Not sure to go with Asus or Gigabyte.

n3crius · 27 Sep 2007 at 22:51

Both P35 series look good in reviews I've seen. I'm looking for a board for a Q6600.

With the Gigabyte. The GA_P35T_DQ6 is DDR3, but does that take DDR2 also? I'm thinking if it's compatible with both I should go with that. Otherwise, I'll have to go with the Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6 for DDR2.

With ASUS, the P5K series sounds great from what I've read. There are so many of these things I can't figure out which one I want if I opt for ASUS again

. Again, if I am planning to upgrade to DD3 I think it'd have to be the Asus P5K3 Deluxe WiFi. Bit more pricey but ASUS has always been solid for me in the past, don't mind paying a bit more if it's quality. Another bonus is the Wifi - if it works well, I'm going to save on some space in the PCI area.

Throw me your opinions and advice please fellas.

BFG_9000 · 27 Sep 2007 at 22:57

Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6

Rock solid performance, very highly recommended.

n3crius · 27 Sep 2007 at 22:59

So you're saying not to fuss over DDR3 at all and go for the DDR2 board?

Kobrakai · 27 Sep 2007 at 22:59

DDR2 and DDR3 are not compatible with each other. There are a couple of boards that have separate slots for DDR2 and DDR3 though ...I know Gigabyte do one. Personally I would go with DDR2 as DDR3 is way to expensive right now and not really worth it imo.

From what I’ve seen Asus have gone downhill lately and there’s been a lot of problems. That’s why I went with Gigabyte anyway.

BFG_9000 · 27 Sep 2007 at 23:10

n3crius said:
So you're saying not to fuss over DDR3 at all and go for the DDR2 board?

You won't see any real diffrence between DDR2 & DDR3 as recent bench testing has shown..

Save you money and get some good DDR2 memory.. :cool:

r0cky · 27 Sep 2007 at 23:34

BFG_9000 said:
Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6 Rock solid performance, very highly recommended.

I'm also after a Gigabyte board (coming away from Asus). The DQ6's have crazy cool, do the DS4's? Ideally I like something like the Noctua fan, but I don't think it fits any of these?

The GA_P35_DQ6 is £129 getting close to the price of the GA_X38_DQ6 of £176.

At the moment I thinking between:

GA_P35_DS4 or just spend a wad and get the GA_X38_DQ6

artaxerxes · 27 Sep 2007 at 23:42

Gigabyte for me... never had much luck with the Asus. Recently there have been a lot borked with BIOS flashes.

V|per · 28 Sep 2007 at 00:00

Personally, i'd opt for the Abit ip35 pro, played with one of these the other day, and they really do live up to their reviews..

Servo · 28 Sep 2007 at 00:09

Gigabyte for me, just got my quad 3.8 stable.

n3crius · 28 Sep 2007 at 13:41

Seems there have been some RAM compatability issues with the GA_P35_DQ6. Is anyone running OCZ PC2-8500 HPC with this board? This is the ram I'm thinking about getting along with it. Would there be any problems with it? I don't see it in the compatible RAM section in the sticky for this board.