Intel DX48BT2 Extreme Series X48 Desktop Board, ATX, DDR3 1600, 3xPCIe x16, 1600MHz FSB, LGA775, Retail Motherboard

Manufacturer: Intel
Customer Rating:

, based on 6 reviews

Lowest Price: $229.99
By Supplier: TigerDirect

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Editorial Review:

ATX Form factor
Gigabit LAN
4 Memory Slots (up to 8GB), DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800
Intel X48, 1600MHz Bus Speed
8 Channel Audio Support

Pulse-pounding gaming and high powered multimedia experiences require the ultimate in performance from your processor and motherboard. Intel Desktop Board DX48BT2 is designed to unleash the power of supported processors. With support for 1600MHz front side bus, fast DDR3 memory and overclocking, Intel Desktop Board DX48BT2 delivers the gaming performance you deserve.

Customer Reviews:

Good Mobo but change RAM voltage

I had the same problem of intermittent and unexplained restarts. I read somewhere that OCZ recommends a voltage setting of 1.9 volts. This MoBo comes with a default setting of 1.5
Changed it to 1.9 and the problem went away.

2008-09-16

Recommended product

very good motherboard. i recommend it for the super users. the problem with this motherboard is that with memory modules 1600 greater than 4G, u can't upgrade. max. memory 1600 is 4G

2008-09-12

intel dx48bt2 small problem

Well I suppose this is a good board and Amazon was very quick in replacing it, but out of the box I was unable to enter bios. I was able to update to the latest version no problem and boot into windows vista fine but when pressing F2 all I would get was a blank black screen and I would have to reset. Strange problem, I know. There is one more problem and it's that my computer restarts at random, All parts are brand new and for my sanity sake I hope that is related to the motherboard as well.
Update: Setting OCZ memory voltage to 1.9 fixed the restarting problem, Thanks. It will be a few months before I get a chance to work on the bios problem. In the mean time if anyone else has same problem and comes up with a fix please write review.

2008-09-05

Don't use 1600 ram if going 8Gig

This is a fine MB, the only issue I had is that it doesn't support 8 Gig(4x2G) of 1600 RAM but only 4 Gig(2X2G). Buy the slower 1333 RAM and save some $ and grief. Otherwise this board works great. I would also recommend visiting the Intel site and buying only RAM that is certified.

2008-09-03

Intel DX48BT2

I test the this Motherboard with Intel Q9450 Core2 Quad Proccessor and 4Gb TW3X4G1333C9DHX Corsair DDR3 RAM Memory and this Motherboard works very good. The memory work with a FSB of 1066MHz instead of 1333MHz

2008-08-30

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