Intel X38 vs X48
saltydog806
Bowie MD
What is the difference between Intel's X38 and X48 chipsets and how would you rate them.
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Overpriced and not worth it unless you've got the money to burn and want DDR3.
X48 are the X38 chips that can handle a faster memory.
If you go DDR3 then you want X38/48
I'm going DDR2 is there a P35 that you recommend?:)
DFI Blood Iron P35 Infinity
DFI DK LanParty P35
Asus P5K Deluxe/Premium/Wifi
Abit IP35 Pro
Officially the difference is X38 supports up to 1333 FSB and X48 supports 1600 FSB, but a lot of X38s have 1600 FSB in the bios already. They also list the X48 as DDR3 without ECC support while X38 is DDR2 or 3 with ECC support on DDR2.
The power saving features of the X48 are supposed to be improved.
See list here: http://compare.intel.com/pcc/showchart.aspx?mmID=54987,29003&familyID=10&culture=en-US
Also, what's the major performance advantage of DDR3?
/me is out of the 'loop'
At this time, DDR3 offers nothing, just like DDR2 did. It'll come around eventually.
I really don't feel like googling this....
but supposed advantages of DDR3 over DDR2? More than FSB? Or is that it?
Thanks. So would you recommend a GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 at $90.00? Have one on me.