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Given the choice, which board would you buy and why?
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Asus P5B or Gigabyte 965P-DS3?
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DS3
It has 6 or 8phase power for cpu vs just 4phase on the P5B. Although it would be a tough call if prices are the same then not really a tough call, still the DS3. While both are ocing the same the ds3 has more features for the price vs the P5B.
It has 6 or 8phase power for cpu vs just 4phase on the P5B. Although it would be a tough call if prices are the same then not really a tough call, still the DS3. While both are ocing the same the ds3 has more features for the price vs the P5B.
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lol I thought it was the other way around completely, the ds3 has 6 phase and the P5B has 8
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the p5b-dlx had 8phase yes the plain P5B has 4phase, unless someone said it wrong on another forum from comparing the 2.Rattle said:
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well after looking at the mobo's from pics on newegg... looks like the p5b plain has 6 phase and ds3 has 4, i thought the ds3 had ich8r but i was wrong. well in this case its up to you but the ds3 with the right ram seems to oc slightly higher... i guess im going to have to change after looking and say nab the P5B.
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So, 8 phase power on the plain P5B too?
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Go p5b deluxe, too many people are hitting 500+ FSB to pass it up.
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Sean_Best said:
Has Asus fixed the ram compatibility issues yet?
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the only ram issue was with OCZ
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Rattle said:
Fixed yet?
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just buy gskill or Team group, better anyway
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Both boards have the ICH8 rather then the ICH8R southbridge.
In other words, no matirx raid.
I would look for another board.
soon to be out:
Asus P5B-E
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=307&model=1347&modelmenu=1
In my honest oppinon, more phases for power were more important for pressler and smithfeild CPU's.
In other words, no matirx raid.
I would look for another board.
soon to be out:
Asus P5B-E
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=307&model=1347&modelmenu=1
In my honest oppinon, more phases for power were more important for pressler and smithfeild CPU's.
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Maybe it will be for quad core...then again by the time that matters there will be other new chipsets and lots of other new stuff too.
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What BIOS are the P5B Dlx boards shipping with now?
I sold off my 805D so I will need Conroe support right out of the box.
I sold off my 805D so I will need Conroe support right out of the box.
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greenmaji said:
Thanks for the input.
I still haven't made a purchase. I just ordered some Mushkin PC2-6400, but I haven't got a CPU yet either.
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How so?d94 said:
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The early bios had some flakeyness with ram timings and settings.
And the bios doesn't have dividers it has multipliers from the base FSB, that alone can be confusing.
I'm not sure what d94's problem was unless he had some OCZ or higher cas DDR2 that didn't want to clock on it.
I still don't like the DS3 for lacking the ICH8R southbridge
And the bios doesn't have dividers it has multipliers from the base FSB, that alone can be confusing.
I'm not sure what d94's problem was unless he had some OCZ or higher cas DDR2 that didn't want to clock on it.
I still don't like the DS3 for lacking the ICH8R southbridge
