Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Motherboard Review

Main Specifications

Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R main features are:

• Socket: 775.
• Chipset: Intel P35 Express.
• Super I/O: ITE IT8718F
• Clock Generator: ICS 9LPRS587EGLF
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by a JMicron JMB363 (“Gigabyte SATA 2”) chip.
• Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the ICH9R south bridge chip supporting RAID 0,1, 5 and 10 and two SATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB363 (“Gigabyte SATA 2”) chip supporting RAID 0, 1, JBOD and eSATA.
• USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports (four soldered on the motherboard and eight available through I/O brackets, which don’t come with the motherboard).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394a): No.
• On-board audio: Controlled by the chipset together with Realtek ALC889A codec (7.1+2 channels, 106 dB signal-to-noise ratio, DTS Connect support).
• On-board video: No.
• On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by a Realtek RTL8111B chip (connected to the PCI Express bus).
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply: ATX12V 2.x (24-pin)
• Slots: One x16 PCI Express slot, three x1 PCI Express slots and three PCI slots.
• Memory: Four DDR2-DIMM sockets (up to 8 GB up to DDR2-1066/PC2-8500) and two DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 4 GB up to DDR3-1066/PC3-8500).
• Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One.
• Programs included: Drivers and utilities.
• More Information: https://www.gigabyte-usa.com
• Average price in the US*: USD 150.00

* Researched at Shopping.com on the day we published this review.