Intel DP67BG
Published by Marc Büchel on 13.04.11Page:
Conclusion
| Allgemein | + | - | |
| With the DP67BG Intel has a motherboard in its portfolio which leaves us with mixed feelings. The performance are either very good or very bad depending on the different benchmarks of course. If we look at the deisgn as well as layout we see that this board absolutely isn't something special. The skull in the bottom right corner is a nice idea but generally the boards design lacks attention to detail. | |||
| Layout | + | - | |
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Generally the Intel DP67BGs layout is well thought. Once more very practical are the angled SATA connectors as well as the power/reset-buttons and the debug LED. Furthermore the placement of the PCI-Express x16 slots is well thought too and therefore nothing needs to be criticized at this point. In fact we also liked that between the PCI Express x16 slots there are two PCI Express x1 slots which means that if you want to have to GPUs powering your games they'll get plenty of air and stay cool. Unfortunately the cooling blocks, covering current converters as well as southbridge leave quite a cheap impression and it would have been very nice to see cooling elements which are of a higher manufacturing quality. |
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Angled
SATA connectors
- Power/Reset-Button onboard - Connectors at the bottom edge not hidde by GPU |
- Looks cheap | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| If we take the average of all the values we received in out benchmark parcours then this board would rank in the center span of our comparison tables. As soon as we take a closer look at the results, we see that the performance is either top or flop. Furthermore there is also no possibility to say that this board scores well in 2D but not in 3D. Therefore the values are too inconsistens. We recommend a closer look at the results in this case. | - Performance either top or flop | ||
| Overclocking | + | - | |
| For the DP67BG overclocking isn't something unknown. If you've been able to find the suitable settings it reacts frogiving even if you purposely choose settings that will not work. If you consider buying this motherboard for extreme overclocking we have to tell you that there really are better boards out there on the market. A bit annoying was the BIOS. The quite unusual structure takes a bit of time until you get used to. | -
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- confusing BIOS - Takes long to get used to | |
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| If you should be thinking about setting up a very well performing office PC or an entry level gaming rig, than the Intel DP67BG will be a good choice. | -
Gamer-PC - Office-PC |
- Enthusiasts - High-End-Gamer |
The Intel DP67BG can be bought at PCP.ch to a price of CHF 198.- (est. EUR 141.-).
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Author: m.buechel Copy edited and translated: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch c.ney@ocaholic.ch
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