DS3L or DS3R

[jawknee530]

I'm looking at these two motherboards:
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R
it looks to me that the only difference is the L has the ICH9 and the R has the ICH9R south bridge. the only thing the R has extra is firewire and extra SATAs with RAID. I don't need firewire or RAID so should I get the L? will the L overclock the same as the R?

 

[renethx]

Other differences are:

• 4 phase power vs. 6 phase power
• ALC888 (97 dB SNR) vs. ALC889A (106 dB SNR)

OC ability is more or less the same. BTW DS3R has no firewire either.

 

[drakore]

if price is an issue i would look at the Abit IP35-E. Also check out the DFI Infinity Blood.

The DS3R is a wicked board.

 

[ultra99]

^how wicked? 😀 😉

 

[drakore]

sooooooo wicked.... although the DQ6 is more wicked... so on a scale of 1 to 10, DS3R 8, DQ6 10

 

[jawknee530]

Originally posted by: renethx
Other differences are:

• 4 phase power vs. 6 phase power
• ALC888 (97 dB SNR) vs. ALC889A (106 dB SNR)

OC ability is more or less the same. BTW DS3R has no firewire either.

I dont know what the difference between 4 and 6 phase power is other than 2 phases. off to the internets to find out.

 

[renethx]

More power phases imply better system stability (at least theoretically).

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2589&p=2

 

[ultra99]

Originally posted by: drakore
sooooooo wicked.... although the DQ6 is more wicked... so on a scale of 1 to 10, DS3R 8, DQ6 10

good good, because I just bought the DS3R and wanted to know how was it.

 

[Heidfirst]

Originally posted by: renethx
More power phases imply better system stability (at least theoretically).

all other things being equal but they rarely are (& especially when marketing gets involved & tries to call things something that they really aren't ...)

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Well designed 3/4-phase board is just as good as the 8/12-phase board. Less phase = Less heat and lower power consumption.

 

[jawknee530]

Originally posted by: SerpentRoyal
Well designed 3/4-phase board is just as good as the 8/12-phase board. Less phase = Less heat and lower power consumption.

the article that renethx pointed to states that the more phases the less heat and less power consumption because of more stability.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Originally posted by: jawknee530

Originally posted by: SerpentRoyal
Well designed 3/4-phase board is just as good as the 8/12-phase board. Less phase = Less heat and lower power consumption.

the article that renethx pointed to states that the more phases the less heat and less power consumption because of more stability.

What does stability have to do with efficiency? Any additional circuit added with draw more power! Asus P5B Deluxe with 8-phase, for example uses about 20 to 30 more watts than an Abit IP35-E with 4-phase.