P35 vs. P31 chipset

[SlyReaper]

Both seem to support a FSB of 1333MHz, and both support quad cores and 45nm CPUs. Can anyone explain the difference please, and explain why P35 chipset boards are more expensive than P31 chipset boards?

 

[pingwing]

P35 supports up to 8 gig of ram in dual channel, P31 only does 4 (it cant handle dubble sidded dimms in dual channel i think)

 

[Vir]

Quoted from an American board someone said this:

p31 has ich7 which has max 4 sata ports.

p35 has ich9 which has max 6 sata.

p31 has max 2 dimms, p35 has max 4 dimms. ich 7 has a real native ide port , ich9 doesnt so you are stuck with bridges from jmicron / marvell.

I think P35 overclocks a bit better aswell...