S3 and DS3, what difference does the D make?
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Rambo
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No, not necessarily.
And no...
The DS3 is practically the same as the S3, apart from the fact that it has All-solid capacitors (means they'll live longer, etc)...
However, which DS3 model are you referring to? The 965G or 965P one? Because the 965G has integrated graphics.
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Burgerbob
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The DS3 is just a little more hardy/durable, maybe it will take the strain of OCing for longer. Its not really a matter of years and such.
Rambo
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You can't put it down to an exact figure. The capacitors are just of better quality than that of the S3's. It's up to you if you wan't it or not. Personally, if it were out back in July/August 2006, I would've bought the S3. But it wasn't available back then (at least, I didn't see it).
and one more thing about OCing on these boards.
my first OC i had to clear my CMOS a lot until i got into the OCing rhythm. but on these boards there are only two pins for clearing the CMOS right, and they come without a jumper? so how would i clear it, or would i ever need to?
i did this OC on a nvidia 5 series chipset, how does this compare to the 965P chipset?
my first OC i had to clear my CMOS a lot until i got into the OCing rhythm. but on these boards there are only two pins for clearing the CMOS right, and they come without a jumper? so how would i clear it, or would i ever need to?
i did this OC on a nvidia 5 series chipset, how does this compare to the 965P chipset?
Rambo
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Well, if it does come to the point where you need to clear the CMOS, just remove the battery on the motherboard.
But, one thing I notice which is different to all my other systems I have overclocked with - the BIOS resets itself. That's right. Whenever I have gone too far, or overclocked something incorrectly, it makes a few beeps, then turns itself off. After a second or two, it turns back on again and voila. Back to default settings.
This happens usually all the time, however there have been a few occasions when it didn't work, and I had to manually reset the CMOS.
But, one thing I notice which is different to all my other systems I have overclocked with - the BIOS resets itself. That's right. Whenever I have gone too far, or overclocked something incorrectly, it makes a few beeps, then turns itself off. After a second or two, it turns back on again and voila. Back to default settings.
This happens usually all the time, however there have been a few occasions when it didn't work, and I had to manually reset the CMOS.
Core2Conroe
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Well, if it does come to the point where you need to clear the CMOS, just remove the battery on the motherboard.
But, one thing I notice which is different to all my other systems I have overclocked with - the BIOS resets itself. That's right. Whenever I have gone too far, or overclocked something incorrectly, it makes a few beeps, then turns itself off. After a second or two, it turns back on again and voila. Back to default settings.
This happens usually all the time, however there have been a few occasions when it didn't work, and I had to manually reset the CMOS.
or instead of removing the mobo's battery, you could slip a jumper onto the pins or do what I do and wedge a flathead screw driver between it carefully and push the power buttion a couple of times...
Core2Conroe
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yup, even 5 seconds....