The Test Setup

Benchmarks and Testing Setup:

Test Platform:

Test Platform
Component	Brand/Model	Live Pricing
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4ghz)	Click Here
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Asrock Conroe 945G-DVI	Click Here Click Here
Video Card	ATI X1900 XTX ATI X1900 CF	Click HereClick Here
Memory	Corsair C6400C4 2 GB kit	Click Here
Hard Drive	Western Digital 250GB, 16mb Cache	Click Here
Cooling	Corsair Nautilus	Click Here
Power Supply	Antec Neo HE 550	Click Here
Operating System	Windows XP Professional w/SP2	Click Here

All tests were run using a clean install of Windows XP Professional with SP2. Both boards used the latest release bios.  For our stock speed tests, we ran everything at default timings for the CPU.  Our stock speed testing used Corsair DDR2 C6400C4 2 GB kit at 1.8 vDimm.  The ASROck board had to be run at DDR2 667, as that was the best available.  The Gigabyte was tested at DDR2800.  Timings for our overclocking were left 4-4-4-12 and 1.8v, but the ram divider was set to the lowest possible to take any ram issues out of the CPU overclocking.  The video card was left at default timings as well for all tests.  For this review, stability was determined by running our battery of tests, plus the ability to complete a SuperPi 32mb test run.