Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 motherboard Review

[Capper]

Today we'll take a look at Gigabyte's GA-965P-DQ6 v2.0 motherboard. Although the first revision of this board was extremely popular and performed very well, Gigabyte wasn't satisfied and made some small modifications, then they went and did it yet again releasing the Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 V3.3 (no, seriously!!!). The new V3.3 in fact is identical to the V2 we'll be covering today with one exception; native support for the 1333FSB. Marketed around "Quad", as in Quad Core, Quad Cool, Quad BIOS, Quad e-SATA2, Quad Triple Phase, and Quad DDR2 Slots (no, really), the Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 seems to have all the bases covered.

So why all the revisions? In an extremely competitive motherboard market, a company cannot afford to rest on its laurels after releasing a product. To stay ahead of the competition and make the end user happy, they are constantly gathering customer feedback, reading reviews, and browsing forums to see what works and what doesn't. Companies use "revisions" to fix small issues or make minor adjustments that improve compatibility, as is the case with the GA-965P-DQ6.

Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 motherboard Review

[Quakindude]

Another excellent review Rich. Hopefully, this isn't one of the mobo's that got fried!








And I'm Diggin it!

[Capper]

actually, yes it was.....power issue took out my E6600, the Gigabyte board, as well as the ECS 680i board

[Quakindude]

Ouch. That's more suck than any one man deserves in a year, much less a week.