Gigabyte P35 motherboards - Page 3

**Capper** · July 22nd, 2007

I'd definitely recommend the Gigabyte P35 over the ASUS P35.....and I'd recommend the P35 over the P965 or G33 chipsets (G33 should only be considered as a major budget or entertainment center option).

the P35 will be the mainstream option, with the X38 being the enthusiast offering, but you won't see the X38 for another month or so.

As to ASUS vs Gigabyte, I'll recommend gigabyte, I've had three bad ASUS boards in a row, and considering the premium they charge for their boards, I'm not impressed with the QC, or customer service.

Tyreal · July 22nd, 2007

Capper: Do you know how the pricing will be on the X38 chipsets? The Gigabyte DS3R goes for about 160 Canadian. Do you think there will be a budget offering for about that much?

**Capper** · July 22nd, 2007

No chance....chipsets are tiered for a reason, the P35 will be the mainstream and the X38 will be the enthusiast level. why would a company offer a budget priced X38 to compete with their P35 offerings?

Using Gigabyte as an example, they are going to discontinue their P35-DQ6 when they release the X38, so they won't be competing against themselves.

Dr. V · July 22nd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

No chance....chipsets are tiered for a reason, the P35 will be the mainstream and the X38 will be the enthusiast level. why would a company offer a budget priced X38 to compete with their P35 offerings?

Using Gigabyte as an example, they are going to discontinue their P35-DQ6 when they release the X38, so they won't be competing against themselves.

As much sense as that may make, how does that play out for the people that want a mainstream version of a Gigabyte board - do they have to stick to X38 high end? Doesn't seem kosher...

**Capper** · July 22nd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by ST!X

As much sense as that may make, how does that play out for the people that want a mainstream version of a Gigabyte board - do they have to stick to X38 high end? Doesn't seem kosher...

Gigabyte will still offer several P35 boards:
GA-P35-DS3R
GA-P35C-DS3R
GA-P35-DS3P
GA-P35-DS3
GA-P35-DS3L
GA-P35-S3L
GA-P35C-S3
GA-P35-S3
GA-P35-DS4
GA-P35T-DS4

Dr. V · July 22nd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Capper

Gigabyte will still offer several P35 boards:
GA-P35-DS3R
GA-P35C-DS3R
GA-P35-DS3P
GA-P35-DS3
GA-P35-DS3L
GA-P35-S3L
GA-P35C-S3
GA-P35-S3
GA-P35-DS4
GA-P35T-DS4

WHOA...

That's fuc*ed up...:|

July 22nd, 2007	#21
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,873 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Gigabyte P35 motherboards I'd definitely recommend the Gigabyte P35 over the ASUS P35.....and I'd recommend the P35 over the P965 or G33 chipsets (G33 should only be considered as a major budget or entertainment center option). the P35 will be the mainstream option, with the X38 being the enthusiast offering, but you won't see the X38 for another month or so. As to ASUS vs Gigabyte, I'll recommend gigabyte, I've had three bad ASUS boards in a row, and considering the premium they charge for their boards, I'm not impressed with the QC, or customer service. INTEL E8400 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 4GB DDR3-1600 // Palit HD 4870 // Antec 1200 // Seagate 750GB HDD // Zalman CNPS9700 // BFG ES 800W PSU

July 22nd, 2007	#22
Tyreal Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 2,557	Re: Gigabyte P35 motherboards Capper: Do you know how the pricing will be on the X38 chipsets? The Gigabyte DS3R goes for about 160 Canadian. Do you think there will be a budget offering for about that much? I Like Watercooling. D-Tek Fuzion, MCP655, MCR220

July 22nd, 2007	#23
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,873 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Gigabyte P35 motherboards No chance....chipsets are tiered for a reason, the P35 will be the mainstream and the X38 will be the enthusiast level. why would a company offer a budget priced X38 to compete with their P35 offerings? Using Gigabyte as an example, they are going to discontinue their P35-DQ6 when they release the X38, so they won't be competing against themselves. INTEL E8400 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 4GB DDR3-1600 // Palit HD 4870 // Antec 1200 // Seagate 750GB HDD // Zalman CNPS9700 // BFG ES 800W PSU

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