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Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 MainboardProduct reference: GIGABYTE-GA-965P-DS3-R22493 |
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The future for Intel 's P965 chipset is a bright one, particularly with Core 2 Duo processors finally rolling out the door (actually, physically so). Aside from PCI Express x16 videocard support, the Intel P965 chipset leads with a 1066 MHz front side bus, a new 12.8GB/s 'Fast Memory Access' memory controller, and a few other technologies we'll touch upon momentarily. Released in tandem with the Intel 975 chipset, the more economical 965 core logic is likely to be the real favourite of the show with most consumers. Gigabyte's GA-965P-DS3 motherboard offers a good mix of performance and value for the Intel Pentium D or Core 2 Duo microprocessor. The GA-965P-DS3 is made for Intel's remarkably proficient Core 2 Duo processor series, and for the purposes of this review PCSTATS will be testing it with an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 CPU - the sweetheart of the bunch for its 2.4GHz clock speed and 4MB of L2 Cache. Featuring Intel's P965 Express northbridge and ICH8 southbridge chipsets, the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard supports all Socket 775 processors from the flagship Core 2 Duo/Extreme to the Pentium D/4 and Celeron D. Either 1006MHz Front Side Bus or 800MHz FSB is the number to remember, but it will also accept 533MHz FSB chips if you're really strapped for a chip. The ATX motherboard's four DDR2 memory slots accommodate a maximum of 8GB of DDR2-533/667/800 RAM, and unofficially at least it also works with DDR2-1066 memory modules. There are a few integrated devices outside of the standard collection associated with the P965 Express chipset; such as an IDE controller, 7.1 channel Azalia High Definition Audio and a 10/1000 Gigabit network card. The Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard features three PCI Express x1, three 32 bit PCI slots, and a single PCI Express x16 slot for graphics cards. The variety of expansion devices will make it easy to build a computer that fits your requirements, without forcing the total abandonment of PCI cards from an existing system being upgraded, for example. As for external devices, the GA-965P-DS3 motherboard has four USB 2.0 slots on the rear I/O and there are headers for an additional six slots by the bottom PCI slot. It's a bit odd, but there are only four 3GB/s Serial ATA II channels associated with the ICH8 Southbridge, two additional slots (in purple) and the lone IDE channel (green) are linked with the on board 'Gigabyte 3GB/s Serial ATA II controller.' Ultimately, that results in a platform capable of supporting six SATA 2.0 hard drives, and two IDE devices. The Gigabyte SATAII ports also include RAID 0, 1 and JBOD capability. A floppy drive connector and 24-pin ATX power connector round out the list of jacks on the motherboard itself, while at the rear I/O we also find optical SP/DIF and coaxial audio outputs among the usual assortment of USB, parallel, COM, RJ-45 GbE network and 7-channel audio jacks. |
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