Abit IP35 dark raider vs Gigabyte S775 Intel P35-DS3L

[Albop]

hi need some advice on which of these 2 m/b's too buy, any you got any experience with them , going for a q6600 g0 , so maybe hoping too do a bit of overclocking in the future

[Bounty_Bam]

I have the dark raider and i love it very good aswel if you wish to overclock your q6600

[2Cold Scorpio]

I don't actually have either, but I do have an IP-35 Pro, and i love it. My vote goes to the Dark Raider. I overclocked my Core 2 Duo E6750 by 800MHz easily (though going higher proved futile so far, but I think its a different issue than the mobo...likely the RAM being clocked too high or something. lol

[BUFF]

hi need some advice on which of these 2 m/b's too buy, any you got any experience with them , going for a q6600 g0 , so maybe hoping too do a bit of overclocking in the future

put it this way, the P35-DS3L's direct competitor is the IP35-E.
The IP35 has ICH9R instead of ICH9 & adds firewire.
It's also a full size PCB (the DS3L is cut down in width).

[hermeticist]

I`d say the Abit. As Buff says, the equivalent of the Gigabyte is the IP35-E. The Darkraider is much better specified & I think it has solid caps. (please correct me if I`m wrong) - just checked it does have solid caps. So no contest really.

[dynamoboy]

what about the Dark Raider Vs. Gigabyte DS3R?

[BUFF]

I would still take the IP35.
Depends if you value the 2 extra SATA ports via JMicron on the Gigabyte over the firewire & full size PCB on the abit though.

[dagger_meerkat]

I`d say the Abit. As Buff says, the equivalent of the Gigabyte is the IP35-E. The Darkraider is much better specified & I think it has solid caps. (please correct me if I`m wrong) - just checked it does have solid caps. So no contest really.

Solid caps around the processor area only.

Pro has solid caps for full mobo.

OP, Did you get the Dark Raider then ?