motherboards are always ordinary - Cheaper, limited expandability and average performance. At the beginning of February DFI launched RS482 Infinity, which is ATI RS482+SB450 chipset for the AMD S939 platform..

New INFINITY packing, very shiny:



The board comes with some accessories, and is geared towards the multimedia users. It has support for ATI’s surround view; if you add a PCIe AT graphics card you can connect up to 4 monitors!

Features at glance

support for AMD Athlon 64 X2 CPU(Socket 939)

ATI Radeon Xpress 200 RS482 Chipset

Integrated ATI Radeon X300 GPU

FSB 2000MTps & Dual-Channels DDR400 memory

TV-out(HDTV supports)/ VGA/ DVI-D output device

Gigabit PCI LAN & 4 x SATA

8 channel High definition Audio

8 x USB2.0 ports

For full specifications visit the product’s webpage.

In the box



This is a microATX board (24.4cm x 24.4cm), but despite its small size it has good upgrade and expandability options. It’s an all in one offering;



A 16x PCIe slot allows you to install a high end card and enjoy a serious graphics power boost. The onboard VGA is X300, not bad, but not for the serious gamer either.



You can connect up to 4 SATA devices, and there are also 2 PATA and 1floppy connector. The North and Southbridge have a passive heatsink which makes this a very silent motherboard; temperatures of the heatsinks never went over 40°C



4 memory slots allows a maximum of 4GB installed, PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 speeds supported



Now we come to the CPU overclocking sensible area, the power to the CPU is regulated by the caps around the socket; most of these are Japanese OST; their quality is acceptable.




Installation and OC test on the next page ->