GA-G33M-s2 or GA-G33M-Ds2R

[DUFF5000]

Hi,

Anyone have any experience with the GA-G33M-s2 or GA-G33M-Ds2R?

I know the DS2R is good for overclocking in MATX but havent been able to find anything about the S2 version. I dont need raid but not sure if there are any other differences.

Thoughts?

 

[lensman]

I have the GA-G33M-Ds2R which does fine, neither has the 1-1 memory ratio, btw.

Differences:
4 vs. 6 sata ports
ICH9 vs. ICH9R - raid, as you mentioned
plain components vs ultra durable components

I think that's it, but you can check the detailed combo manual at:
http://www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Manual_DownloadFile.aspx?Fi leType=Manual&FileID=17969

 

[DUFF5000]

willthe lack of 1:1be a problem for me with a e4400 and ddr667?

(i thought they fixed that with the recent bios update?)

 

[lensman]

I hope they did! I'll have to check and get back to you. It was looking grim at the end of June because some Gigabyte rep said that they explicitly weren't going to support it because the "S2" series was not meant for hardcore overclocking.

The lack of that ratio isn't a problem for me, but I have an e4300 and PC2-8500 1066 memory so I've got a lot of memory headroom. The bios presents different multipliers for each CPU so you kind of have to look up in online reference data. As I said, I'll check when I get off of work.

 

[DUFF5000]

from the gigabyte website:

F4a 2007/07/02 1. Add memory ratio options

 

[DUFF5000]

oh after some reading that is only for the 6000 sseries processors

looks like i might go for the asus P5K-VM

 

[lensman]

P5K-VM looks like a real contender. If it has the extra memory ratios, I'd say go for it!

Make sure it has enough USB ports for your needs. You might need more than the 12 ASUS provides.