which p35 board

topher · 7 Sep 2007 at 17:25

was gonna get the abit ip35 but there's seems to be a few issues with them, like the random reboots!

would the gigabyte GA_P35_DS3R or Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R be a better choice!

Topher

SGWills · 7 Sep 2007 at 17:45

only difference between the two gigabyte boards is that the P35C DS3R has DDR3 memory slots where as the P35 DS3R only has the DDR2.

Personally i went for the P35 DS3R because by the time the price of DDR3 memory comes down , i would be looking to build a new rig and also the price of the motherboards would have dropped aswel

vapor matt · 7 Sep 2007 at 18:31

gigabyte P35-DQ6 can be found quite cheaply now, and i have to say having just built a system with this board its 100% solid and i found no issue's

The board has some serious chipset cooling aswell so worth a look!

Vimes · 7 Sep 2007 at 18:39

I am hoping that OC have the revision 2.0 of these great Gigabyte boards in by now (GA-P35-DS3R rev. 2.0) as they offer 8 USB ports on the I/O back panel. Although I'm possibly looking at the GA-P35C-DS3 (rev. 2.0) to buy myself.

BUFF · 8 Sep 2007 at 00:14

topher said:
was gonna get the abit ip35 but there's seems to be a few issues with them, like the random reboots!

What issues?
If you mean the double boot on cold for the IP35-E & IP35 that is cured with the new beta BIOS.
It's actually an inherent characteristic of the chipset which is why you'll see e.g. Asus & Gigabyte users also reporting it if things get a bit out of kilter.

topher · 8 Sep 2007 at 00:39

yes that was the issue I was referring to