Gigabyte P35-DQ6... 500MHz FSB NO PROBLEM! + dual 32M 603MHz 4-4-4-5 RAM STABLE!

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Here are some shots of my P35-DQ6.

Overall, it is a nice board, few quarks here and there. Early testing allowed me to easily sail past 500MHz FSB on a dual core E6320.


I will update the following shortly:

1) How to remove crazy cool on the back of the board correctly
2) Max FSB, Max RAM tests
3) More pics!
4) Any requests anyone has (sorry I dont have any quad core CPU's atm, so cant test that)






ICS 9LPRS587EGLF clockgen


Realtek ALC889A audio codec


Classic TI firewire, very curious how this performs against the Agere FW3227 P5k deluxe counterpart


Heatpipes galore.
Scythe Ninja fits
Thermalright Ultra-120 fits
Tuniq Tower ALMOST fits, fan hits heatpipe above northbridge, fits enough to get by







They kept the same I/O layout from their P965-DQ6. I personally like the way asus refreshed the rear, I think gigabyte should at least ditch the printer port and add some E-SATA ports. Dual NIC's wouldnt be bad either.


Realtek PCI-E Ethernet


Every cap on P35-DQ6 has a plastic skirt on the bottom for perfect seating and alignment. Something you dont see on any other boards.


Take note of the screws that secure the north and south bridges. Unlike other boards that use plastic clips, you can remove a little more heat with a tighter clamp.




Not sure why they use a MITSUBISHI battery made in China when all other major mobo makers use batteries made in Japan. This sorta bothers me.


ISL6327 enhanced 6-Phase PWM (BUCK) Controller, exciting stuff...
For reference, the P5K Deluxe I have uses an Analog Devices ADP3198 4-Phase Buck controller



Gigabyte DUAL BIOS



TUNIQ TOWER Clearance issues-