I've decided to get one of these Gigabyte motherboards, and the only real difference I see is lack of raid for the ds3l, and the northbridge heatsink is slightly smaller than the ds3r. I'll be using this motherboard for oc'ing my current pentium d until penryn arrives next year and I upgrade, so is there any major difference between the overclockability between these boards?
Alright, so as long as I don't plan on buying a $1k QX9650 (or w/e it's called) I'm good to go with a DS3R until I eventually upgrade to Intel's next socket?
So what is the desktop Penryn's fsb going to be? I was planning on buying a new motherboard, a Gigabyte P35-DS3R, but if the X38 chipset is more future proof I was thinking of going with one of Asus or Gigabyte's new X38 motherboards.
Sorry bud, with the current hardware, it will be impossible to play well at that resolution. Wait for the new 8800gts or the RV670 cards to come out, also wait and possibly snag the Extreme quad core penryn coming out next month.
I need a decent sound card because I'm getting some Sennheiser's and I don't want to use the crappy onboard Realtek. What is a good soundblaster sound card under $50?
Also, how good is the Gigabyte DS3R for overclocking? I've decided I'm gonna buy one of these and overclock the living hell out of Pentium D until Penryn comes out.
I don't admit defeat because I bought my 8800GTS 3 months ago and since then I've played a lot of games. At that time it was the best choicedayaccus007
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