The Gigabyte P35-DS3R Motherboard Review
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The Gigabyte P35-DS3R Motherboard Review
The GA-P35-DS3 motherboard is the latest high performance platform based on the killer combination of the new Intel P35 chipset from Intel and Gigabyte. The GA-P35-DS3 is part of the GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 2 Series of motherboards, featuring top quality electronic components which provide optimized power savings, ultra cooling and extended system durability. Read on to see how it performs compared to other leading chipsets!
Article Title: The Gigabyte P35-DS3R Motherboard Review
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/513/1/
Article Title: The Gigabyte P35-DS3R Motherboard Review
Article URL: http://www.legitreviews.com/article/513/1/
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good read! i guess we all were hoping for a big kaboom, but i'm just gonna sit and wait for the next P35 mobo review, i'm sure they'll up the ante!
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B450M PRO-VDH MAX
Ryzen 5 3600 w/PBO/OC
CM Hyper 212 EVO push/pull
Corsair VENGEANCE LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600 CL16
MSI RTX 3060 Ti Ventus 3X 8G OC LHR
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB
6GB Seagate HDD
EVGA 650BQ 650W PSU
ASUS VE278 27" monitor, Dell E2216HV (vertical)
Logitech Z533 2.1 Speakers, G935 7.1 or G435 headset
MS LXM-00001 keyboard
Razer Deathadder Elite, XBOX One Lunar Shift controller
I've come a long way from my original Core2Duo E6750 build y'all!
What about DFI??? Is there a mistake is the test setup info??? About the board.. it's good... but... for those SLI and now CFire fans lacks the 2nd PCIe x16 slot... to these guys there is the Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 with two PCIe x16 slots (one at x16 the other x4 when CrossFire enabled)... Non the less is a very nice Mobo....
No... it's only DDR3... at least for now... and probably for everkenc51 wrote:Will it support DDR2??Apoptosis wrote:remember the highend X38 chipset is still to come and that will be take over the market share for the 975X Express
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Not a big deal but... on page 5 SiSoft; Sandra 2007 bench still doesn't show those two cards...
***disregard*** all is fine now...
***disregard*** all is fine now...
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Great job!
One of its cons i believe is the lack of firewire.
Pros the lots of sata ports!
Actually the last one made me choose this one against P5K (only 4 ports? and 2 of them on jmicron? ) to finally change my mobo once prices settle down! Well not exactly this one, gigabyte has released so many variations of s3 board thats really tricky to remember names! There is another one just like this one but it also has 2xDDR3 slots extra (4x DDR2, 2x DDR3) and the difference in price is minimal.
One of its cons i believe is the lack of firewire.
Pros the lots of sata ports!
Actually the last one made me choose this one against P5K (only 4 ports? and 2 of them on jmicron? ) to finally change my mobo once prices settle down! Well not exactly this one, gigabyte has released so many variations of s3 board thats really tricky to remember names! There is another one just like this one but it also has 2xDDR3 slots extra (4x DDR2, 2x DDR3) and the difference in price is minimal.
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That was a editing error on my part. I have edited our setup to reflect that we lowered the timings to 5-5-5-18 and raised the vdimm to 2.4v on the p35 to make sure and take the ram out of the overclock. These modules have done very well for me, which is one reason I have held on to them for so long. They are able to push 1100+ddr easy. Sorry for the mistake. I also put my reaper in, but it made no difference.Kougar wrote:Y'all should try some different RAM in that board if possible, the RAM was limiting that overclock. With only a 2x multiplier 2x500FSB = 1GHz RAM, and from my experience with two 6400c4 kits that is the absolute OC limit of that ProMOS RAM.
You have actually run that specific Corsair 6400c4 kit at over 1,100MHz? If so then it couldn't be the same ProMOS chips they currently ship with? And which motherboard did this, nForce6 boards?
I've run both the 6400 and 6400c4 kits in my 965P-DS3, any volts higher than 2.1v on both would generate errors, and the system would hit a brick wall just over 3.5GHz / 1GHz on the RAM with both kits at 5-5-5-15. Timings of 6-6-6-20 didn't budge it, and 2.2v would make them unstable. I've seen similar results elsewhere so I know I'm not the only one.
I've run both the 6400 and 6400c4 kits in my 965P-DS3, any volts higher than 2.1v on both would generate errors, and the system would hit a brick wall just over 3.5GHz / 1GHz on the RAM with both kits at 5-5-5-15. Timings of 6-6-6-20 didn't budge it, and 2.2v would make them unstable. I've seen similar results elsewhere so I know I'm not the only one.
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Re: The Gigabyte P35-DS3R Motherboard Review
Hey guys, I got the GA-P35-DS3L which is the same basic board minus a few SATA ports. I saw on extreme hardwares site a review of it and they blew it up overclocking a Quad Core Extreme CPU at 1.5 volts. They seemed to blame the 4 pin atx power and said it should have been 8 pin. They were using a 550 watt sunbeam power supply. What do you think? Will this board handle a Quad Core Overclocked? Is there a design flaw with this board? I ask here since the P35-DS3R has the same 4 pin and basically its the same board.
I went and used the Power Supply calculator pro and it suggest a minimum power supply of 578 watts if they are using 1.5 volts, a Q6700 extreme, (2) DVDRWs, (2) USB Devices... Seems like the power supply was a little to small for what they were doing?
I went and used the Power Supply calculator pro and it suggest a minimum power supply of 578 watts if they are using 1.5 volts, a Q6700 extreme, (2) DVDRWs, (2) USB Devices... Seems like the power supply was a little to small for what they were doing?
Re: The Gigabyte P35-DS3R Motherboard Review
Holy thread revival batman!
If you are worried about insufficient power, get a Corsair 620HX.
The answer is a resounding Yes! I just build a rig around the DS3L and overclocked a Q6600 to 3.6Ghz (1.4v) stable using a Freezer 7 Pro and a Corsair 520HX PSU...stable is they come and plenty of power since it is such a high quality PSU.ap90033 wrote:Hey guys, I got the GA-P35-DS3L. What do you think? Will this board handle a Quad Core Overclocked?
I have seen absolutely no evidence of a design flaw with this board. It has performed like a champ...highly recommended P35 budget board!ap90033 wrote: Is there a design flaw with this board?
If you are worried about insufficient power, get a Corsair 620HX.