Gigabyte 965p motherboards S & D

Urlyin · Mar 17, 2007, 05:59 PM

Does anyone know what the difference between the GA-965P-DS3 and the GA-965P-S3 ?
The S3 is less than 20 dollars in price but looking at their specs they appear to be the same ... ??

Thanks in advance ..

Alcpone · Mar 17, 2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Urlyin

Does anyone know what the difference between the GA-965P-DS3 and the GA-965P-S3 ?
The S3 is less than 20 dollars in price but looking at their specs they appear to be the same ... ??

Thanks in advance ..

The DS3 has more solid caps, they appear to have a longer lifetime, I have a DS3

Urlyin · Mar 17, 2007, 06:31 PM

any issues you know of Al ?

Alcpone · Mar 17, 2007, 06:34 PM

None at all, good quality board, cant get FSB higher than 480, but I think that is more down to my ram, the lowest divider is 2, so it tops the ram out @ DDR960!

Mine is a rev 1 board I think they are on to rev 3 now, chipset gets quite hot, but if you active cool it you will beable to push it hard!

Hope that helps

Urlyin · Mar 17, 2007, 06:41 PM

build for a friend who more than likely is not going to oc ... thanks for the info

Alcpone · Mar 17, 2007, 07:05 PM

No worries, maybe there are cheaper boards that will do him fine if he isnt going to oc?

Urlyin · Mar 17, 2007, 07:37 PM

for what he wants and the price of 122 bucks it's not a bad deal .. besides I didn't want to go to low end ...

Mar 17, 2007, 05:59 PM	#1
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System Name:	AMD '13
Processor:	FX-6300 @ 4.43GHz (1.35v)
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 rev 1.0 (F6)
Cooling:	Cooler Master T2 + x2 case fans
Memory:	2x4Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (Stock)
Video Card:	Gigabyte GTX650 Ti OC 2Gb @ 1110/1500
Hard Disk:	Corsair 240Gb SSD / Seagate 500Gb HDD + old skool IDE HDD's x 3
Optical Drive:	LG DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer 23'' LED
Case:	Billy Basic
Sound Card:	Onboard 8.1 HD
PSU:	Corsair CX600
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmarks:	Smenchmarks

Mar 17, 2007, 06:31 PM	#3
Urlyin Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,133 (0.67/day) Thanks: 61 Thanked 124 Times in 77 Posts	any issues you know of Al ? __________________ Open your mind and shut your mouth

System Name:	AMD '13
Processor:	FX-6300 @ 4.43GHz (1.35v)
Motherboard:	Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 rev 1.0 (F6)
Cooling:	Cooler Master T2 + x2 case fans
Memory:	2x4Gb Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 (Stock)
Video Card:	Gigabyte GTX650 Ti OC 2Gb @ 1110/1500
Hard Disk:	Corsair 240Gb SSD / Seagate 500Gb HDD + old skool IDE HDD's x 3
Optical Drive:	LG DVD-RW
CRT/LCD Model:	Acer 23'' LED
Case:	Billy Basic
Sound Card:	Onboard 8.1 HD
PSU:	Corsair CX600
Software:	Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Benchmarks:	Smenchmarks

Mar 17, 2007, 06:41 PM	#5
Urlyin Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,133 (0.67/day) Thanks: 61 Thanked 124 Times in 77 Posts	build for a friend who more than likely is not going to oc ... thanks for the info __________________ Open your mind and shut your mouth

Mar 17, 2007, 06:34 PM	#4
Alcpone Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tyne & Wear, UK Posts: 1,792 (0.74/day) Thanks: 91 Thanked 97 Times in 57 Posts System Specs	None at all, good quality board, cant get FSB higher than 480, but I think that is more down to my ram, the lowest divider is 2, so it tops the ram out @ DDR960! Mine is a rev 1 board I think they are on to rev 3 now, chipset gets quite hot, but if you active cool it you will beable to push it hard! Hope that helps

Mar 17, 2007, 07:05 PM	#6
Alcpone Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tyne & Wear, UK Posts: 1,792 (0.74/day) Thanks: 91 Thanked 97 Times in 57 Posts System Specs	No worries, maybe there are cheaper boards that will do him fine if he isnt going to oc?

Mar 17, 2007, 07:37 PM	#7
Urlyin Senior Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,133 (0.67/day) Thanks: 61 Thanked 124 Times in 77 Posts	for what he wants and the price of 122 bucks it's not a bad deal .. besides I didn't want to go to low end ... __________________ Open your mind and shut your mouth

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