DS3/DS4/DS6 Version 3.3

Version 3.3 is meant to have support for chips using the 1333MHz FSB, such as the E6750.

http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4507

That article should explain most of it hopefully. I'm thinking of waiting a bit then maybe getting one of these rev3.3 boards. Hopefully it'll help with "future proofing" a little bit.

Ideally I'd like a board that you can just drop in a 45nm (Penryn?) cpu when they eventually get released. But no-one knows yet if the current mobos will support them. They will almost certainly be socket 775 cpu's, but there may be voltage issues that mean that existing mobos still won't support them. Guess only time will tell!

But at least the Rev3.3 boards should have full support for the newer 65nm cpu's, running the higher 1333MHz FSB like the 6750.
 
Trouble with motherboards is that Intel wants you to upgrade to their new 1333 FSB desktop chipsets (bearlake) instead of using the 965 so they have dangled the carrot of PCI Express 2.0 for all the rabid Nvidia and ATI fans to upgrade to.

I've long since subscribed to the " never buy a motherboard over £100 " rule because as soon as you have, something new will render it yesterdays technology.(Intels favourite trick is to change the VRM spec for the CPU whilst keeping the socket the same and AMD just change the socket type)
 
Thanks folks. I'd missed the 1333 fsb support.


Oswold said:
I've long since subscribed to the " never buy a motherboard over £100 " rule because as soon as you have, something new will render it yesterdays technology.
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Thank goodness for Ebay. It used to be more difficult finding buyers for motherboards :D
 
Oswold said:
I've long since subscribed to the " never buy a motherboard over £100 " rule because as soon as you have, something new will render it yesterdays technology.(Intels favourite trick is to change the VRM spec for the CPU whilst keeping the socket the same and AMD just change the socket type)
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I've found that AMD are good at keeping sockets etc.
sure that other socket (754?) was a lame duck, but other than that they stick with one and use that (Socket A, 939, AM2 over what? 10 years?)
 
VeNT said:
I've found that AMD are good at keeping sockets etc.
sure that other socket (754?) was a lame duck, but other than that they stick with one and use that (Socket A, 939, AM2 over what? 10 years?)
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You forgot Super Socket 7
 
And Slot-A...

And going from 200FSB > 266FSB > 333FSB > 400FSB on SktA each of which required a new chipset...

AMD and Intel are as bad as each other.
 
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