As usual, two biggest CPU brand keep pushing their "generation transaction"
In 2006, Intel released their Core2Duo processor. Then, it almost replaces
the position of super mix of AMD K8 + nF4 with its C2D + 965.

Meanwhile, Asus and Gigabyte launches their powerful 965 motherboard.
Up to now, the boards are still the most users' choice in the market.

DFI is not the first one to launch the Conroe platform...nevertheless,
recently, the Intel platform's LP UT ICFX3200 (with RD600 chipset) has a
great performance in both FSB and DDRII overclocking. Furthermore, they
release their Infinity series P965 motherboard. Their Infinity is position as a
value price with high-performance OC ability product.

first of all, take a look at P965's appearance.






The lower left of the board
2 PCIe X16, is for ATI Crossfire technology
then, 2 PCIe X1 and 3 traditional PCI slots...




The lower right of the board
DFI use their exclusive ceramic heat sink.
6 SATA2 ports
The EZ on and reset on board button. A easy way for user to reset their
system.




The upper left
24Pin power input, a IDE interface device
For DDR2, 4 dimm slots




the upper left of the board:
6 phrase Digital PWM is powerful and Rock solid component.




The back IO area






This post has been edited by windwithme: Jan 31 2007, 09:37 PM

at last dfi release their 965 based board... dfi famous with oc mobo... but how good this mobo performe, the price must be cheap compare asus @ gigabyte coz dfi infinity 975 based mobo price <rm700, maybe round rm500++, but support crossfire and 3 pci.... good performance, and good value for the money..

BIOS related...
CPU related options




Main setting page




CPU FSB range is from 266 to 700MHz




DRAM Frequency: 533/ 667/ 800




DDR2 details settings




Voltage page




The highest voltage is 0.7875V




DDR2 has a wide range for voltage, the highest can reach 3.375V




The Infinity series BIOS, always simplify than LANParty a bit.
The good thing of its BIOS is: it is easier than LP series for tweaking.
And the OC ability is not bad too. Infinity is suitable for mainstream gamers
And users.

I like to ask if compare this board with LP ICFX3200-T2R/G ? Are the DFI boards OC-able as good as the Asus and Gigabyte ? Will need some advice here, coz interested to try Crossfire too.

Test bed details
CPU:INTEL Core 2 Duo E6300
MB: DFI INFINITY P965
DRAM:CORSAIR Dominator TWIN2X2048-8888C4DF
VGA:ELSA GLADIAC 790GS PH2 256DT
HD:Seagate 7200.7 160GB
DVD:Plextor PX-716A
POWER:Corsair HX620W Modular Power Supply
Cooler:TT Big Typhoon VX




CPU
511X7=>3579Mhz
DRAM
DDRII 1023 CL4 4-3-9

Super PI 32M




DRAM(Memory's bus clock test)
CPU
361X10=>3611Mhz
DRAM
DDRII 1083 CL4 4-3-9




3D performance
CPU
501X7=>3507Mhz
DRAM
DDRII 1002 CL4 4-3-9
VGA
676/1730Mhz

3DMARK2003




3DMARK2005




3DMARK2006




Although this board is almost later than other manufacturer half year,
But the whole performance is really impressive. Its FSB can reach more than
500MHz steady. In addition, the performance of the DDR2 is excellent too.
The result of DDR2 in Super PI test is outperformed; I think it was due to DFI
works really hard to the arrangement of DDR2's parameter.


For my personal point of view, I think this board has two things can be
improved:
About the DRAM, DDR2 under 1020, it needs 2.2 to 2.35V normally.
If you want to reach DDRII 1060 or above. It might need 2.6V voltage at the
end.

Frankly, it's not easy to break the bottleneck of DDRII1100.
So, these are something important to an excellent performance.
Maybe it's too damn for DFI hard to choose whether a average Joe
performance with a sky-high DDRII bus clock or a real high performance
with a average DDRII record(around 1060 to 1080). I believe it's a difficult
decision before Infinity P965 official launch.


