GIGABYTE

Dwbreeze1982 · 4 Sep 2007 at 21:18

Whats the difference between the P35 DQ6 & the P35 DS4

is it worth the extra money, and im not worried about the new intel chipset as i need aboard by monday.

Thankyou

Tk7 · 4 Sep 2007 at 21:41

Just did a comparison on the Gigabyte website, and there doesn't look to be much between them.

The DQ6 has 4 eSata ports compared to 2 on the DS4, and has something called Crazy Cool which looks to be a better heatpipe cooling system compared to the standard set on the DS4.

Personally i'd go for the DS4 out of the two, I can't see that the extra features on the DQ6 are worth the higher price.

If someone knows different feel free to correct me.

Ian Marsh · 4 Sep 2007 at 22:06

Still learning here, but I think the crazy cool system on the back of the P35 DQ6 has to be removed if you want to fit a performance CPU cooler ?

BUFF · 4 Sep 2007 at 22:59

you can also look at the DS3P which is basically similar to the DS4 but again with different chipset cooling.

Locky · 5 Sep 2007 at 16:57

Ian Marsh said:
Still learning here, but I think the crazy cool system on the back of the P35 DQ6 has to be removed if you want to fit a performance CPU cooler ?

no, it doesnt, fitted a few diff coolers to my DQ6

the DQ6 has better voltage regulation, 2x 16x pci-e slots, the ds4 has 1x16 and 1x4

few other bits, very nice board

Ian Marsh · 5 Sep 2007 at 18:27

TiZoR said:
no, it doesnt, fitted a few diff coolers to my DQ6

the DQ6 has better voltage regulation, 2x 16x pci-e slots, the ds4 has 1x16 and 1x4

few other bits, very nice board

Ah right, I stand corrected.

BUFF · 5 Sep 2007 at 23:38

TiZoR said:
the DQ6 has better voltage regulation, 2x 16x pci-e slots, the ds4 has 1x16 and 1x4

the DQ6's physical x16 slots only run at x16 & x4 too

Truszy · 7 Sep 2007 at 23:32

I had to take off the crazy cool for my zalman 9700