Good Components For the DS3??

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As you know I have been asking a lot of questions lately about mobos for the E6600 and I have finally decided on a DS3. I would like for EXPERIENCED people with a DS3, to tell me what they use and if it's good for OC'ing an E6600.

Memory(preferably 2gb 800mhz)?
Any problems with any HD's or optic drives?
Driver issues?
Will it support an 88:D:eek:GTS correctly?

Thanks you guys are awesome:)
 
I've had no issues and good overclocks. You can check my specs in my sig. It will work perfectly with the hardware you've specified, although of course there's only one IDE controller, so you can only use two IDE devices without adding a controller card.
 
I don't need more than 2 IDE devices, 2 drives is fine with me, Of course, if I really needed more drives I would use SATA instead of IDE
 
I've overclocked my 1.86 Ghz CPU (E6300) to 3.5 Ghz with this board. It's fantastic!

Memory:

You'll need RAM which can operate with 1.8v RAM, otherwise you wont even get it to turn on. This is due to the default RAM voltage in the BIOS being set to 1.8v, so anything above that wont work (you will probably get away with RAM that requires 1.9v though)...

I'd recommend PC2 6400 (DDR2 800) RAM if you want to do some serious overclocking. This will do the trick quite nicely: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590

Any problems with any HD's or optic drives?

None at all...

Driver issues?

Nope.

Will it support an 8800GTS correctly?

Yes.

:)
 
A great mobo and awesome for OCing the only one that could beat it would be the Commando board by asus, but thats almost 100.00. It also supports SLI.
 
Rambo said:
I've overclocked my 1.86 Ghz CPU (E6300) to 3.5 Ghz with this board. It's fantastic!

Memory:


I'd recommend PC2 6400 (DDR2 800) RAM if you want to do some serious overclocking. This will do the trick quite nicely: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590

Any problems with any HD's or optic drives?

None at all...

Driver issues?

Nope.

Will it support an 8800GTS correctly?

Yes.

:)
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What do you think pf this RAM:

http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=011680&cid=RAM.475
 
That won't work I'm afraid, the voltages are like 2.1v. try looking for some GeIL stuff like mine or some Corsair.
 
if you are a newb to PC building, do your homework, check and double check. I was told by Rambo and ETSA, both of them own a DS3, to go with this RAM
 
There is another 2 gig set identical to that but with these latencies 5-5-5-12. The board only supports those, well, so it says, you could always lower those, but why pay extra...
 
Notice: Only DDR2-800 memory supporting JEDEC approved 1.8V operation with timings of 5-5-5 or 6-6-6 is supported on Intel Desktop Boards based on Intel 965 Express Chipsets.

From gigabyte.

However voltages can be altered.
 
I don't want to Hijack the thread, but I was wondering if this RAM would work in the DS3?

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...m9kdWN0X3NwZWNpZmljYXRpb25z&product_uid=74116

EDIT: This is the motherboard you're on about isn't it?
ga-965p-s3.jpg
 
ETSA said:
Notice: Only DDR2-800 memory supporting JEDEC approved 1.8V operation with timings of 5-5-5 or 6-6-6 is supported on Intel Desktop Boards based on Intel 965 Express Chipsets.

From gigabyte.

However voltages can be altered.
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Now I am confused. What is JEDEC? Of the 2 corsairs I mentioned above, which one is compatible? The G.Skill I can get for $225 Canadian. What do you recommend? Thanks.
 
Rambo said:
I've overclocked my 1.86 Ghz CPU (E6300) to 3.5 Ghz with this board. It's fantastic!

Memory:

You'll need RAM which can operate with 1.8v RAM, otherwise you wont even get it to turn on. This is due to the default RAM voltage in the BIOS being set to 1.8v, so anything above that wont work (you will probably get away with RAM that requires 1.9v though)...

I'd recommend PC2 6400 (DDR2 800) RAM if you want to do some serious overclocking. This will do the trick quite nicely: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145590

Any problems with any HD's or optic drives?

None at all...

Driver issues?

Nope.

Will it support an 8800GTS correctly?

Yes.

:)
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Not entirely true, I'm using my G Skill 2.0-2.1v RAM in my DS3.
 
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