Which of these boards ?

jamjar · 9 Feb 2007 at 22:44

Hi there ,can anyone tell me which of these boards is best suited to the C2D E6600 CPU ? Gigabyte DS3, DS4, or DQ6 ? :confused:

easyrider · 9 Feb 2007 at 22:57

DS3 IMO the best mobo for C2D in terms of price perfromance stabilty and overclockabilty

BUFF · 9 Feb 2007 at 23:26

I would say the DS4 (better cooling & power circuitry plus of course more features if they are relevant to you).

Cob · 10 Feb 2007 at 00:54

If you need firewire get the DS4.

If you don't, get the DS3.

mattpj · 10 Feb 2007 at 01:25

+1 to the DS3

jamjar · 10 Feb 2007 at 02:02

Cob said:
If you need firewire get the DS4.

If you don't, get the DS3.

don,t want to sound thick ,but what is firewire ? seems i,m alittle behind ,not updated my p.c in a few years !

faz123 · 10 Feb 2007 at 23:33

dont overlook the abit aw9d max board mate

faz

Jay_t · 11 Feb 2007 at 00:58

faz123 said:
dont overlook the abit aw9d max board mate

faz

Yep, its my favourite of the 4 core 2 duo boards I've tried and its on the 975 chipset. Its also great value for money.

SameSuspect · 11 Feb 2007 at 02:17

firewire is a type of cabling technology for transferring data to and from digital devices at high speed. Some professional digital cameras and memory card readers connect to the computer over FireWire. FireWire card readers are typically faster than those that connect via USB. Also known as IEEE 1394, FireWire was invented by Apple Computer but is now commonly used with Windows-based PCs as well.