Quote Originally Posted by Tutti-frutti View Post
I think Gigabyte has decided to remove the silentpipe from their boards

See:

P35-DS3P (OMG!)
P35-DS4
P35T-DS4 (not updated I think)
P35-DQ6
P35T-DQ6

P35-DQ6:


P35-DS3P

Hmm, either that was just a preproduction picture or it's true.

Either way, it's 6 phase on the ds3p, like the later gen p965-ds3 boards, which also didn't have cooled mosfets. Look at all the boards without cooling for the mosfets. For instance, my p5b vanilla and dfi p965-s don't have cooling, and the mosfets never got that hot. Maybe it's just the way it's implemented. I mean, from the start, those mosfets are supposed to dissipate heat to the pcb, instead of above the package