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Originally posted by: Weyl
Well, 30W difference is very important if you want a cool and quiet system, but does not matter otherwise apart from a slightly higher electric bill (less than 0.5 cents per hour). Comparison of features is a good way of choosing a board.
P5K Deluxe: no keyboard PS/2, no serial/parallel ports in the back panel, dual PCIe x16 slots (one is electrically x4), 6 internal SATA, 2 external SATA, daul Gb LAN + wireless LAN, AD1988B audio codec, IEEE 1394
GA-P35C-DS3R: all the legacy ports in the back panel, single PCIe x16, 8 internal SATA, 2 external SATA by the bundled bracket, ALC889A audio codec (slightly better than AD1988B), no IEEE 1394
GIGABYTE's high-end DQ6 supports dual PCIe x16, DTS Connect, IEEE 1394, and so on.
Asus' Intel boards are famous for pulling a lot of current from the wall. If you want very low load and a cool running board, then check out the Abit IP35-E. It's an excellent overclocking board with very low ide current (89 actual watts idle, and 191 watts under Othos large file mode). I use a calibrated AC ammeter to check for AC current. Vcore is set at 1.465. Test rig consists of one 80GB HDD, 2 GB RAM @ 2.0Vdimm, and one floppy drive. PSU is the Antec SP350. Note that these numbers were obtained with an overclocked E4300 @ 3.44GHz. Expect much lower readings with default Vcore and FSB.
You should be able to run the FSB up to 400MHz with default Vnothbridge and Vsouthbridge. For an easy overclock, use 1:1 RAM divider (1.8-2.1Vdimm), bump up Vcore 1.4-1.465, and slowy raise the FSB.
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...AR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear