Introduction

Features

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Processor AMD Athlon64 / FX Socket 939 FSB 2000 MT/s HTT Chipset NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Memory 4x 184 Pin DDR, Dual Channel DDR 200/333/400, up to 4 GB BIOS AwardBios Slots 2x PCI-E x16

1x PCI-E x1

1x PCI-E x4

2x PCI HDD Connectivity 2x ATA-133

4x SATA-II Networking 10/100/1000 Mbps - NVIDIA nForce4

10/100/1000 Mbps - Marvell 88E8001 Ports 10x USB 2.0 (6 on Back Panel)

1x Serial header on-board

2x IEEE1394 (1 on Back Panel) Audio 8 Channel Realtek ALC850 Audio,

S/PDIF in/out Form Factor ATX 293 x 305mm

Specifications from DFI

AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron

Socket 939

NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra

2000MT/s HyperTransport interface

Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets

Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface

Supports up to 4GB system memory

Supports DDR266, DDR333 and DDR400 DDR SDRAM DIMM

Award BIOS

CMOS Reloaded

CPU/DRAM overclocking

CPU/DRAM/Chipset overvoltage

4Mbit flash memory

Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function

Wake-On-Events include:

- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

- Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse

- Wake-On-LAN

- RTC timer to power-on the system

- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse - Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse - Wake-On-LAN - RTC timer to power-on the system AC power failure recovery

Monitors CPU/system/chipset temperature

Monitors 12V/5V/3.3V/Vcore/Vbat/5Vsb/Vchipset/Vdram voltages

Monitors the speed of the CPU fan, Fan 2 and chipset fan

CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature during system boot-up

Karajan audio module

- Realtek ALC850 8-channel audio CODEC

- 6 audio jacks

- 1 CD-in connector

- 1 front audio connector

- Realtek ALC850 8-channel audio CODEC - 6 audio jacks - 1 CD-in connector - 1 front audio connector S/PDIF-in/out interface

Dual Gigabit LAN - Vitesse VSC8201 Gigabit Phy and Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit PCI

Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards

Two IDE connectors that allows connecting up to four UltraDMA 133Mbps hard drives

NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA

RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1

Four Serial ATA II ports

SATA speed up to 3Gb/s

RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1

NVIDIA RAID allows RAID arrays spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA

VIA VT6307

Supports two 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports

1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port

1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port

2 S/PDIF RCA jacks (S/PDIF-in and S/PDIF-out)

Karajan audio module (6 audio jacks)

1 IEEE 1394 port

2 RJ45 LAN ports

6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports

1 connector for 1 external IEEE 1394 port

1 connector for 1 external serial port

1 front audio connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks (on the Karajan audio module)

1 CD-in internal audio connector (on the Karajan audio module)

1 S/PDIF connector for optical cable connection

1 IR connector

4 Serial ATA connectors

2 IDE connectors

1 floppy connector

1 24-pin ATX power connector

1 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

2 4-pin 5V/12V power connectors (FDD-type and HDD type)

1 front panel connector

5 fan connectors

4 diagnostic LEDs

EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)

2 PCI Express x16 slots

1 PCI Express x1 slot

1 PCI Express x4 slot

2 PCI slots

ATX form factor

24cm (9.45") x 30.5cm (12")

DFI has always been a company for the enthusiasts, their products are definitely targeted to that user group.Their "LanParty" series are engineered to be an overclocker's dream.When I saw the need to get a review platform for AMD Socket939, I asked a few people which board could be recommended. Most people said "get the DFI LanParty".Since I'm not really into SLI I opted to save a few bucks and buy the DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D. This is the smaller brother of the SLI version. Technically the two boards are identical, except that the Ultra-D uses NVIDIA's nForce4 Ultra, instead of the SLI version.The nForce4 is NVIDIA's latest chipset for the AMD64 platform. After the enormous sucess of the previous nForce chipsets the expectations were high, but NVIDIA was able to deliver another great chipset. It boasts with features like integrated Gigabit Ethernet and SATA-II support for a theoretical 300 MB/s HDD transfer rate. RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 are possible as well.What I learned after I got this board, is that it can be modded to SLI by a simple chipset mod (article here ).Unfortunately DFI does not include an SLI bridge with the Ultra-D, so in order to be able to actually use SLI you will have to get a bridge somehow.CPUChipsetFront Side BusMemoryBIOSPower ManagementHardware MonitorAudioLANIDESerial ATA with RAIDIEEE 1394Rear Panel I/O PortsI/O ConnectorsExpansion SlotsPCB