Legit Motherboard Reviews
Going Green? Which motherboard company is more efficient, ASUS or Gigabyte?
| Manufacturer: | Multiple |
| Product: | ASUS AI Gear 3+ Versus Gigabyte DES |
| Date: | Fri, Jul 11, 2008 - 12:00 AM |
| Written By: | Jason Petermann - |
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Test Setup
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Brand/Model |
Live Pricing |
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Processor |
Intel QX6850 |
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Motherboard |
ASUS P5E3 Premium Gigabyte X48-DS5
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Video Card |
Albatron GeForce 9600GT |
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Memory |
Corsair C6400C4 2 GB kit Kingston HyperX PC3-13000
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Hard Drive |
Western Digital Raptor 150GB |
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Cooling |
Corsair Nautilus |
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Power Supply |
PC Power & Cooling 750 |
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Operating System |
Windows Vista Ultimate 64Bit |
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All tests were run using a clean install of Windows Vista Ultimate 64 Bit. For our stock speed tests, we ran everything at default timings for the CPU. Our stock speed testing on our DDR2 boards used Corsair DDR2 C6400C4 2 GB kit at 2.0 vDimm at DDR2 800, and timings of 4-4-4-12 and 1T if available. Our DDR3 boards that used DDR3 were run using a 2GB kit of Kingston PC3-13000 memory running at timings of 7-7-7-20 and 1T at 2.0v.
Next Page - Test Results
| Review Index |
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Page 1 - My Motherboard Is More Efficient Than Yours
Page 2 - The Hardware And The Software Page 3 - Test Setup Page 4 - Test Results Page 5 - Conclusion |
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