No matter how, DFI P965 has a friendly and powerful BIOS setting. It is easy
to reach a high FSB and outcome a splendid performance. I heard that the
street price is possible around USD$140. If this is true, Infinity P965 is a
super high C/P ratio motherboard for both overclocking and high-end
gaming.

usd$140 only.... that very good value for the money....cheap then gigabyte ds4

awesome, izzit better than the infinity 975X borad?

depends on what is more important to you. Isit max FSB or max bandwidth. I do find it surprising DFi's using ceramics for the SB's sink but good idea though. BTW, what's those jumper in between PCI-E 1 and 2 for?

PS: In terms of aesthethics, I think I like this board better compared to the 975X Inifnity. Tong sampah hijau, blergh

lol, yeah, I hated that green.

965 MAX FSB is better than 975X

ya max 700 FSB nice number there... all review of board with a little cute thing

Spin off: CPUZ confused with ICH8 and ICH8R.
We only can do it under BIOS option

DFI Infinity P965 is adopts ICH8R as its southbridge.
ICH8R's "R" is stand for RAID function

what a good board,how much ppl selling this?for DFI,should be not really expensive right?

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Added on February 9, 2007, 8:50 pmwhat a good board,how much ppl selling this?for DFI,should be not really expensive right?

This post has been edited by AceCombat: Feb 9 2007, 08:50 PM

great preview man

anybody know, did this mobo available in malaysia market...

Not yet.
I'm waiting for it too...

very interesting

and i love TS for presenting us with these reviews

thumbs up for u bro

windwithme, when will this boards comes out?

waiting 4 this... gonna pair it with a e6300 then oc kao kao

if price around RM400 - 600 then is a sure hoot 4 me.

It seems that DFI has been coming out with great crossfire mobos for intel lately.Just one question,have any of you heard of the cfx3200 m2g/r mobo from DFI before?I saw it in computex pictures posted by windwithme but I don't see it in DFI website.

The DFI Infinity 965 is officially launched!

Official Link:
http://us.dfi.com.tw/Press/press_header_co...456.jsp&SITE=US

It comes in two version:
DFI Infinity 965-S = Comes With 100% All Solid Capacitors
DFI Infinity 965 = Comes With Ol' Skool Electrolytic Capacitor [Cheaper than the Infinity 965-S]

When will this board be on the shelves in the shops at LYP?

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 29 2007, 06:23 PM

more pict of the board
http://ocxtreme.org/forumenus/showthread.php?t=471

damn... they able puch e6300 to 4GHz++.... superp... waiting someone bring to our market....

Windwithme,how is the performance ot this board compared to Biostar 965PT in terms of OC-ing?

Windwithme won't be answering that question.
He's not from malaysia, and he rarely online here.

Eitherway, my votes go for this DFI Infinity 965 - S

Can anyone please bring this board here?
I can't wait till the end of April.

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 29 2007, 11:06 PM

Another great review on this long awaited board:
http://it-review.net/index.php?option=com_...d=1199&Itemid=1

I am so getting this board!

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 30 2007, 01:18 PM

wa bro so "love" this mobo ar...anyway good link of review...

Yes!
I am in love with this motherboard!!

Will be getting it ASAP.
Got some way to get it sooner than waiting it to arrive Malaysia

better reach here quick or other mobos based on P35 chipset will arrive at the end of the year

If you're going to wait for malaysian DFI sole distributor to bring it in, it may be in the mid of may.

I just called alphamatic, and that's what they told me.

I got my own "way" to get it earlier from somewhere else.

mind to share the 'own' way u referring too ?????
We are all as hungry as well...

Hehehe...
I'll discuss with my partners in crimes first.

If they're agrees to get some more orders, then i'll include you too.
But offcourse there's some T&C

For now, i've already got 5 orders from various LYN forum members.
We won't take much though, as there's a limit to get that board here easy & fast.

