What motherboard ..around £100 limit

dannyd123 · 14 Dec 2006 at 17:10

I'm looking to get a motherboard for my E6600 chip..i'l mainly be gaming and definately overclocking but i'm not bothered wether the board supports sli or not ..any reccomendations? :cool:

steve258 · 14 Dec 2006 at 17:34

DS3 it is then.

dannyd123 · 14 Dec 2006 at 17:36

whats good about the DS3..like what seperates it from other mobo in the same price range

thefish · 14 Dec 2006 at 17:55

its an exceptional overclocking board

dannyd123 · 14 Dec 2006 at 18:00

i'll read some reviews and maybe look into gettin it..thanks

Cob · 14 Dec 2006 at 18:04

It's a great little board. You should have no problem maxing out your e6600 on it.

Tho you should look at the DFI Infinity too.

WJA96 · 14 Dec 2006 at 18:20

Also look at the Gigabyte S3. It is the same board as the DS3, but it does not have solid capacitors. The D in DS stands for durability apparently and the S3 will last about 3 years in normal use while the DS3 will last another 2 or 3 years beyond that. If (like me) you tend to change motherboards every few months, you may as well get the S3 as otherwise it's exactly the same as the DS3. And it's £20 cheaper too.

Jonny L · 14 Dec 2006 at 18:50

Is this true about the S3? If so that is brilliant, does it still overclock as well as a DS3?

WJA96 · 14 Dec 2006 at 19:01

Jonny L said:
Is this true about the S3? If so that is brilliant, does it still overclock as well as a DS3?

No, I'm a liar :rolleyes:

It's exactly the same board, same specs, same BIOS, same everything - the only difference is in the capacitors used.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/ga-965p-s3.html has pictures of the offending capacitors.

Jonny L · 14 Dec 2006 at 19:07

Wow, thanks a lot, this is a great find.

LoadsaMoney · 14 Dec 2006 at 20:34

Yep S3 is exactly the same board apart from the solid caps as said.