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The editors liked
Supports 45 nm Intel processors and PCIe 2.0
Excellent overclocking support
Power saving DES2
Good components
CrossFireX multi-GPU support
Silent
ESATA/SATA brackets.
The editors didn't like
Not significantly faster than P35-based motherboards
Supports 45 nm Intel processors and PCIe 2.0, Excellent overclocking support, Power saving DES2, Good components, CrossFireX multi-GPU support, Silent, eSATA/SATA brackets.
Not significantly faster than P35-based motherboards, certain components come in the way of others, no additional brackets for additional ports.
The Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 is an excellent product and excels at everything in every department. Having said that, you do not really get the anticipated premium performance over its cheaper and older sibling based on the Intel P35 motherboard that suppo...
DES feature, Good overclocking, Cool and silent, Supports PCI-e 2.0, Crossfire ready at x16x16 configuration, Three year warranty, EPP support, Good software bundle
Large Northbridge heatsink blocks first PCIe slot, DES does not work with overclocking, Memory installation requires removal of graphic card, Only six SATA ports, Does not outperforms P35 based chipset too much (not really Gigabytes fault)
The X38 chipset has shown to be no significantly better than its cheaper little brother, the P35. In terms of the performance we see that they are almost identical with a exception in the memory bandwidth and pure CPU processing, where the X38 has a ...
Dynamic Energy Saver, Overclocking Ability, Accessories, X38 Chipset...
Dynamic Energy Saver (Only works with stock frequencies)...
Overall, I felt as though the Gigabyte EX38-DS4 was about average in terms of performance because a majority of its results were neck-and-neck with the other motherboards. This parity in performance across manufacturers boards with similar features an...
