Which mobo has better cooling?

[VirtualLarry]

Gigabyte P35-DS4 v2.0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813128064

OR

Gigabyte EX38-DS4
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...813128089&Tpk=ex38-ds4

The P35 has more heatpipes, and one to the SB, but the X38 has a bigger northbridge heatsink.

Wondering which one would be better for an overclocked Q6600 (hopefully running at 3.6), in terms of stability and longevity.

 

[BassBomb]

Well I would first base your decision on which chipset you want, because they are different

I would say though the p35 version has better cooling overall

 

[EarthwormJim]

Since you're overclocking a quad I'd probably go with the X38 board.

It's cooling looks better to me anyways in the essential areas.

Not only that but it has a 12 phase pwm vs a 6 phase on the P35 board.

I'd still stick an 80mm or 120mm fan over the northbridge heatsink though when overclocking.

May also want to look into the DFI P35 based boards. I have my P35 LP LT running at 470mhz fsb on my quad core, unless you plan on running crossfire then get the X38 board.

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
Since you're overclocking a quad I'd probably go with the X38 board.

It's cooling looks better to me anyways in the essential areas.

Not only that but it has a 12 phase pwm vs a 6 phase on the P35 board.

I'd still stick an 80mm or 120mm fan over the northbridge heatsink though when overclocking.

May also want to look into the DFI P35 based boards. I have my P35 UT LT running at 470mhz fsb on my quad core, unless you plan on running SLI then get the X38 board.

you mean crossfire? SLI doesn't run on intel chipset without hacked bios and/or driver files. DFI makes some of if not the best boards out and now that the LP DK P35 is out, I have to very highly reccomend it, especially at $140.

 

[EarthwormJim]

Ya meant crossfire.