New CPU help!!!

[peterhuang913]

Hi b1gapl

S3L have very good reviews

One of the reviewers said that he overclocked his Q6600 to 3.0GHz on that motherboard

4 reviews on Newegg doesn't give good backing.

 

[maroon1]

I did some research and I found that the difference between S3L and DS3R

4 SATA ports instead of 8
No RAID
ALC888 vs. ALC889A (onboard Audio Chipset)
No Ultra Durable 2, Ultra Cooling
No 6-Phase Power

 

[b1gapl]

4 reviews on Newegg doesn't give good backing.

I don't look at newegg for reviews.

 

[peterhuang913]

I guess the Ultra Durable 2 and 6-phase adds to the value.

 

[peterhuang913]

I don't look at newegg for reviews.

I know. There are many other places for reviews, benchies, etc.

 

[veedubfreak]

For what its worth, the ds3r just came down in price. It was only 149 at microcenter when i swapped out to my q6600 and traded in the p5k. From the manual, the ds3r also has the solid state caps which the lower end boards dont.