Gigabyte board differences?

[surgtech2006]

I've been trying to figure out the difference between some of the Gigabyte boards. I'm looking at the mATX boards, and I'm not really seeing any kind of obvious big difference between these:

GA-H170M-D3H (rev. 1.0)

GA-H170M-D3H-GSM (rev. 1.0)

GA-H170M-DS3H (rev. 1.0)

I get that the M designation is for micro ATX, and it seems that the GSM is going to be a board that's around/supported for a longer length of time?
The only other obvious (to me anyway) is the audio between the D3H and the DS3H?

Is that all it is, or did I miss something else?

I'm looking to build something that I can do some "light" gaming, but more Photoshop/Lightroom/HTPC type stuff than anything else, which is why I finally ruled out the Z boards, I don't really need to overclock.

 

[timeconsumer]

I can see no difference between the D3H and the D3H-GSM.

However the DS3H I can see a few differences. It has inferior audio and lan chips. The audio I wouldn't worry about too much, it's still a decent one. The Realtek lan chip is a bit of a letdown compared to the Intel Gbe Lan chip, but it isn't a deal breaker.

The DS3H also has 2x PCI-E x16 (one at 16 and one at x4) slots and 2x PCI-E x1 slots while the other two instead of having PCI-E x1 have legacy PCI slots. It's not that important unless you expect to need a couple of PCI-E x1 cards like a wireless adapter and add-on sound card.

The DS3H has fewer fan headers, again not a big deal. It doesn't have a heatsink on the VRM, also not a big deal if not overclocking.

If they are all the same price I would get the D3H (either version). The only reason I might opt for the DS3H is if it saved me around $20.

 

[surgtech2006]

Thanks for the reply, yes it seems the D3H is the way to go. The difference in $ is not that much between the boards for me to worry.