Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Reviews
Product Type: Gigabyte motherboards
Description:Model ID GA-P31-DS3L /
Newest Review: ... slack off when it came to packaging. The box is a great size and very glossy. Gigabyte gloats about "Ultra Durable ... more
... Capacitors" on the box which sounds good for a £45 motherboard. The motherboard itself is packaged very well. It is wrapped in a anti-static bag and rests on a thin piece of foam. A few more pieces of foam to prevent the board banging against the side would be nice to see however.
The extra stuff you get in the box is also pretty good for a cheap motherboard. I received 2 SATA cables, 1 IDE ribbon and a floppy drive cable, plus a driver CD. The instruction manual is great and covers everything you may need to kno...more
Customer Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Reviews (1)
by tomgibbes - written on 04/08/08, updated on 04/08/08
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The Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L is a cheap motherboard which uses the Intel P31 chipset, a cut down version of the highly regarded P35 chipset. I purchased this board for two main reasons. The first was that CustomPC magazine, which I respect, have chosen this as their favourite budget board for many issues. They reviewed it as having great over clocking for only a small price. This is one of the reasons I wanted a new board as I wished to over clock my Core 2 Duo CPU. That brings us on the other reason I chose this board. It is very cheap compared to similarly performing motherboards. I got mine for £45 but they can be found for close to £40 as I write this ... Read the complete review
Technical Details for Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L
| Product Description | Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L - motherboard - ATX - LGA775 Socket - P31 |
| Product Type | Motherboard - ATX |
| Chipset Type | Intel P31 Express / Intel ICH7 |
| Processor Socket | 1 x LGA775 Socket |
| Compatible Processors | Pentium 4, Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, Pentium Extreme Edition, Pentium D, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Pentium Dual Core, Celeron 400 sequence |
| Max RAM Size | 4 GB |
| RAM Supported | DDR2 |
| Storage Ports | 1 x ATA, 4 x SATA |
| USB Ports Configuration | 8 x USB |
| Audio | HD Audio (8-channel) |
| LAN | Gigabit Ethernet |
| Microsoft Certification | Certified for Windows Vista |
