Intel BOXDP43BF Core 2 Quad/Intel P43/DDR3/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard ,Retail

• Brand: Intel
• Model: BOXDP43BF
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 2.05" h x 10.06" w x 12.02" l, 2.65 pounds

Features

• CPU: Socket 775 Support Intel Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo/Pentium/Celeron Processors Chipset: Intel P43 Express Chipset & ICH10R
• Memory: 4x 240pin DDR3-1333/1066 DIMMs, Dual Channel, Non-ECC, Max Capacity 8GB Slots: 1x PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Slot; 2x PCI-Express x1 Slots; 4x PCI Slots
• IDE/SATA: 1x ATA-133 Channel; 5x SATA2 Ports, Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10; 1x eSATA Port Audio: Integrated Intel 10-Channel High-Definition Audio CODEC
• LAN: Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Controller
• Ports: 12x USB 2.0 Ports(6 rear, 6 by headers); 1x eSATA Port; 2x PS/2 Ports; 2x IEEE 1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header); 1x RJ45 LAN Port; 1x Optical SPDIF-out Port; Audio I/O Jacks

Most helpful customer reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful.
Intel Mother Board
By Term8r
My old Asus MoBo went out, and the computer repair shop down the street suggest this board as a replacement. It has met all my expectations, and is far more flexable than my old Asus. Plus it has 8 gigs of 1333mhz DD3 Memory working in 2 channel configuration. The built in Audio works very well and is a 7.1 plus 2 channels. It has Raid option to speed things up with two identical Hard drives. The only down side is it only has one PCI Express X16 card slot, so you are limited to a single card, in todays world there are many good cards that can fill that bill very well.

I am using this computer as a game machine and though this mother board was built for professional applications it can handle the gaming very well. It has Intel bios which is flexiable enough to overclock the cpu and frontside bus, though I have not tried this as the Intel Q9650 and the Nvidia GTX 460 are running very well at default settings. I have used EVGA precision on the GPU and it OC very nicely on this MoBo. The Power supply is a Corsair 550 watt unit and the operating system is Windows 7 64 byte. It comes with a disk with drivers and Nortons antivirus package.

However you want to use this fine mother board I think it will do a good job, it comes with a three year warrenty. If you have a strong Intel 2 Core Quad and want to continue with that CPU this is a good choice at a fair price. This mother board still retails very high ($800) at some cyber stores! So it is a real bargain at Amazon.

In 20+ years of computing I have found that Intel equipment usually is the best quality stuff out there and lasts as long you bear to use it, even when it becomes obsolete it is still useable. The Intel.com site supports this product with latest drivers and updates.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Intel DP43BF Memory Module Trial and Error Experience
By K. Ryan
I was running the Intel Q6700 processor installed in one of the older Intel Motherboards running at 800 MHz. I purchased the DP43BF from Amazon in order to use faster DDR3 memory and run my Q6700 at FSB 1066 MHz. After reading all I could find about the DP43BF I noted the fact this board has a reputation for not posting with incompatible memory modules. For this motherboard specifically, Intel only provides a memory specification based on chip density and number of chips. Intel does not provide specific memory "Make" and "Model" recommendations for this motherboard. After researching the various manufacturers' recommendations, I purchased modules advertised as fully compatible with the DP43BF. Immediately after assembly the disappointing "three beep sound" quickly told me the supposedly compatible modules had problems.

After spending hours reading the Intel forum website I learned that particular manufacturer did have a reputation for stating the memory is compatible when in fact it is not.

My purpose for writing this lengthy review is to hopefully save other folks the trouble by recommending the perfect memory modules for the DP43BF motherboard.

1/2012 EDIT>> Several DP43BF buyers have reported Corsair "1600" memory is not working in the DP43F motherboards. <
Presently my old Q6700 runs at FSB 1066 with Windows 7 64 bit and 8 GB memory. My Windows Experience Index is 7.2 Processor; 7.2 Memory; 7.3 and 7.3 Graphics (EVGA GTS450) and the lowest is 5.9 for the 10,000 RPM single Raptor hard drive.
NOTE: I recently replaced the Raptor drive with a new Intel SSD 320 (purchased from Amazon) and now the Disk Transfer Rate score is 7.1 and Blazing Fast!

Later on I will upgrade the processor with one of the newer processors compatible with this motherboard.

I am not saying "other" memory modules will not work but if you are just starting this project buying these specific Corsair memory modules will save you some trouble.

Amazon is terrific!

UPDATE!!! - I recently discovered my DP43BF motherboard was not running the latest Intel BIOS. As I have flashed many BIOS, I thought this would be easy. Following the Intel instructions I first ran the .exe update file downloaded from the Intel site. The .exe ran without error in Windows 7 but the BIOS did not flash. Next, following Intel's instructions I tried the "F7" method using a USB Thumb Drive. Again, the BIOS did not flash. Lastly, after reading all of Intel's instructions I learned the DP43BF motherboard needs to be flashed with the Version "0085" BIOS before it can be flashed with the most recent "0088" BIOS. I again tried the "F7" method and successfully flashed the "0085" BIOS, next I successfully flashed the "0088" BIOS. Note, per Intel, the "0088" BIOS is necessary to allow support for 2Gbit SDRAM density. This is a worthwhile BIOS update.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Worked for 2 months then died.
By Rick12
I got this board in November 2011, It lasted until Jan. 2012. It will not boot into the bios. I have tried removing the battery, moving the Bios jumper, nothing.