DFI Lanparty Blood Iron P45-T2RS Elite Motherboard Review | ||
| by Eldonko | August 9, 2009 | ||
| Test Setup and Methodologies Test Setup and MethodologiesTest Setup Processor: Intel C2D Xeon E3110 (45nm dual core) Video Card(s): MSI N9800GTX 512MB (675/2200) Memory: 4GB Mushkin XP2-8000 Redline Motherboard: DFI Lanparty BI P45-T2RS Elite Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA II Power Supply: Tagan BZ 900W Case: None Cooling: Swifttech Apogee (CPU), 2 x dual heatercore w/ 4 x 120mm fans Fans: 1 x 120mm Operating System: Windows Vista Basic 64 bit   Overclocking Methodology The following section shows the maximum overclock achieved on a dual core Xeon E3110 45nm 1333FSB CPU. For testing methodology two main tests will be used and several benchmarks will be run at the overclocked speeds. The first of the two main stability tests will be a 5 hour custom test of OCCT v3.1.0 (medium data set, priority normal) which tests CPU, memory, and FSB stability. OCCT is a great test for reviews because it tests multiple core CPUs, creates user friendly graphs of temperatures and voltages, and is very efficient at picking up errors. The second stability test will be 3 runs of 3DMark Vantage. This tests the 3D stability of the overclock as well as CPU, FSB and memory. Once an overclock passes these tests but fails anything further, this is the point deemed as “stable” for the purposes of this review. The latest official BIOS from DFI for the Lanparty BI P45-T2RS Elite was already installed in the board so no BIOS flash was required. We always flash the latest official BIOS for a motherboard before testing commences. General Benchmark Methodology All benchmarks will be a comparison of the Xeon E3110 at stock speed and at maximum overclock to give an idea of how much performance a user can gain when overclocking the Lanparty BI P45-T2RS Elite. Since the motherboard is not CrossFire compatible, CrossFire benchmarks will be omitted in this case. The overclocked speed on the Xeon E3110 will be 4200Mhz on the overclocked tests and RAM speed will be set to 467Mhz (DDR934) and 5-5-5-15. Nvidia ForceWare 186.18 drivers will be used for 3D along with Windows Vista Home Basic 64 bit.         | ||
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