ds3r or ds3p

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jarrod10

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hey im building a new q6600 rig with 8 gigs of ram and i was wondering if i should get a ds3r or a ds3p?
 
There really isn't much of a difference between the two boards. The biggest difference for me was the FireWire on the DS3P + an additional couple of USB ports.

Both will handle 8GB of RAM. I am currently running a DS3P (Rev 1.0), Q6600 (@ 3.6) and 8GB.
 
the case that i bought has firewire so do you think that would justify getting the ds3p?
 
Honestly, unless you already have firewire peripherals or plan (very near future) to purchase firewire peripherals, it may not be worth it. I already had firewire peripherals so it was worth the cost to me. You can always add firewire thru a card at a later date.

The P35-DS3R is a very popular board. It's rock solid, stable and very cost effective. It OCs very well.
 
lol... well, another good thing about the DS3P is the NB/mosfet heatpipe cooling. The DS3R uses a standard heatsink on the NB, so it gets rather hot when OC'ing past 400-425Mhz FSB SDR -- so if you plan to OC higher than those speeds, either get additional or better cooling for the DS3R, or get the DS3P.
 
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