Choosing Between Gigabyte DS3 and UD4

[dr0be]

I read a few threads suggesting that the UD4 is a great motherboard. The extra features (SLI compatible, two more SATAIII slots, 1 extra USB, and USB3.0) compared to the DS3 and the black matte color is calling my name, but other than the features listed above, there really isn't much of a difference between the two in text on newegg other than $50.

I'm buying a 2500k, 8GB DDR3-800, Zalman cooler, Antec DF-85 or HAF X case, Crucial M4 64GB SSD, and putting my GTX560Ti with that so I'm being picky as my budget keeps increasing (had to talk myself out of a 128GB M4 a couple times now). Is there really a huge difference or will the DS3 suffice?

 

[pugh]

I love my Ud4. I paired it with that same M4 you're buying. Fast and easy overclocker too.

The black matte sold me too.

 

[dr0be]

Anyone else?

 

[Mem]

Anyone else?

Personally neither,I would go with Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 which has more features ie supports PCI-E 3.0 with Ivy bridge CPUs.

Review here http://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asrock_z68_extreme4_gen3_review,1.html .

 

[Meghan54]

Personally neither,I would go with Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 which has more features ie supports PCI-E 3.0 with Ivy bridge CPUs.

You do know almost all the other brands of motherboards in Z68 at least are beginning to upgrade to support for PCI-e 3.0 via BIOS updates, right? (Such as Gigabyte's recent updates for their Z68 boards to support PCI-e 3.0.) So, ASRock certainly isn't the Lone Ranger in that respect.....PCI-e 3.0 support, that is.

 

[Mem]

You do know almost all the other brands of motherboards in Z68 at least are beginning to upgrade to support for PCI-e 3.0 via BIOS updates, right? (Such as Gigabyte's recent updates for their Z68 boards to support PCI-e 3.0.) So, ASRock certainly isn't the Lone Ranger in that respect.....PCI-e 3.0 support, that is.

Yep I know rest will eventually support it ,however with Asrock Extreme 4 Gen3 no need to bios flash,it also has better layout plus Broadcom Lan which I think is better then Realtek,not to meantion LED diagnostic and comes with USB 3.0 bay,did I meantion looks sexy with gold caps and black colour , last but not least better UEFI BIOS.

 

[DougoMan]

I'm trying to decide between those two boards as well.

One difference is that the larger chipset heatsinks might make for more stable overclocks. It's also bigger and those black Gigabyte boards just look soo nice in your case.

 

[MrTransistorm]

Make sure you compare the availability of options in BIOS. Some of the lower-end Gigabyte boards are missing or have limited adjustment of vital settings (i.e. CPU Vcore, LLC, PLL Overvoltage).