Is a P35 mainboard the only best buy at the moment

[bramdo]

Hi,

i'm eagerly awaiting my setup but the gigabyte p35 with ddr3 won't be available untill 10 days.
What I have:
Duo COre E6320
Sparkle Geforce 8800 GTS 320
Antec p150 (latest version) 430W HE
Arctic Freezer Pro
Kingston 2X1 GB DDR2 PC6400 44412
2 harddisks barracuda se sata 2 320 gb
vista ultimate

No mainboard till now:

What i can get
gigabyte p965 ds3 rev33
or the new p35DS4 but no ddr3 support,

What shall i do?

 

[DasFox]

I don't know which Gigabyte you're looking at but the Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R is available right now.

Mwave seems to have the lowest prices on the P35 Gigabytes too.

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/sku....hmx?SCriteria=BA23889

ALOHA

 

[bramdo]

Hi,

thanks for the reply but i live in Belgium and the only one I found is the p35DS4 and it doens't support DDR3.

So it's either that one or a p965 series,
Bram

 

[DasFox]

I figured you were going to say you didn't live in the USA, hehe.

What about the GA-P35-DS3R or GA-P35-DS3?

ALOHA

 

[DasFox]

Also I wouldn't jump on the DDR3 ship so fast, DDR2 is good enough for a long time to come. I'd just get one of the boards I just mentioned unless you want dual PCI-E.

ALOHA

 

[bramdo]

Dear Das Fox,

I don't need the pci two (damned, already an antique pc and it isn't assembled yet )
Do I understand you correctly that you would go for the p35DS4 in stead of the p965DS3REV3.3 since the two boards you are mentioning aren't available neither

Bram , Europe, small place Belgium

 

[DasFox]

No I'm saying if you don't need DUAL PCI-E slots, and DDR3, then I'd grab either a GA-P35-DS3R or GA-P35-DS3.

DDR3 is to immature right now, save your money, DDR2 should be good for at least another 8mos to a year.

ALOHA