DFI LanParty DK 790GX-M2RS Motherboard Review

Motherboards/AMD AM2+ by massman @ 2009-01-04

DFI has taken the latest AMD 790GX chipset and loaded it on a flashy motherboard fitted with custom cooling and fully fleshed out BIOS which allows you to tweak almost every aspect of the AM2+ platform. Let us find out if the engineers at DFI were able to extract more performance from the 790GX chipset compared to the competition.

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Pictures of box and board

Box Lay-out

First things first: let's have a look at the exterior of the box.

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Accessoires

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  • 1 x Pata HDD cable
  • 1 x Floppy cable
  • 1 x Crossfire link cable
  • 1 x Molex to 2 x SATA connector
  • 2 x SATA cable
  • I/O back panel
  • Set of jumpers

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  • User manual
  • ABS installation guide
  • Driver disk
  • SATA raid installation disk

    Motherboard

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    The cpu socket area is spacious enough, but then again, most new AM2+ motherboards have one.

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    The CPU PWM area looks quite alright.

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  • 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
  • 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
  • 1 optical S/PDIF-out port
  • 1 coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out port
  • 1 IEEE 1394 port
  • 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  • 1 RJ45 LAN port
  • Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks
  • Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks

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  • 2 PCI Express (Gen 2) x16 slots (Hybrid CrossFireX-ready)
  • 1 PCI Express x1 slot
  • 3 PCI slots

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  • 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0 ports
  • 1 connector for an external COM port
  • 1 connector for an external IEEE 1394 port
  • 1 DVI connector
  • 1 front audio connector
  • 1 CD-in connector
  • 1 IrDA connector
  • 1 CIR connector
  • 6 Serial ATA connectors
  • 1 40-pin IDE connector
  • 1 floppy connector
  • 1 24-pin ATX power connector
  • 1 8-pin 12V power connector
  • 1 4-pin 5V/12V power connector (FDD type)
  • 1 front panel connector
  • 6 fan connectors

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  • 1 diagnostic LED
  • EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)

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