Specification, Package and Accessories

Gigabyte is one of those mainboard manufacturers who offer a wide range of similar products targeted for different market segments. For example, this time they prepared the entire line-up of solutions based on Intel P35 that differ by their features, accessories bundle and company’s brand name technologies. Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R mainboard is the youngest solution in this family. However, it doesn’t mean that this board would be of less interest for advanced users. On the contrary, it boasts some indisputable advantages. For example, this mainboard doesn’t have all those doubtful technologies that increase the product cost and at the same time have no significant effect on the consumer qualities of the product (we have discussed these features in our previous review called Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 (rev.2.0) Mainboard Review). In other words, although Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R can be considered a low-end/mainstream solution on Intel P35, it has no negative connotation to it whatsoever.

It boasts all the essential features required by computer enthusiasts, which you can actually see from the specification:

The accessories bundle corresponds well to the specification of the product. However, the box contains more than just the necessities: the mainboard itself, user’s manual, CD disk with software and drivers, I/O Shield for the rear panel, FDD and Parallel ATA cables and four Serial ATA cables.

Besides that, Gigabyte also included into the bundle a pretty unique bracket with two eSATA connectors and external hard drive power supply connector as well as a corresponding connector cable and power cable.

The size of the mainboard package is pretty traditional for inexpensive solutions. It has no transparent windows or carry handle. However, its front and back covers carry colorful illustrations telling the potential user about the advantageous features of the product inside.