P35 Motherboard

[Froboy7391_99]

What are your thoughts on this mobo?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128048

 

[eric92park]

Ohh, DDR3 but I dont think its going to be all pretty ...
Well, I am not too much of a Gigabyte fan...

 

[eric92park]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131181
I will go for this if you want DDR3 on you board

 

[Geoff]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131181
I will go for this if you want DDR3 on you board

I just bought the same exact one, but in DDR2 form.

I was looking at DDR3-based motherboards, but from reviews and benchmarks i've seen, DDR2 and DDR3 perform about the same at the same clock speeds, because DDR2 has much lower timings. This is exactly the same thing that happened when DDR2 came out.

Also, price quotes I've heard were $430 for a 2GB kit, which is pretty insane, seeing as how you can get a 2GB kit of DDR2 for $70.

 

[Froboy7391_99]

This is both DDR3 and DDR2 so I can upgrade when the 2 Gb kits become cheaper.
The asus is 120$ over my budget this is only $40 over, seems like apretty decent sacrifice to support Pernyn(sp?)

 

[Geoff]

This is both DDR3 and DDR2 so I can upgrade when the 2 Gb kits become cheaper.
The asus is 120$ over my budget this is only $40 over, seems like apretty decent sacrifice to support Pernyn(sp?)

I believe it's fairly similar to the Gigabyte 965P-DS3, just with a newer chipset. So it should be a great motherboard overall.

 

[Froboy7391_99]

I believe it's fairly similar to the Gigabyte 965P-DS3, just with a newer chipset. So it should be a great motherboard overall.

That's what I was hoping to hear .

 

[ducis]

That's what I was hoping to hear .

although it cant handle Xfire unlike its brother but its bro cant handle ddr3

 

[Froboy7391_99]

although it cant handle Xfire unlike its brother but its bro cant handle ddr3

Xfire isn't one of my greatest priorities, espicially when I'm using a 8800GTS

 

[eric92park]

I just bought the same exact one, but in DDR2 form.

I was looking at DDR3-based motherboards, but from reviews and benchmarks i've seen, DDR2 and DDR3 perform about the same at the same clock speeds, because DDR2 has much lower timings. This is exactly the same thing that happened when DDR2 came out.

Also, price quotes I've heard were $430 for a 2GB kit, which is pretty insane, seeing as how you can get a 2GB kit of DDR2 for $70.

You will only see difference if you use the a server OS with more than 6 GIG of RAM...

 

[Geoff]

Xfire isn't one of my greatest priorities, espicially when I'm using a 8800GTS

It only has one PCI-E slot, so it doesnt support either

You will only see difference if you use the a server OS with more than 6 GIG of RAM...

Where did you hear that? If there was a performance difference you would see it in a desktop computer as well.