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 30 2007, 07:53 PM

but if that the case how is it if compared to Asus?

godly mobo = = coolice irangan ur dream board is here

Check the review link given up there, a user proves that this board beat the ASUS P5B Premium. with no fancy schmancy heatpipe.

How good is that?

And to compare more:

ASUS P5B Premium = RM850 - RM950

DFI Infinity 965 - S = RM650 - RM700

I bet even commando will lose to this board.

Which one will u choose then?

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 31 2007, 10:05 PM

bro when got the price plz pm me... also loking for this mobo...

I've already pm'ed u the price right?

that the estimate price, still waiting the real price...
**off topic, bro cn upload ur gigabyte real pict....

The real price will be up in one to two days.
When that time comes, i'll open a bulk sales collection for this board.

Offtopic:
Remember that there's only room for 8 buyers, 5 buyers confirmed, so left room for another 3 buyers.
So who wants this board fast, remember to always check my signature.

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 31 2007, 10:16 PM

get that... will cheak this monday...

Hey, aren't you a seller of ASUS motherboard?
You should have been the supporter for ASUS, not DFI.

You stab ASUS in the back woo..

never try dfi mobo... hehe... ASUS never know i stab them from bsack lo...

I'll report you to ASUS then.

Report you as an ASUS backstabber.

Back to the topic.
We are way out of the topic.

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Added on March 31, 2007, 10:43 pmThere's some hint on the price though.
Here, check this website, it does state the price for the board we're looking for, but i can't understand their language.

http://www.xcomputer.cz/DetailPage.asp?dpg=72953

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 31 2007, 10:43 PM

me also

Another good review on this beautifully built board.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=139146

Euro 152.99...thank you but too little too late for DFi this time. And that dunno for the solid caps or for normal caps pricing

EDIT: TYpo, didn't realise it earlier

This post has been edited by almostthere: Apr 2 2007, 01:35 AM

Where did you get that price?

You linked the page, you find it.

Huh?
Which one?

bro, i'm also interested if u can get this interesting piece of hardware

DFI Infinity P965-S has just have it's own link in DFI website.

Official Link:
http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_sp...TYPE=LP&SITE=US

Official Picture of the lovely from motherboard from their own website.

man! i m in love with this board. but too bad it will only be available in 1 month time. cant wait for so long la....

bro got the real price?

Alphamatic Distributions (M) Sdn Bhd just told me the real price for this board in Malaysia.

[This is not my price. It's the price that has been released by Alphamatic Distributions (Sole distributor for DFI in Malaysia)]
RM650 for non solid capacitors. [DFI Infinity P965]
RM750 for 100% full solid capacitors. [DFI Infinity P965-S]

Anyway, i'm not going to organize the bulk anymore though, as my supplier who can give better price & faster grab for this board has some of their problems with DFI.

So, expect to get this board in your hand in the early may. [From Alphamatic Distributions themselves]

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Apr 2 2007, 09:20 PM

aya... kinda dispointed lo...
may, other 1 month...

can this board support the upcoming cpu with 1333FSB?

Yes... Of Course.

Nolar bro, I received news that its coming in April itself, so hopefully make its debut during PC Fair in KL.

Yes, it is coming in april.
End of april.

And with alphamatic distribution being the sole distributor of DFI in malaysia who has always been knowned as the most delaying distributor, end of result: early may.

750 for solid caps version? And this is distributor price right? If that's the case, Abit AB9 Quad GT at bulk prices looks like a bargain in comparison

That's the retail prices that should be at the shops.

DFI Infinity 965 [Non Solid Caps] : RM650
DFI Infinity 965-S [All Solid Caps] : RM750

Yes, Abit AB9 Quad GT does looks like a bargain, but then, the infinty performs better than the Quad.

So i choose the Infinity eventhought the price are a lil bit higher than the Quad.

Plus, there's many things that u can mod on that infinity.

You can put customized HR-09 mosfet & PWM heatsinks from thermalright on the infinity motherboard where the Infinity already put some holes on the both sides on the mosfet & pwms for a greater cooling which will result to a better overclocking performance.

