My Gigabyte DS4 Rev 1.1 Build

musx64 · 9 Nov 2007 at 17:22

Hi

I just got my second new board, a DS4 Rev 1.1, I thought I'd share it with you lot !

The Box -->

It Contents: 4 x Serial ata cables, 1 x esata cable + power lead, 1 x 2 usb pci bracket, 1 x esata pci bracket, ide & Floppy Cable, IO Panel, booklet & CD.

The motherboard itself; and a big diffence from revision 1.0

Amazingly no Crazy Cool Heatsinks :

The Back Panel :

Zalman Backplate :

A thin layer of OCZ Ultra 5+

Ahh ! I can Just fit my Zalman, so people with other big coolers should'nt have a problem :

My 4GB of ram :

I let you know how it clocks soon.

sulli · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:09

I used one of these for a while, good board

EDIT: my bad i had a rev 1.0 ds4

WJA96 · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:10

I've got one on test and the new heatsinks on the chipset are very warm compare to the Rev 1.0 board.

musx64 · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:17

WJA96 said:
I've got one on test and the new heatsinks on the chipset are very warm compare to the Rev 1.0 board.

how much very warm are we talking about compared with rev. 1, as I was trying to get hold of one before i got my rev 1.1

WJA96 · 9 Nov 2007 at 19:45

musx64 said:
how much very warm are we talking about compared with rev. 1, as I was trying to get hold of one before i got my rev 1.1

It's enough of a difference for me to feel the need to comment on it. I generally build systems up on a bench to play with the overclocking as it's an awful lot easier to reset the CMOS. If I put the maximum voltage through the Northbridge the the Rev1.0 doesn't get hot. A little warm, maybe, but not hot hot. The Rev1.1 on the same settings crashes without a fan on the Northbridge, it's that hot.

They've obviously saved a bundle on the cooling on the newer Rev., but there was so little difference between the old DS4 and the DQ6, it's a wonder anyone ever bought a DQ6.

musx64 · 9 Nov 2007 at 22:14

**** another motherboard i have to get rid of :mad:

, that's probably why they have a northbridge fan header on the board, originally I was thinking going for a DFI Blood Iron, saving me a few ££'s.

MR. WJA96 what is the coolest board what you would recommend on a P35 Chipset. Pwwweeeaase help !!

WJA96 · 9 Nov 2007 at 22:34

If you can't find a Rev 1.0 DS4, then get a DQ6. They are usually only £10 or so more.

BTW - if anyone from Gigabyte is reading this - that's how you totally destroy the market for an otherwise perfectly good motherboard.

musx64 · 10 Nov 2007 at 05:48

MR. WJA96, but the DQ6 Cooling has been changed aswell into something similiar to the DS4

http://www.giga-byte.co.uk/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2532

Mind you is it not possible to send it back to the retailer under the Distance Selling Act, if your not happy with your purchase ?

WJA96 · 10 Nov 2007 at 08:00

Then I do know of someone selling a second-hand Blood-Iron on another forum.

musx64 · 10 Nov 2007 at 08:09

well the blood iron is retailing @ £90 + dly from a competitor.