LuckyX2

I couldnt find much info about the ds4 let alone rev 2.0. Why is it that information is so scarce on this board? I thought it would be a good idea to start up a thread for the ds4 where owners or people knowledgeable about it can share their information. Ill post pics of my kit when I get it and I have a 965EE that was having problems with my old board; ill see if I can get that working too.

Thanks for sharing your experiences, fellow Ds4 owners.

Current Bios Version: F11
Current Motherboard Version: rev 2.1

Known Ds4 Users on OCN:
-ArchCorsair
-ChrisB17
-Gigabyte
-jriker1
-LuckyX2
-Mr.Bones
-psyman
-omekone
-scottath
-YeaBaby

User Overclocks:
-ArchCorsair: Q6600 @3.6ghz
-ChrisB17: E4500 @3.2ghz
-Gigabyte: E4500 @3.33ghz
-jriker1: Q6600 @3.6ghz
-LuckyX2: P4 965EE @5.3ghz
-Mr.Bones: E6750 @3.6ghz
-psyman: E2180 @ 3.98ghz
-omekone: X3210 @3.4ghz
-YeaBaby: P4 915 @4.67ghz

Highest OCN Overclock:
-LuckyX2: P4 965EE @5.3ghz

Highest OCN Percent Overclock:
-psyman E2180 @ 3.98ghz (99%)

Highest OCN FSB:
-Mr.Bones: E6750 @500FSB

Gigabyte Product Page:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2624
Newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128064

GigaByte

Pros:

-Stable
-No vdroop from idle -> load on dual cores, quads have a TINY vdroop
-Runs cool with it's good heatsinks
-Lots of overclocking and safety options
-Very high quality sound for being onboard
-Handles high FSBs like a walk in the park
-8 pin CPU power connecter if you have the 8 pin plug
-Crossfire support
-Dual bios, if you accidently corupt the main bios the backup bios will kick in and reflash itself to the default bios

Cons:

-None so far!

NOTE: Make sure you upgrade to F8 bios ASAP if it don't ship with it installed already, F8 gives Penryn support and a bunch of other improvements.

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LuckyX2

well, I didnt get it tonight. Ive been checking the tracking number on newegg and some how its been on a plane to Pennsylvania for 3 days now. I better get it tomorrow or else ill have to wait until monday to get some pics up here.

I agree with you gigabyte, I think its a great board. I just dont see why people dont talk about it much. I mean people praise the DS3R all the time and this is basically the same thing but with better heatsinks, crossfire support and higher overclocks for $50 more. In my opinion this is the best p35 board available for under $200

phillipjos

i think maybe not as many problems mite be why no talk, it is one of gigabyte best i love both of my 965p-ds3 3.3 and p35c-ds3r both were nice mb's

LuckyX2

Finally! I got it in! tonight I am going to be setting up raid(also got a new hdd) which will take a while because i have to move around alot of files. But once that is done ill drop my 965EE in and test it out

ChrisB17

Hey when you get this up and running could you let me know how it is and how you like it? Thanks.

Mr.Bones

Im running the F8 bios on this board overclocks well.The only issue i see at the moment is getting the Vcore to stay put. I can overclock to 3.6 but no matter what i do the Vcore Will not stay set where i put it. And yes my settings are at manual for voltages. For a 3.6 clock I set 1.44 Vcore but the bios sets it at 1.49 or higher sometimes,Ive also noticed that easytune does not report correct volateges.Sofar its been stable as a Rock!

LuckyX2

ChrisB17,

I got all the hard drive files transferred over last night and then this morning I put the motherboard in, took off the heatpipes, applied AS5 and hooked it up . Ill I have gotten to do so far is just browse the bios for 2 minutes and then I had to go to work. Ill be getting out of work in 6 hours. then im goin right home to set up the raid0, install windows and do some overclocking/benchmarking

If theres anything in particular that you would like to know or anything you want me to benchmark/test/try just lemme know and ill do it

Mr.Bones, ill look into that voltage problem tonight and see if mine does the same and if so how I can fix it

ChrisB17

I pretty much just want to see if its stable and how well it overclocks. Thanks for testing

phillipjos

boy how do you post with no cpu and mb,its amazing,cheaper to,lol