Intel Core 2 DUO E6300

Virdi · 30 Sep 2006 at 07:33

Maddness - What chip are u running? and what kind of cooling?

Thanks

maddness · 30 Sep 2006 at 13:30

Virdi said:
Maddness - What chip are u running? and what kind of cooling?

Thanks

quadcore 6700 on water cooling :cool:

Socaddict · 30 Sep 2006 at 13:33

Technofr3ak said:
Better cooling on the DS4 using heatpipes
2 x PCI Express X16 slot(run @ x16, x4) on the DS4 where as DS3 has only one x16 PCIE slot

As regarding o/c they are both good it all matters down to the price, the ds3 with its excellent price budget clocks very very well
If you want features(like crossfire) + o/c go for the ds4 and if you just want to o/c with a budget go for the ds3

However, if you have a good few PCI expansion cards, the DS3 does have the extra PCI slot instead of the extra PCI-E graphics slot.

GRiDlock · 30 Sep 2006 at 13:34

My DS3 E6300 runs at 3.0 ghz 24/7, and will do 500fsb (3.5Ghz)..

wizardmaxx · 30 Sep 2006 at 13:38

Can a pci-e x4 slot accomodate a pci-e x1 card ?

Guess it can - A PCIe card will physically fit (and work correctly) in any slot that is at least as large as it is (e.g. an x1 card will work in a x4 or x16 slot)

Virdi · 30 Sep 2006 at 21:55

<maddness> said:
quadcore 6700 on water cooling

I'm jealous

OC_A64 · 1 Oct 2006 at 10:08

Agree with whoever said Asrock for the uber value end. Seem stable boards just don't expect frills/anything uber from them.

Mid range, IMO the P5B is an easier board to get along with than the DS3. IO/feature wise they're pretty similar too, if you need extra bits grab the Deluxe version, but the "vanilla" board for the price is an awsome buy.