Difference between P35 DS4 and P35P DS3R

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Difference between GA_P35_DS4 and GA_P35_DS3P

Apart from the All New Copper SILENT-PIPE that includes heat sinks covering MOSFET modules, the north bridge and the south bridge.

Is there any difference between these board, I have been looking at the spec and I can't see anything else.

Thanks
 
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So far as i can see the DS4 has:

eSata (by cable)
firewire ports
two pci-express x16 (although i think one isn't x16)
and one less pci slot than the DS3R

Go to the Gigabyte website mate, as they do comparison sheets :D

DS4/DS3R Comparison
 
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I would go for the DS3P over either of them. The DS3P is a DS4 without the extra heatpipes.
 
That's what I thought, thanks cob. Just seems to be in short supply / out of stock everywhere. Makes me worry in case they are having more issues with first revision of this variant. Anyone actually got one of the GA_P35_DS3P's yet? Any good / bad reports yet?
 
I have one. No issues at all with it. It's just as solid as my P965 DS3 was.
 
I went for the DS4 because the DS3 was out of stock, and regretted it. Apart from the fact that it seems to be a dud and I'm going to have to RMA it (when I try to start it up it seems to reboot every 5-10 seconds and never reaches the BIOS), I was disappointed that I can't find any cooler which will fit inside the heatpipes, apart from the stock Intel HSF. So my Freezer 7 pro was a waste of money, also my beloved Scythe Ninja is definitely out of the question. It seems to defeat the point of the "silent" heatpipes, if you can only fit a noisy cooler on your CPU.
 
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I was disappointed that I can't find any cooler which will fit inside the heatpipes, apart from the stock Intel HSF. So my Freezer 7 pro was a waste of money, also my beloved Scythe Ninja is definitely out of the question. It seems to defeat the point of the "silent" heatpipes, if you can only fit a noisy cooler on your CPU.
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Thanks payingattention, that's just what I wanted to know.

Sorry to hear you are having problems.
 
While I'm waiting for my RMA I'm actually going to try and "mod" my Freezer 7 pro, it's so annoying that the huge northbridge heatsink extends just a few millimetres too high, so if I cut away part of the plastic fan casing where it touches the northbridge, I might be able to get the Freezer 7 to fit.

The real problem with the heatpipes is that they cover 3 sides of the CPU socket - so my usual trick of rotating the cooler 90 degrees if it doesn't fit is never going to work.
 
I would have to say that you couldn't have tried much to get your freezer pro on as I have it on my DS4 and it fits fine. It only slightly touches the heat pipes and all you need to do to get it to fit is push the heat pipes slightly and it allows the cooler to lock in place. The only thing that touches is the plastic fan bracket on the freezer.

It's obviliously doing it's job as I have managed to overclock my 6420 by 60% and I have had no problems with my DS4 board. Temps at load are 52 for CPU and 40 for chipset.

I personally think it's a brilliant board and would recommend it to anyone. I have never once had to clear the CMOS even after a failed overclock it always manages to sort it's self out.
 
Perhaps your heatpipes are positioned slightly differently - I'm sure not every board has them fitted perfectly to the millimetre, they are metal components which are bent and soldered on after all. Yes, I could have fitted my freezer pro if I had bent the heatpipe slightly by pushing against it - but I'm not comfortable with doing that on a brand new board, especially when it seems I'm going to have to RMA the damn thing and I'd rather not give them any reason to claim it was my own fault.

I'm sure once I get a working board it will be great, though :)
 
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