mkjaekmi

Which is better for gaming? What's the difference between the 2nd link and the 3rd link? Whats the difference between x38 ad x38t?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128068

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128080

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128066

mkjaekmi

anyone know?

daisymtc

X38 - Ddr2 Ram
X38t - Ddr3 Ram

mkjaekmi

so x38 supports only ddr3? or ddr2 and ddr3?

So http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128080
is the best?

JohnJSal

I believe X38 is the only Intel chipset that supports DDR3, but there are some X38 boards that still use DDR2. As daisymtc said above, X38T denotes a board that requires DDR3.

So that first link requires DDR3 RAM. The other two links seem almost identical. A couple of differences:

1. The DS4 supports a slightly higher clock speed for memory
2. The DQ6 lists "Matrix RAID" while the DS4 does not -- not sure if that's significant
3. The DS4 has 2 less onboard SATA 3Gb/s connections

I don't know which is "best" (I would think the DQ6 would be, because it's a newer model, isn't it?), but I think I agree with your choice of the DS4.