Gigabyte numbers?

[pvrbulls]

A few weeks ago someone explained the system Gigabyte uses to name their motherboards. As I recall, it was in the middle of a long thread. I bookmarked the thread, but lost it when my hard disk crashed.

Does anyone remember where it is?

Thanks,

Zane

 

[DarkRogue]

I don't remember where the thread was either, someone else may be able to help you out here. I did run into the same problem when I was searching for a new motherboard though. Here's what I can remember..

Here's what I salvaged from my old thread:
The E means it comes with Dynamic Energy Saver (Or Rev 2.1 of most P35 mobos - I don't know about the other chipsets as I only looked at P35)
The D is for Ultra Durable
The S3 is for Smart, Speed, Safe
The S4 is above + Silent Pipe cooling
The P is for Dual PCI-E x16 (According to Gigabyte's site.. but I think it's still limited to x16/x4 for the P35 chipset at least)
The R is for RAID support
The C is for DDR2 + DDR3 slots at once (4xDDR2 and 2xDDR3)
The T is DDR3 only
The L is the "light" version with stripped down features
The G means it has integrated video

I hope I'm not wrong with any of this, but it was what I came up with during my research a couple months ago. Hope that helps.

 

[pvrbulls]

Thanks, DarkRogue...
That is basically what I am looking for. I am trying to plan a new system and it is so confusing looking at all the different model #'s. I see from your sig that you are using the DS3P. I am looking at that and the DS4. Also, I am trying to decide between the E8400, Q6600 or possibly the Q9300. My current system is adequate for 95%+ of what I do, but I am getting into video editing and rendering and....well.... that's another story! What are you using your rig for?

Thanks for the help,

Zane

 

[DarkRogue]

My rig is a general use rig as it is my main and only PC. I build it to be able to handle games and everything else I plan on throwing at it at least decently, such as Photoshop, Video editing/encoding, office work, etc.

A specialized system will excel at each of those fields better than my PC, but my PC won't suffer dramatically at any one area either. If you're doing a lot more Video work than anything else, I'd suggest a quad core as they do that type of work much better than a dual core.