Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 Motherboard Review

“Gigabyte has done a wonderful job with the X38-DQ6 and I love the fact that it's a DDR2 board. With DDR3 memory prices being so high the X38-DQ6 allows you to have all the latest chipset features and run the less expensive DDR2 memory line. The board runs stable with all four memory banks full at both 800MHz and 1066MHz as that is the only way I have ever run the board. Numerous boards are not stable when the memory banks are full, but this motherboard is stable. Overclocking on 45nm and 65nm Intel Core 2 series processors was quick and simple to do. I've also used three BIOS versions on the board (F4, F5H and F6B) and updated them using both the floppy disk method and @BIOS flash utility with no problems at all. If you are in the market for an Intel X38 Express motherboard with DDR2 memory the Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 is on the short list of boards that you should be looking at.”