DS3/P

Jimmy1983 · 1 Apr 2007 at 21:59

Is it worth paying the extra for the DS3P or is the DS3 just as good, sorry for another thread on it, but I can't remember what the differences are other than the FSB.

mishima · 1 Apr 2007 at 22:01

It supports firewire, has solid capacitors and has fixed compatibility problems that some were experiencing with the DS3 board. Would be silly to buy a DS3 over a DS3P!

Jimmy1983 · 1 Apr 2007 at 22:10

mishima said:
It supports firewire, has solid capacitors and has fixed compatibility problems that some were experiencing with the DS3 board. Would be silly to buy a DS3 over a DS3P!

Thanks, Iam going to order the DS3P with the Lian Li PC7.

mishima · 1 Apr 2007 at 22:14

Excellent stuff, excellent motherboard the DS3P - good choice!

Slackjaw190 · 1 Apr 2007 at 22:27

Got one the other day and im very pleased with it

Jimmy1983 · 1 Apr 2007 at 22:29

Slackjaw190 said:
Got one the other day and im very pleased with it

A P version? What spec other components have you got running with it?

Jaaay · 2 Apr 2007 at 00:31

My DS3 Rev. 3.3 has all solid capacitors and supports upto FSB 1333, sadly no firewire, though i dont use it, and have one on my case anyhow

; the PC-7

Warpy · 2 Apr 2007 at 06:50

I have the DS3P and I too was asking the same question as you before I got my board. I'm very happy I got the DS3P, supports high FSB and better features. For the additional price tag it's worth a crack.

WJA96 · 2 Apr 2007 at 08:32

I have to be honest and say I did think the DS3 Rev 3.3 and the DS3P were the same board, but they appear to be two completely separate products. Can anyone confirm this?

BEn_2600+ · 2 Apr 2007 at 08:37

WJA96 said:
I have to be honest and say I did think the DS3 Rev 3.3 and the DS3P were the same board, but they appear to be two completely separate products. Can anyone confirm this?

Yeah the DS3P supports 1333fsb nativly where as the DS3 needs a Bios update, also the DS3P has 2 PCI-E slots.

Ben

WJA96 · 2 Apr 2007 at 08:51

BEn_2600+ said:
Yeah the DS3P supports 1333fsb nativly where as the DS3 needs a Bios update, also the DS3P has 2 PCI-E slots.

Ben

And Firewire?

pastymuncher · 2 Apr 2007 at 10:25

BEn_2600+ said:
Yeah the DS3P supports 1333fsb nativly where as the DS3 needs a Bios update, also the DS3P has 2 PCI-E slots.

Ben

Only Ver 3.3 supports native 1333 fsb. Ver 1.0 and 2.0 does not. They support 1066/800/533fsb. It does have firewire, 2 on the motherboard for front panel and another on the rear I/O panel. 2x Pci-e slots for graphics, a 16x slot and a 4x slot and it does support crossfire.

This is the easiest overclocking rig i have ever had.

Darg · 2 Apr 2007 at 10:53

The only thing that would make me buy a DS3 over a DS3P would be the extra PCI slot. 2 just isn't enough for me at the moment. Soundcard and wireless network card take up those two then I have no room for expansion. Does anyone know if there are any PCI-E sound cards that fit into those damn small factor PCI-E slots that nothing uses?

pastymuncher · 2 Apr 2007 at 11:28

I don't think so. Something to do with not enough bandwidth being available for sound cards. These 1x slots are pointless IMHO. At the moment anyway.

Darg · 2 Apr 2007 at 11:53

Don't they realise that a lot of people use more then 2 PCI slots? Why are they pushing boards with 2 or even 3 PCI-E 1X slots when nothing uses them??

RobH · 2 Apr 2007 at 12:13

I went for the DS3. I agree with the excessive amount of PCI-E 1x slots on the board though. I have yet to find something that uses it.