ECS P35 vs Gigabyte P35

[Seanydude678]

I've been shopping around for a new motherboard for a while now and I've come across 2 that I like, and apparently have good reviews. The first one is the GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX All Solid Capacitor Intel Motherboard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059
The Second one is the ECS P35T-A LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135059

Which one should I get? I'm looking to push my E2160 to around 3ghz and I've seen that P35 boards are good for that. It would also be nice to have sli capability for the future, so i can have 2 9600gt's, something the ECS supports but the GIGABYTE doesn't.

Also, I'd be upgrading my ram at the same time to 4gigs of DDR2 1066 along with the motherboard.
My specs

E2160 Dual Core
BFG 9600gt Oc
ASrock 775DualCore
2gigs DDR2 667
450w power supply

Thanks, any help is appreciated.

 

[Shadow703793]

Go with the DS3L. It OCes very well, and has good quality parts. The ECS board dose NOT support SLI I had 2+ ECS boards die on me. Since then I have switched to Gigabyte and ASUS and still haven't has a board die on me.

If you are planing on getting RAM natively higher than DDR2 800 be aware that there will be compatibility issues. Many users reports and my personal testing has shown that there is a very good chance you will run in to issues with RAM higher than DDR2 800, such as DDR2 1066. I recommend you get quality DDR2 800 RAM and run them at 1:1 ratio or overclock the RAM. This issue dose not apply to DDR2 800 RAM that has been overclocked.

For OCing on the DS3L see:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum2.php?config=tomshardwareus.inc&cat=29&post=245679&page=1&p=1&sondage=0&owntopic=3&trash=0&trash_post=0&print=0&numreponse=0&quote_only=0&new=0&nojs=0

 

[MrCommunistGen]

ECS makes boards that are of questionable quality. All the main features on the one I used to own worked, but a lot of the minor features didn't work, or didn't work right. That said, the reasons for you wanting the ECS are invalid. Intel chipsets support Crossfire not SLI. Also, the ECS has a 16x slot and a 16x slot with 4 PCI-E lanes running to it making any multi-card configuration slightly gimped. For SLI, get an Nvidia SLI board, otherwise get the Gigabyte.

-mcg

 

[Seanydude678]

ok, i was leaning toward the gigabyte board anyway since it was well known and had tons of good reviews. I'll probably be getting the DDR2 800 now as well to match my fsb. Thanks alot!

 

[Pintail]

That gigabite board DOES NOT support SLI. I have one. Look at the PHOTO on your link!!!

 

[Seanydude678]

I know that it doesn't support sli...that was one of my factors that i stated in my original post.
Kthnxbai

 

[joewho]

Gigabyte, or look for a deal on a better P35/X38.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136038

 

[Shadow703793]

I know that it doesn't support sli...that was one of my factors that i stated in my original post.
Kthnxbai

I think what people are saying is that both boards ECS and Gigabyte don't support SLI since they a P35 chipset based.