How good is the Gigabyte S3 compared to the DS3?

pieman109 · 7 Oct 2007 at 23:35

I'm looking at replacing a mate's mobo a c2d mobo and it appears that this could fit the bill. I've currently got a DS3 which I know reasonably well in the bios, so an S3 would be very similar which makes setting up a lot easier.
So, is the s3 versh worth getting or should I go for the DS3?
Cheers.

Hxc · 7 Oct 2007 at 23:43

With the older DS3s that used the 945 chipset the only difference was the lack of solid state capacitors, this may have changed though.

easyrider · 8 Oct 2007 at 00:01

If getting a new mobo now get a p35 chipset

Rroff · 8 Oct 2007 at 01:16

AFAIK the main differences are lack of the solid state/ultra durable stuff, lack of a RAID controller and a couple of other minor differences.

RaiderX · 8 Oct 2007 at 02:07

the only difference between the S3 and DS3 is that the DS3 uses solid state capacitors

pieman109 · 8 Oct 2007 at 09:23

Cheers for the info guys.