is the ds3l a decent board?

[tvdang7]

i used to have a ds3 and i remember i had troubles trying to install windows .

hows the ds3l? and install problems? overclock well? dont see many reviews on the L version.

 

[krnmastersgt]

A lot of the members here use the DS3L, its nice, stable and cheap from what I've seen, considering getting 2 of em for crunchers, in any case it's a good board if you're in the market for a new one.

 

[hclarkjr]

:thumbsup: another vote here, i have my E6600 overclocked a modest 500 mhz at default voltages with no troubles at all with 4gb of PC6400. very nice board

 

[Modelworks]

working fine.
E4500 2.2Ghz overclocked to 3.66Ghz
4GB ram installed using two different brands.

L version has everything I need and none of the stuff I dont

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
L version has everything I need and none of the stuff I dont

That's exactly my feeling. It's a very solid, basic board. I'm happy.

 

[SorryImLate]

Thats the board im getting for my build. Also newegg reviews are great on it.

 

[Lazlo Panaflex]

Used that nice board to build a system for my in-law's business recently (Q6600, 2X1 GB, 2 - 750G WD's, 2 opticals, etc). Absolutely rock solid, fired right up w/ no issues. May have to get one myself. Edit: It was a Rev 2 board.

 

[NamelessMC]

I have a DS3R which is pretty much the same thing. In fact, I have no idea what the difference is. All I know is my northbridge heatsink looks like a space ship from Star Wars. As far as I know, that's the only difference.

I installed a DS3L into my friends rig with an E6750. I Oc'ed to 3.0 ghz with absolutely no problems at 1.375 volts. He loves it.

 

[tvdang7]

ok this is stupid but i forgot i had a ds3l....................... i had replaced a friend of a friends board and the ds3l was sopposedly messed up . i came home looked in the closet and there it was put my stuff together and it booted. not a bad board. couldnt overclock my e6300 as good as my p5n-e but im sure i had to tweak a lil but my e6600 is doing 3.1ghz good on it right now.

so here is the million dollar question
stick with the p5n-e sli or stay with the ds3l?
i dont care for sli.

 

[Riverhound777]

Happy with mine so far.

 

[krnmastersgt]

Go with whichever overclocks better I suppose

 

[Regalk]

Thumbs up here as well (Bios F7 works great for me and gave me extra mileage 419 X 8). I have now settled it down for the long haul ... I hav efound the best settings for the E4500 and wil leave it be

 

[tvdang7]

few cons now that have been overclocking the past days are

1. memory overclocking isnt as good as my p5n-e sli which i was already suspecting. but i cant do 4-4-4 have to do 5-5-5- and at lower speeds. but i dont care really

2. no 1t 2 t options again i dont care not like ill feel it with out benching.

3. this most shocking one. VDROOP!!! omg i thought my p5n-e sli was the worst , the ds3l is really bad. i got to pencil mod the p5n-e i cant find any pencil modding for this board.

wish there was a thread dedicated to this board like the ds3r does. maybe i should start one.

For example 1.47 set in bios cpu-z reporting 1.392 under full orthos load.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Yeah, the vdroop is really bad on all of the gigabyte P35 boards. I set 1.425v in bios, I get 1.360v in CPU-Z.