And you can also change the Northbridge heatsink.

This is why i love this motherboard so much.

Can we do the same for lanparty ut mobo?

wow...this mobo very tempting la...

like wanna sell my current mobo and grab this la...summore can change the all the cooler to 3rd party's....with holes for mosfet cooler...dang!!

may is ok 4 me, after the april 22 c2d price cut, then is time 2 whack 1 e6600 / e6420 with the 965p infinity

are u serious the price will cut down

i monitor the price pass few month not change to much liaw

i think intel announced the price cut liao... so it is expected

oow ya ka i think i miss that announcement hehehehe maybe after this can upgrade new proc

another good thing for aftermarket chipset cooler and proc cooler is no need to worry about the proc cooler will block chipset cooler..coz on stock chipset cooler,it just barely warm,claims by coolaler and a taiwanese user

Err, what's that got to do with this motherboard?

i think he miss understood this threat

maybe he thought it was ur air cooling threat kot

northbridge is cooler than other mobo

You mean comparing the northbridge temperature on this motherboard with other 965 board?

I still can't catch up on what you mean on your post up there.

since nb is cooler,means stock nb cooler will do the job edi..don need to change to aftermarket chipset cooler

really a nice mobo will try to get the piece of this thing

coolice means that the NB Stock Cooler on DFI Infinity 965 already good enough according to those famous overclocker. so a third party NB heatsink is not needed.

Now i understand.

But then, if you were to use a 3rd party heatsink, won't that make that board perform better?

PS. Coolice, no offence but, i really can't catch up with what you're trying to explain earlier.

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Apr 4 2007, 11:09 PM

well...its ok..my explanation abit blur also..haha
btw..its just comment from others..we dono unless we try..don take it seriously at the moment first

Prob is with the Quad GT getting better clocks as Abit improves on their BIOS, it's harder to justify for the DFi especially when you consider that it's gonna be a good 50-100 more once it arrives retail

Hard to compare it when the mobo havent reach malaysia. probably when the mobo is here and go for further testing. then we will know whether is it really worth to spend those additional 50-100. hehe.

anyway, my money is on DFI because i fell in love with its design.

seems so many ppl interested in this mobo
i can bring them in
maybe will upload the thread tonite


Chow.

http://csd.dficlub.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1068

not bad eh...

any lan party edition will be out? i like bigger mobo.

There is.

It's DFI Lanparty 680I.

sorry a lil noob on intel chip set. so the nvidia 680 is equivalent to intel 965? looks delicious! hahaha...it would cost a bomb! seeing the infinity dark already that much.

AFAIk, the Nvidia N680I chipset is a lil "bit" better than the Intel 965 chipset, but then, the Lanparty N680I will surely cost a bomb.

It's a Lanparty board dude, normal lo...

Anyway, for the infinity, check my signature.

this mobo with incoming r6x0, my dream rig will come true so soon...

btw, i can't find any link or review bout dfi lanparty 680i, did this mobo exist?

DFI LANPARTY UT NF680i LT SLI-T2R

Official Website:
http://us.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_sp...ID=5277&SITE=US

Pictah:

does P965 fully support Yorkfield and Wolfdale cpu?

Now?
Not yet, but we'll wait for the next bios update.

Wei skylinestar, u've been asking all this and that about this motherboard, don't want to join in my bulk ka?

i think i'll just hold and wait first, since P35 mobo will be released on Q2.
but if i strike jackpot, i'll buy the infinity P965 now.

I don't think P35 with DDR3 will arrive that soon. Give and take, Q3 is the earliest. DDR2 is still going strong. It might be be P35 with DDR2. Nah, new chipies, DDR2 the lifespan will be very short.

that's a funky looking heatsink for nb

btw, wat psu would be sufficient for this mobo?? i'm thinking of still using my old Sansun modular PSU. but when i checked the power requirement when OC it would need at least 600W psu