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Old 12-24-2007, 03:19 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oscaryu1 View Post
X38 supports 45nm's natively and has PCI-E 2.0, and DDR3. That's basically all it has over the P35's
Actually both P35 and X38 chipsets support both DDR2 and DDR3 versions (not both at once).

I would go with the X38 unless you are looking for a budget board, since the cheapest X38 is about $220.
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