DFI Lan Party KT400a Motherboard

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Brian Kristensen
Kurtis
DFI
Jun. 1, 2003

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Accessories

One of the biggest differences with the Lan Party motherboards and all the others out there is DFI includes many other products along with the motherboard to better your LANing experience. Within the giant Lan Party box, there are a number of smaller boxes which contain the following:

PC Transpo

The PC Transpo is a type of carrying kit for your computer. You strap your case into the PC Transpo and put the keyboard, mouse, and misc. wires into the pockets and straps located on the PC Transpo. I didn't think this would be too big of a deal before, but once I tried it, I realized how much easier it is to carry your computer.

FrontX

DFI has included the FrontX kit with the Lan Party motherboard to allow the user to connect different wires to the front of their computer instead of having to reach all the way to the back. They have included a Speaker and Microphone jacks, Firewire, and 2 USB connectors with the FrontX. You can check out our review of the FrontX kit over here.

Rounded Cables

To stylize the inside of your computer even more, DFI has included 2 rounded IDE cables and a rounded floppy cable. All of the cables are green UV reactive cables, and look very spiffy if you have a UV cold cathode in your case.

Accessory Kit

The Lan Party motherboard also comes with several accessories for your motherboard. These include a rear I/O plate, Joystick/Game port, SPDIF in and out jacks, and 2 Firewire connections. Each one of those takes up a PCI slot in the back of your computer. DFI has also included a Firewire cable and a 4-pin to SATA power converter to supply power to a SATA hard drive.

Other Software & Manuals

The Lan Party motherboard also comes with 2 CDs and several booklets. There is also a floppy disk with RAID drivers. One CD is drivers and other software for the motherboard, while the other CD is the WinCinema DVD software. There are also 3 booklets included. One is a hefty users manual, another is a features booklet, while the third is an installation guide. Each booklet is printed in several languages.

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Board Layout & Features
Page 3: Accessories
Page 4: BIOS & Overclocking
Page 5: Test Rig
Page 6: Sound Performance
Page 7: USB Performance
Page 8: Ethernet Performance
Page 9: Memory Performance
Page 10: CPU Performance
Page 11: Conclusion

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13 User Comments

1 - Posted by Kurtis on June 1, 2003 - 12:49 am

mesa likey DFI

2 - Posted by ELiTE KiLLaH on June 1, 2003 - 1:38 am

looks good
maybe as a followup or something try running ram in dual channel? (i think i read that you only used a single stick right?)

3 - Posted by MyFifthLimb on June 1, 2003 - 10:56 pm

What game do you think the kid on the box is playing?

4 - Posted by Brian on June 1, 2003 - 11:44 pm

I would have to say Pong. Who wouldn't play pong with such a sweet mobo?!

5 - Posted by Kurtis on June 2, 2003 - 12:32 am

i think he is playing the 'look at my sexy mobo and touch yourself' game

6 - Posted by Brian on June 2, 2003 - 12:44 am

Ok, lets keep this PG guys!

Don't make me start censoring!

j/k, just watch it kronk, you know better :-P

7 - Posted by Kurtis on June 2, 2003 - 1:14 am

by touch yourself, i meant scrub your feet, cuz uh... they are stinky... yeah..

8 - Posted by notobe on August 9, 2003 - 8:19 am

Looks like a good mobo, id buy one if i had the money. Also id like to say nice UV CC.

9 - Posted by caniswolfie on August 9, 2003 - 8:41 pm

He's playing "Look how much money I'm making by modeling" :)

I wish I could have some of that.. :)

10 - Posted by Kurtis on August 9, 2003 - 8:42 pm

lolol its a cartoon kid not a real kid :P cartoons dont make money, they get paid in badger meat

11 - Posted by caniswolfie on August 9, 2003 - 8:53 pm

Mmm.. badger meat.. do you know how much that costs on the open market.. :) I could be a millionaire.. if I were a cartoon.. (*grin* this is what I get for being a smart ass without checking the picture.. ;) )

12 - Posted by Kurtis on August 9, 2003 - 9:18 pm

lolol

13 - Posted by Rich on August 9, 2003 - 9:20 pm

You bring the Badger and I will bring the TT Smartfans! :twisted:

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