Intel 965 vs Asus P5B vs Gigabyte DS3

[phillyman36]

Which one are you leaning towards Amanda? I dont have another 775 cpu so i have to get a mobo that supports it out the box.

 

[Amanda85]

Not sure yet. Probably the Asus

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: gobucks
i think a lot of the options on the DS3, like memory timings and such, are hidden. i think you have to hit like CTRL + F1 or something to unlock them. i have heard it's a great board for overclocking, although there are some goofy memory issues I'm hoping will be corrected.

More to the point though, if you're SURE you don't want to overclock, then the intel board will do just fine. it is probably stable, it's cheap, and the features are nice, although it seems like such a shame not to overclock those fine 65nm chips..... . also, doesn't intel use a pretty nice audio chipset with their azalia mobos? I though i read that they have stuff like dolby master studio and dolby digital live (something i really wish the DS3 included).

All the issues I saw with my DS3 were fixed with the latest beta F4C BIOS, including the memory issue.