DS3 / DS4

Participant · 16 Oct 2006 at 22:25

Am I right in saying that if I'm not bothered about firewire and I have only two HDDs that I intend to set up in RAID, the only difference between the two boards is the heatpipe, which is a bit gimmicky anyway, and the two PCI-E slots, when the board doesn't support SLi or crossfire?

Cheers in advance.

BUFF · 16 Oct 2006 at 23:21

unless I'm mistaken the DS3 RAID is on the jMicron whereas the DS4 has the Intel Matrix as well.
Plus the DS4 does support Crossfire (or SLI with hacked drivers) or you could use the other PCI-Ex16 (which runs at x4) for a hardware RAID controller card or TV card etc.

Virdi · 17 Oct 2006 at 07:49

I would say go DS4 - I've had very good results from this board and have now built 3 rigs based on this board.

clone · 17 Oct 2006 at 08:14

I had the DS3, very good overclocking board but lack`s extra`s the DS4 has,depends what you want from the board really m8.

ReeMISM · 17 Oct 2006 at 08:20

DS-4 great overclocking board with great silentpipe cooling..

Virdi · 17 Oct 2006 at 09:53

I managed 500x7 from an e6300 on my DS4 (using air cooling)

How many DS3 owners have hit a genuine 500 FSB?

vocch · 17 Oct 2006 at 15:50

I can boot @ 7x500fsb with my DS4 + E6600....and the highest i've got it to is 512fsb.

wizardmaxx · 17 Oct 2006 at 15:52

DS4 has a more substantial cpu power supply as well.

ReeMISM · 17 Oct 2006 at 16:12

vocch said:
I can boot @ 7x500fsb with my DS4 + E6600....and the highest i've got it to is 512fsb.

Vocch any chance of a(MIT) bios screen shot so far got to 465 but no matter what i tweak i cannot get to 500mhz..

vocch · 18 Oct 2006 at 11:16

Here you go ReeMISM.....strange but were'nt having it with F6 bios had to flash back to F5...then done 500fsb no probs.

Ronaldo · 18 Oct 2006 at 11:31

vocch said:
Here you go ReeMISM.....strange but were'nt having it with F6 bios had to flash back to F5...then done 500fsb no probs.

wow NICE!!!!! *** cooling are you using mate? and on the DS4 is theren enough space between Dual PCI-E for 2 Geforce? 1 of the slot is x4?

VeNT · 18 Oct 2006 at 11:38

I've a DS3 but having felt the chipset coolers temp I'd go for the DS4

hyper_piper45 · 18 Oct 2006 at 11:43

I would probably go with the ds4. When i got my mobo the ds4 was not in stock so i ended up with the ds3. saying that the ds3 is a cracking board.

ReeMISM · 18 Oct 2006 at 11:46

Thanks posting the overclock vocch very nice overclock indeed..Will have a go at those settings.Even more impressive with the Geil 5300

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ReeMISM · 18 Oct 2006 at 14:57

Tried to hit 500mhz with those settings no luck i am afraid

470 at the top which isn,t to bad i suppose at one point i couldn,t get past 450mhz

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vocch · 18 Oct 2006 at 18:55

ReeMISM said:
Thanks posting the overclock vocch very nice overclock indeed..Will have a go at those settings.Even more impressive with the Geil 5300 ..

No probs mate....as i don't run a high overclock for 24/7 i thought i'd give it a little prime @ 7x500....more credable than a super pi 1mb i guess and my cooling is far from the best....would have liked to run it longer but not got the patience...and no way i would leave it just incase it cooked.