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• GigaByte GA-P35-DS3L Motherboard

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: OzTambo

  Updated:10-24-08

  Duration of ownership:18 Days

  Strengths: Low price - under $100 Powerful overclocking utility built into the BIOSSupports the latest 45nm processorsshutdown/sleep/audio/mic all work with Vista & Leopard...

  Weaknesses: Personally I like the smaller form factor Mobo's but this is the bomb...

  Overall Evaluation: Support for Quad-Core, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium Extreme, and Pentium D CPUs (including 65nm chips)Max 8 gigs of ram (4 memory slots)(1) 16x PCI Express slot, (3) 1x PCI Express slots, and (3) PCI slots for maximum upgradability4 working SATA portsOnboard Realtek ALC888 sound card - fully working!4) external USB ports and (3) internal USB portsThis is one of the best-working, most hassle-free Hackintosh motherboards on the market. It offers rock-solid performance, excellent compatibility, and an assortment of expansion options. this review is really from Weaksause12... he summed the mobo up

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: fnpony

  Updated:02-04-08

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: overclock easily

  Weaknesses: tweaking only show as +, not true number. No Raid

  Overall Evaluation: I can overclock my E2180 from 200x10(2 GHz) to 400x8(3.2 GHz) with this motherboard, just like many many other reviewers. If I did something wrong, it would fix itself and I donot worry about srew up my hardwares. Wish it has Raid. Also the voltage increasement shows as +.1,+.2,etc. I wish it show 1.8V,1.9V instead. Go for this one and you cannot be wrong with this greatly reviewed one. Very happy experience!

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  5 Star Review

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  Updated:02-02-08

  Duration of ownership:1 Weeks

  Strengths: OC ability, sata connectors, WORKS LIKE IT SHOULD!

  Weaknesses: No raid, only 1 IDE connector.

  Overall Evaluation: Awesome board. I installed this, a e8400 and some crucial RAM and it booted on first try and went smooth from there. Also recognized my 500gig WD Sata HD with no trouble. The bios is easy to work with, and the supplied software is great. You can OC in the bios or within windows. From full advanced mode to a easy(percentage) mode.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: nabeel72

  Updated:01-22-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Stable, economical, Intel P35 chipset

  Weaknesses: No RAID, NO Firewire, only 1 PATA port

  Overall Evaluation: I bought this motherboard to build a faster rig. This is a basic P35 chipset based motherboard and at the time was competing with an ABIT MB which seemed to have a dual bootup problem. I am running it with 4x1 GB DD2 RAM and Vista Premium x64 with a Q6600 processor. It is very stable and fast. Using stock fan and no overclocking, I have not had any problems. I would highly recommend it for anyone who does not need RAID. If you need that, Gigabyte offers the DS3R model. The layout on it is pretty nice and allows for easy access to various components. 4 USB ports on the back panel and has headers for 8 more on the MB. In addition, it has digital Audio OUT on the back panel which is pretty nice if you need to use it in an HTPC. Overall very happy with the build quality and the price that I paid for it.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: sinpa

  Updated:01-17-08

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: competitive price, high quality and very nicely built.

  Weaknesses: no 1394 port, only one IDE port.

  Overall Evaluation: Bought this MB for my E4500, overclocked to 2.8GHz with no single problem, works great. I wish it could have a on-board 1394 port, so that I don't need to leave empty the 1394 port on the front panel of my computer case. Besides that, no complains. And the pro thing is, the SATA ports are easily accessible since they are vertical towards the MB.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: MechanicalMan

  Updated:01-10-08

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: Overclock friendly, low price

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall Evaluation: I?ve got this paired with an E2160 @ 3.15GHz. Obviously, at this price, it lacks certain features (RAID, firewire) that I don?t need. It also has only one IDE connector. But this board is a good performer with good BIOS controls. I had no problems with installation, setup, compatibility or anything else. It?s a pretty good value for a basic Intel board with good overclocking ability.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: rajaijah

  Updated:01-07-08

  Duration of ownership:3 Days

  Strengths: 4 SATA, supports c2extreme and quad core as well.1333 FSB support. optical spdif out which is great for HTPC purpose. My first OC experience and was a success with this board and E2180.

  Weaknesses: no onboard DVI or HDMI. only 1 PATA connection. All my DVD drives are PATA. NO e-SATA output.

  Overall Evaluation: I have version 2.0. It comes with 2 SATA cables as well. My case has a ESATA out and I just connected the ESATA cable in my case to one of the SATA port. overclocked my E2180 from 2.0G to 3.33 (333 FSB * 10 multiplier) easily on stock cooling. Gigabyte website says it supports upcoming 45nm processors which is great for upgrade in future. Download the latest bios from gigabyte website and update it in windows environment using @BIOSMy system: E2180 OC @ 3.33GHz, GA-P35-DS3L MB, 320GB seagate HD, 2 GB crucial Ballistix RAM (no OC), NEC DVD-Burner, EVGA e-GeForce 6200LE PCI-E video card.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: franklin411

  Updated:12-29-07

  Duration of ownership:4 Days

  Strengths: Easy overclocking, well made, best value for the money

  Weaknesses: BIOS could be more intuitive

  Overall Evaluation: This is just a fantastic motherboard. It's got all the features that most users will ever use--how many people do you know that actually use SLI or RAID? It's well made, durable, and intelligently designed/laid out, and offers the best value for your dollar of any comparable motherboard. The only downside is that the BIOS is slightly counterintuitive. In order to access the more complicated BIOS functions, you have to press CTRL-F1 to get to the "secret menu." A minor flaw in a fantastic board.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: jvxb

  Updated:11-30-07

  Duration of ownership:23 Days

  Strengths: super oc functionality, solid capacitors

  Weaknesses: no raid, no 1394

  Overall Evaluation: It is a great overlocking board. My intell e4500 core 2 duo runs stably at 3Ghz with stock fan and voltage. However vcore needs to be increased a little bit for 3.2G with stock fan.I am not sure if there is a small bug in the bios. cpu fan sometimes does not spin until I restart the computer when the room temperature goes pretty low. I then used easytune to set the minimal temp to 12C, and then it runs great.

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  2 Star Review

  Reviewed by: ahqiu

  Updated:11-29-07

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  Strengths: Lowe price, solid performance.

  Weaknesses: No raid controller

  Overall Evaluation: No eSATA and raid. Only 4 SATA ports .1333 FSB, but only support for 1066 RAM. Frontpanel audio pins are located at the back of the board about halfway up. Gigabyte EasyTune5 utility errored out on Vista about 50% of the time.

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GigaByte GA-P35-DS3L Motherboard

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