Customer Reviews

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

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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.

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.

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

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.

It can be tricky to get a memory setting that is stable when overclocking, but when you get it... Wow. This board really kicks some ace.

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

I'm running a Intel QX6850 Extreme Quad-core CPU on this board. I couldn't be happier. it not the best mobo for over-clocking but that's OK because I don't over clock.

First time to buy a Intel Motherboard, I have always bought other brands, not so recognized as Intel, and to be honest, is my best purchase ever, I'm very happy with all the features, the installation was quickly, it recognize every component I have. A+ a must have.