Good review of these two monster boards. I was personally expecting a little better in the OC department for the price of these boards, but I suspect bios updates should help.
Link: Gigabyte X38-DQ6 vs Asus Maximus Formula - The Battle of the X38 Giants
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Not much crazy cooling on gigabyte. Atleast with two gfxs user can still use pci slot.
Not much of a fan of Gigabyte's Crazy Cool, but the Gigabyte board will probably be cheaper everywhere... (if both boards could be $250 that'd be perfect)
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You can take off the Crazy Cool plate on the back of the processor socket. The manual even has instructions on how to... or at least that is what I have heard.Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan
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whats maximus about 2x pcie 16?
yes, it is really easy to do so.
hopefully as BIOS matures on both platforms, we will continue to see performance increases.
Excellent review for the short amount of time they've had.
CPU: Intel CORE 2 Duo E6550 @ 3.6GHz w/ 1.29vcore (517*7)
Motherboard:
Gigabyte P35-DQ6
Memory:
Crucial 8500's
Video:
Nvidia 8800GTX
PSU:
Zippy 700W (fan modded of course)
Clubit has gigabyte dq6 board for $299. Prices should fall. Also in gigabyte line up there is x38 ds5.
http://clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4830715
I really like the look of the asus maximus!
With the nb blocks what size barb's are they??
No, I think he had a date tonight...
He and his EK Supreme are out for a night on the town!
Where's the Xtreme mode?!?
Canadians can pick it up for $285 @ directcanada.com.
I own the Gigabyte P35-DQ6, and it is quite a wonder. With the latest BIOs, not a single problem!
But, I am DIGGING that Asus Maximus Formula block.
I think I just like water cooled chipsets, even though it's overkill.
And that LED function? They should make it Xtreme to be honest. Crazy? Eh.
But, I am sure the amount of times that I stick my head down my case to stare at LEDs is definitely going to increase.
And after seeing the benchmarks, I am going to purchase one.
What do you think the chances are of the Maximus Formula having that option that the P5K Deluxe has that eliminates, is it VCore droop or VDroop?
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I want to see the Abit X38 QuadGTThen we'll see who's on top
(or the DFI X38-T2R for that matter)
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The X38 range from Gigabyte has vastly improved BIOS's, no longer hidden memory timings and voltage settings are better.
Unfortunately i managed to kill their X38T-DQ6 (DDR3) last night, blown mosfet while on LN2.
As for the CrazyCool gardbage on the Gigabyte boards, you can easily remove the backplates and they supply screws to reattach the NB with. Removing this plate does not void warranty.
The Asus offering should be a strong as ever
anyone know how good the sound card is on the asus?
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what this "CrazyCool?" i hear about?
is it just the backplates on the bottom of the board?
why is it so bad?
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i7 3770k stock // Maximus V Gene // 16GB @1600 // OCZ z850 //
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whats with the X38 smokin' the P35?
Sometimes a good slap in the face is all you need
Bios my arss.....
I can fix this problem with a hardware mod....Hipro5
"Overclock till death. Overclocking is life." Hipro5
its a heatsink attached on the backside of the mainboard, what makes it bad is that its get into the way of backplates that come with cpu coolers, so, either you have to use the pushpins or, remove the heatsink on the back of the board.
The main problem is that the chipset block is attached to Crazy Cool, so if you remove the Crazy Cool system u need to find a way to atach the chipset....
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Don't believe so. The P35-DQ6 comes with 2 little bolt things for the heatsink if you remove crazycool.
And as long as there isn't a backplate needed for the heatsink you don't need to remove CrazyCool. I never removed it when I used watercooling.
Doesnt anyone read my posts?
just took my x38-dq6 back for an asus forumula
and thats why ?
I did!
2600K | Maximus IV Formula | 12G Corsair 1600 C8 | 2x 6950 | Coolermaster Scout
ABIT surely NEVER, unless they let go over 600MHz FSB with their crappyGuru.I want to see the Abit X38 QuadGT
(or the DFI X38-T2R for that matter)
i took my asus formula back for a gigabyte x38-dq6
CPU: Intel CORE 2 Duo E6550 @ 3.6GHz w/ 1.29vcore (517*7)
Motherboard:
Gigabyte P35-DQ6
Memory:
Crucial 8500's
Video:
Nvidia 8800GTX
PSU:
Zippy 700W (fan modded of course)
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