Gigabyte 780G Boards

[Fox McCloud]

Hi
Im making a PC and I require a Micro-ATX 780g board.
But I just dont know which one to get since Gigabyte seem to have a million of them:

GA-MA78G-DS3H
GA-MA78G-DS3HP
GA-MA78GM-DS2H
GA-MA78GM-DS2HP
GA-MA78GM-S2H
GA-MA78GM-S2HP
GA-MA78GPM-DS2H

Which one is the best ?

Thanks

 

[SilentRunning]

Originally posted by: Fox McCloud
Hi
Im making a PC and I require a Micro-ATX 780g board.
But I just dont know which one to get since Gigabyte seem to have a million of them:

GA-MA78G-DS3H
GA-MA78G-DS3HP
GA-MA78GM-DS2H
GA-MA78GM-DS2HP
GA-MA78GM-S2H
GA-MA78GM-S2HP
GA-MA78GPM-DS2H

Which one is the best ?

Thanks

You can remove the first two because they are not Micro-ATX, pretty sure the "M" stands for Micro-ATX.

 

[Concillian]

The rest of the Gigabyte codes:

The P in the GPM section = sideport memory (graphics memory) This is likely a non-issue. If you care about this performance you would go with a discrete card.

In the "suffixes"

D = solid caps only (higher quality than the non D boards, not likely to be an issue)
S2H = designations that are the same for all boards

Not sure what the suffix P is standing for. The site shows an AM3 stamp, but don't know if anything else is different. The layouts look slightly different but similar components everywhere. Probably it's just a revision for AM3 support, but unsure.

 

[Fox McCloud]

Cool
So from a feature standpoint the GA-MA78GPM-DS2H is the best one ?

 

[FireTech]

Originally posted by: Fox McCloud
Cool
So from a feature standpoint the GA-MA78GPM-DS2H is the best one ?

Yes

 

[Fox McCloud]

Fabulous.

Would a Gigabyte 780G board be the best decision or are the other makes any better? I know Giga were the first out the door with it, as I have their first 780g in my HTPC. Im making this PC for a friend, so need a nice cheapy mATX with some good features as to keep it future proofed for awhile. Ideally would have a 790GX but priced far too high atm.
Hows about the Asus 7series line? Or Foxconn, been eyeing them up too.