What's going on everyone:
I narrowed my choices of mobos down to two of gigabytes':
GA-X38-DS4 and GA-X38-DQ6
judging by this link,
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_ComparisonSheet.aspx?ProductID=2665,2736
the two boards are identical cept the following:
- dq6 has 2 more SATA ports than ds4
- ds4 has DualBIOS Plus, while dq6 has QuadBIOS (what is this the BIOS? which one is better? does it matter?)
- ds4's heat sink: "heat sink on north bridge and south bridge" vs dq6's heat sink: "all copper Silent-Pipe / Crazy Cool" (opinions on these? which is better?)
dq6 is around 50-70 bux more than the ds4... why? any other differences besides the ones i listed above?
help me choose!
thanks in advance
*notes:
my conditions and the specs i'm lookin at (if this helps at all...):
- q6600 g0
- not planning to OC (never have), but i may depending on how everything runs
- GA-X38-DS4 or GA-X38-DQ6
- ati HD 3850 (possibly crossfire in the future)
- 700-1000W psu (dunno company yet)
- the extra 2 SATA ports on the DQ6 doesnt matter for me
I narrowed my choices of mobos down to two of gigabytes':
GA-X38-DS4 and GA-X38-DQ6
judging by this link,
http://www.giga-byte.com/Products/Motherboard/Products_ComparisonSheet.aspx?ProductID=2665,2736
the two boards are identical cept the following:
- dq6 has 2 more SATA ports than ds4
- ds4 has DualBIOS Plus, while dq6 has QuadBIOS (what is this the BIOS? which one is better? does it matter?)
- ds4's heat sink: "heat sink on north bridge and south bridge" vs dq6's heat sink: "all copper Silent-Pipe / Crazy Cool" (opinions on these? which is better?)
dq6 is around 50-70 bux more than the ds4... why? any other differences besides the ones i listed above?
help me choose!
thanks in advance
*notes:
my conditions and the specs i'm lookin at (if this helps at all...):
- q6600 g0
- not planning to OC (never have), but i may depending on how everything runs
- GA-X38-DS4 or GA-X38-DQ6
- ati HD 3850 (possibly crossfire in the future)
- 700-1000W psu (dunno company yet)
- the extra 2 SATA ports on the DQ6 doesnt matter for me