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P5K Deluxe vs. Gigabyte P35-DS3P

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burek

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I'm planing to order these parts for my new build before June 19th in order to get free shipping, I just can't decide between the two... I will be doing some minor oc'ing...

here's what I'm going with:

Antec Solo Quiet Mini Tower Case
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300
Noctua NH-U12F
Buffalo Firestix FSX800D2C-K2G 2GB 2X1GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL5-5-5 - 4GB (4x1GB)
Corsair HX520
EVGA E-GEFORCE 7900GS KO
Zalman VF900-CU
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB 8.9MS Hard Drive
Samsung SH-S183L Black SATA DVD+RW


any recommendations/suggestions??

TIA
 
It comes down to features and price. The DS3P has better legacy support and is cheaper, but the deluxe
features built-in wi-fi and dual nic. As far as performance and stability both of these boards will probably
be top in the class. I'm leaning toward that DS3P for legacy support (just in case ) and cheaper price.
 
Other differences are:
  • RAID 0/1 in P5K Deluxe vs. RAID 0/1/10/5 in GA-P35-DS3P
  • 6 internal SATA + 2 external SATA in P5K Deluxe vs. 8 internal SATA with an 2 x eSATA bracket in GA-P35-DS3P
  • GA-P35-DS3P features ALC889A codec with 106dB SNR and Blu-ray/HD DVD full rate audio support (I don't how good it is actually.)
ASUS P5B Deluxe is another good (or better) choice if you don't plan on upgrading to a Penryn processor.
 
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