Installation, Setup and BIOS

No problems here with installation. There's plenty of room around the CPU socket, so fitting the Thermaltake Tower 102 modified with 2x80mm fans was a doddle. However, I just want to nag about one thing ... the location of the DIMM slots. They're situated closest to the ATX panel, so with a large HSF like the one I'm using ... gaining access to your DIMM slots was a little arkward, I thought.

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The rest of the connectors like SATA, IDE, ATX power etc ... seem to be in the rights places with easy access. The chipset HSF does an adequate job, but I wonder of DFI will ever use the silent heatpipe cooling found on most motherboards these days? Would be a good idea :-)

I really like the BIOS on the DFI NF4 SLI DR-Expert. It has loads of options in the BIOS for tweaking and adjusting ... great for any overclocker. In fact, it has more options than your usual BIOS. A healthy selection of memory dividers/ratios, higher voltage adjustments for CPU, DDR and chipset, higher frequency settings and an ingenious CMOS Reloaded feature. Excellent.

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