gigabyte mobo help

mattgaunt · 26 May 2007 at 19:39

Hey everyone

I just read the sticky about the Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 and Gigabyte GA_P35_DS3P about a list of problems with them.

Now are they good boards to go for?? im leaning more towards the DQ6 and im planning on puttin in the intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz in it with this CPU fan, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821

Main questions are

1) is the DQ6 a good board to go for??

2) Does anyone know if the CPU fan will fit on the board without problem of the copper all round the CPU

Thanks in advance for any help

Matt

Cob · 27 May 2007 at 11:39

The sticky is about the P965 Gigabyte boards. And the majority of their problems have been ironed out by now.

The P35-DQ6 does look like it's going to be a decent board, but I'm not sure if it's worth 30 odd quid more than the P35-DS4.

mattgaunt · 27 May 2007 at 18:03

thanks for the help

So what board would you recommend?

But may get the DQ6 just cos im planning on gettin the most out of the comp until it stops fiiting my needs and my old comp has last about 3 yrs soo i think i got the most out of it

Thanks for the help

Matt

Snapshot · 27 May 2007 at 20:08

I'd go for the DS4 and probably will in a couple of months. It's virtually the same as the DQ6 but without the heatsink underneath so is more flexible when choosing your cpu cooler.

stoofa · 27 May 2007 at 22:00

I own the P35-DQ6 and it is a lovely board.
I don't push mine anywhere near I'm sure I could - but what is in there is running well.
E6600 @ 3GHz
4GB (4x 1GB Geil DDR2 800 ULL)

The whole thing went together more or less without an issue.
The only two things I had to worry about were:

1. The cooling system on this board is setup for the Stock Intel cooling with it's 2-post push in design.
I use a Zalman, so to fit that I have to remove one of the "Crazycool" heatsinks from the reverse of the board.
This is actually explained in the manual (so something they expect a fair few people to do) and was done within minutes.

2. The "stack" of heatsinks near the CPU were high enough and positioned so that they got in the way of my Zalman.
However all I did was manually made it fit - the fins on the Zalman are very flexible, so I created a gap in them around the stack and then it all fitted together fine.

The Gigabyte is certainly a quality motherboard, it looks and feels like it when you remove it from it's rather elegant packaging.
Worth it's money?
Not 100% sure on that one - I just fancied something different to the Asus everyone else was buying at the time