Gigabyte P35-DS4 questions

AngelicPenguin · Feb 3, 2008

I was looking at this board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128064

And noticed it had two PCI Express x16 slots. If it cannot do SLI or crossfire, what is the purpose of the second slot?

The board also looked a bit costly - is it because of the second PCI-E slot? I'd like a great P35 overclocker with RAID.

-Matthew

MachineDog · Feb 3, 2008

Same question, looking at the same board for my system.

Sam__ · Feb 3, 2008

if u want a single GFX card, P35 board with raid then the GA-P35-DS3R is a good choice....I love mine.

sk1llz · Feb 3, 2008

it DOES crossfire.

And the RAID 0 performance is awesome on the ICH9R chipset. But i'd recommend ds3r for single GPU config.

AngelicPenguin · Feb 4, 2008

Thanks! Which one

The DS3R looks like a good choice, but there seems to be many revisions here:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=gigabye+ds3r&x=0&y=0

I see the most expensive board has DDR3 (which I did not plan to use.)

Could I just get the cheapest? Or do the newer revisions make a difference?

forceman · Feb 5, 2008

The DS4 also has the heatpipe cooling on the northbridge and power components, which could be helpful if you plan to push the FSB a lot.

AngelicPenguin · Feb 5, 2008

Hmm...that board is a bit more expensive...think it's worth the difference in price? I see an open box item on it...I'm sorta worried about buying an open box since it could have been returned as it didn't perform well.

FYI, If I DID buy that board, I believe my specs would be almost IDENTICAL to yours. I'm buying the G Skill RAM, own an EVGA 8800 GTS (640 meg, the older one), the Ultra 120, and I have an Antec 550 Watt PS

silkshadow · Feb 6, 2008

I've got this board and I really like it a lot. I've only had it running for a a bit over a week though so everything is still pretty fresh. I plan on doing some serious pushing on it this weekend so no reports on that score yet

. I'm only running 1 card in it, but it does support crossfire (though I've got an 8800 in it). I wanted the extra PCIe 16x slot for possibly putting a raid card in it at some point.

Drinkyoghurt · Feb 6, 2008

I can confirm though that like my older 965p-ds3, this p35-ds4 rev 2.1 does 500fsb without a sweat

AngelicPenguin · Feb 6, 2008

Thanks everyone for the help...I bought the DS4

Drinkyoghurt · Feb 6, 2008

what revision did you get?

forceman · Feb 6, 2008

I just got mine from Newegg last week, and it was a rev 2.1 so hopefully you'll get the same.

GT3mich · Feb 6, 2008

AngelicPenguin said:
Hmm...that board is a bit more expensive...think it's worth the difference in price? I see an open box item on it...I'm sorta worried about buying an open box since it could have been returned as it didn't perform well.

FYI, If I DID buy that board, I believe my specs would be almost IDENTICAL to yours. I'm buying the G Skill RAM, own an EVGA 8800 GTS (640 meg, the older one), the Ultra 120, and I have an Antec 550 Watt PS

I bought an open box Gigabyte MB from Newegg 2 weeks ago and had the same reservations. Would all the parts and CD's be in the box? Well everything was there so I picked up a Ga P35-DS3L for $66. I've been very happy with the purchase.

AngelicPenguin · Feb 11, 2008

It should arrive today. How do I know which revision it is?

forceman · Feb 11, 2008

It is printed on the box - it's on a sticker on the side on mine. Should be on the board as well, but I can't recall for sure.

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