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Overclocking with Gigabyte P35C-DS3R and Intel Q6600

Overclocking/Overclocking Tests by KeithSuppe @ 2008-03-27

Overclocking successfully requires a mix of the right components, we take a closer look at the pinnacle of affordability and performance product from Gigabyte, the P35C-DS3R, testing with a Quad Core Q6600 we see how we can fly with a water cooled CPU and some spicy DDR2 memory modules.

Results / Conclusion

Results Cont. / Conclusion

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Where the rubber meets the road.

Benchmarks:

SiSoftware Sandra XII.SP1

Everest Ultimate Edition

Super PI mod 1.5 XtremeSys

FutureMark PCMark05

FutureMark 3DMark06

FutureMark 3DMark2001

HardwareOC PREY Benchmark

TechARP X264

Conclusive Thoughts

Gigabyte's P35C-DS3R is a decent overclocking platform for Quadcores and when you consider its current price the board has some serious potential. It's also important to remember this board is ready for 45nm CPUs and therefore running the 45nm QuadCore should see much better OC results. The added DDR3 feature makes this a platform you can ride out for an extended period. Yes there are better chipsets out there, but for the current retail price of $109 at Newegg it's a steal.

PRO
Price
Decent overclocker supports 45nm processors
DDR3 support

CON
No Firewire but so what
Would have been nice to have an additional LAN port

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Comment from thorgal @ 2008/03/27

Nicely written Keith ! Good thing you linked to Anand : the vdroop article by Kris is one of the best OC articles I've ever come across!

Did you play around with the tRD (static tRead value) setting to try and increase FSB above 445 ? You should also have a look at Kris' follow up article to the vdroop article, and see what's the impact of tRD.

Only pity in the review imho is the fact that DDR3 was not tested at 400x8 as well, then we could have comparable results to DDR2. At 266FSB DDR3 on this board seems slightly faster.

Comment from Massman @ 2008/03/27

Good job, Keith, liked the extensive text and the test

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