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Default Gigabyte P35-DQ6 Motherboard Review

When INTEL released the P35 chipset, many people were wondering what the big deal was. In all honesty, its a marginal upgrade form the immensely popular P965 chipset it replaced, at least in many instances. But for those who overclock, the P35 chipset provides a pretty significant upgrade over its predecessor. Those who had the pleasure of using one of Gigabyte's many P965 boards, especially the P965-DQ6, will tell you that they are fantastic overclockers. So does that mean we can expect a similar performance boost from their P35 offering? With INTEL set to unleash the X38 catering to the extreme enthusiasts in less than a month, should users look to the Gigabyte P35-DQ6, or should they wait? Read on to find out....
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Good review, I enjoyed reading it.



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Great review! It was a great read. Can't wait for the X38 boards.

The reason I couldn't read it sooner was that I couldn't get to the page. Too many poeple trying to read it at once, I guess. Not enough bandwidth.



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Great review and great board.

Be on the look out for the P35-DS3R. It's essentially a slimmed down version of the DQ6. You don't get some features and there is not crossfire.

EDIT: With the new theme, alot of the text in this review are hardly visible.




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is this the motherboard that hinders aftermarket cpu coolers with a backplate mount???



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is this the motherboard that hinders aftermarket cpu coolers with a backplate mount???
Looking at the picture on Newegg, it seems as though this board has a similar "CrazyCool" heatsink design as my GA-965P-DQ6 which I had to cut up in order to use an aftermarket CPU cooler with a backplate.



But according to Rich's review...
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A major issue with the first generation of Ultra Durable motherboards was the Crazy Cool backplate, a copper plate mounted to the back of the board behind the CPU and extending to cover the backside of the chipset. Gigabyte's new Ultra Durable 2 motherboards have addressed this issue, allowing for the Crazy Cool backplate to be easily removed to allow the usage of aftermarket cooling devices, like Zalman's CNPS9700, among others.
So it seems the problem has been solved and you should be good to go!



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The bundle includes a vouple of nuts that secure the chipset portion to the board, while allowing you to remove the crazy cool CPU portion



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