Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard Review

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Test Setup

Asrock_4core1333-viiv review

Test Platform

Component

Brand/Model

Live Pricing

Processor

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz)

Motherboard

Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6

ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv

XFX 680i LT

Foxconn P35A-S

Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6

Gigabyte P35-DS3R

ASUS Blitz Formula

DFI LanParty UT ICFX3200

EVGA 680i SLI 775 A1

Foxconn 975X7AB

ECS PN2 SLI2+ Extreme

Asus P5N-E SLI

Video Card

ATI X1900 XTX

Memory

Corsair C6400C4 2 GB kit

Hard Drive

Western Digital 250GB, 16mb Cache

Cooling

Corsair Nautilus

Power Supply

PC Power & Cooling 750

Operating System

Windows XP Professional w/SP2

All tests were run using a clean install of Windows XP Professional with SP2. For our stock speed tests, we ran everything at default timings for the CPU. Our stock speed testing used Corsair DDR2 C6400C4 2 GB kit at 1.9 vDimm at DDR2 800. Timings for our overclocking were left 4-4-4-12 and 1.9v, but the ram divider was set to the lowest possible to take any ram issues out of the CPU overclocking. Vcore is set at 1.5v (actual) for overclocking. The video card was left at default timings as well for all tests. For this review, stability was determined by running our battery of tests, plus the ability to complete a SuperPi 32mb test run.

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