Motherboard AMD Chaintech SK8T800

Features / Specifications

Processor

AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor

FSB
800 MHz

Chipset


North Bridge : VIA K8T800
South Bridge : VIA VT8237
LAN Chip : VIA VT6103 PHY 10/100 Mbit
Audio Chip : 5.1 Surround AC'97 Codec


Memory
2 x DDR Sockets:
DDR200/266/333/400 NON-ECC DDR SDRAM up to 2GB


Expansion Slots
1 x AGP(3.0) 8X slot (1.5V only)
5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)


IDE Connectors
2 ATA133/100/66 Channels, up to 4 ATA 133/100/66 IDE devices
2 Serial ATA150 Channels, up to 2 Serial ATA150 Hard Drives

Onboard I/O Connectors
Three 3x1 pin fan connectors
Three 5x2 pin USB connectors for additional 6 USB ports
Optional 3x2 pin S/PDIF connector for additional S/PDIF-out adaptor
3x1 pin wake on LAN connector with housing
3x1 pin wake on Modem connector with housing
Two 4x1 pin CD-in connectors
9x2 pin front panel connector
5x2 pin front side audio connector
20 pin ATX Power connector
4 pin ATX 12V Power connector


I/O via Back Panel
PS/2 keyboard/mouse, 2 x USB(2.0/1.1), 1x RJ45, 2 x Com(serial), 1 x Parallel,
1x Line-in / Line-out (Speaker Out ) / MIC, 1x Game / MIDI

Power
20-pin ATX power connector, 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

Form Factor
ATX ( 305 x 220 mm )

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Review Motherboard ECS NF650iSLIT-A Socket 775

The ECS NF650SLIT-A Motherboard is intended to offer up full SLI PCI-E 16x support as well as some decent features. While the 650-SLI chipset has achieved less than top notch overclocking results from other various makers, it hasn't been poor results either. The common 650 boards reach the 1300 FSB area before running in to heat and stability issues. In some cases, these motherboards differ in limits based on which multi-core processor was used to test. Overclocking really isn't all that important as far as the 650-SLI goes. In fact, users would rather get a little something extra along with excellent stability and good performance. Let's see where the ECS NF650SLIT-A places based on these terms.

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Motherboard Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H (AM2+)

GIGABYTE S series motherboards, the champion's choice for AMD AM2+ platform!

1. Supports AMD Athlon/ Sempron processors
2. Solid capacitors design in CPU VRM
3. Dual Channel DDR2 1066 for remarkable system performance
4. Integrated ATI Radeon HD3200-based graphics (DX10)
5. Ultimate graphics performance with PCI-E 2.0 x16 interface with ATI Hybrid CrossFireX support
6. Integrated SATA 3Gb/s with RAID function
7. Features high speed Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE1394
8. High quality 106dB SNR ALC889A HD audio
9. Integrated HDMI/ DVI interface with HDCP
10. Supports Windows Vista Premium

The GA-MA78GM-S2H is GIGABYTEs next generation, high performance platform based on the new AMD 780G Chipset and support for the new AMD Phenom quad-core processors, with the latest AM2+ platform support, integrated DDR2 1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 technology links and 128-bit Floating Point Units. In addition, GA-MA78GM-S2H features with two innovative S features - Safe, Smart technologies, further providing reliable and user friendly computing and reaching the maximum system performance easily via personalized software settings.
Specifications

Processor :
Support for Socket AM2+/ AM2 processors: AMD Phenom FX processor/ AMD Phenom X4 processor/ AMD Phenom X3 processor/ AMD Athlon X2 processor/ AMD Athlon processor/ AMD Sempron processor

Hyper Transport Bus
1. 5200/2000 MT/s

Chipset :
1. North Bridge: AMD 780G
2. South Bridge Chipset: AMD SB700

Memory :
1. 4 x 1.8v DDR2 DIMM memory slots (supports up to 16GB memory)(Note 1)
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules
(Note 1) Due to the limitation of Windows 32-bit operating system, when more than 4GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory available for the operating system will be less than 4GB; Windows 64-bit operating system doesn't have such limitation.
(Note 2) Whether 1066 MHz memory speed is supported depends on the CPU being used.

Audio :
1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for DTS (dts NEO:PC)
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In

Expansion Slots :
1. 1 PCI Express x 16 slot
2. 1 PCI Express x 4 slot
3. 2 PCI slot

LAN :
1. Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots :
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
3. 2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface :
South Bridge :
1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4) supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 3Gb/s device
4. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 10
iTE IT8718 chip :
1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive

IEEE 1394 :
1. Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)

USB :
1. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 8 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)

Internal I/O Connectors :
1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
4. 1 x IDE connector
5. 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
6. 1 x CPU fan header
7. 1 x system fan header
8. 1 x front panel header
9. 1 x North Bridge fan header
10. 1 x front panel audio header
11. 1 x CD In connector
12. 1 x S/PDIF In/Out header
13. 1x IEEE 1394a header
14. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
15. 1 x parallel port header
16. 1 x serial port header
17. 1 x chassis intrusion header
18. 1 x power LED header

Back Panel Connectors :
1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
3. 1 x D-Sub port
4. 1 x DVI-D port (Note 3)
5. 1 x HDMI port
6. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
7. 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port
8. 1 x IEEE 1394a port
9. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
10. 1 x RJ-45 port
11. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
(Note 3) The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.

H/W Monitoring :
1. CPU/System temperature detection
2. CPU/System fan speed detection
3. CPU overheating warning
4. CPU/System fan fail warning
5. CPU/System fan speed control (Note 4)
(Note 4) Whether the CPU/system fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/ system cooler you install

Unique Features :
1. Support for @BIOS
2. Support for Download Center
3. Support for Q-Flash
4. Support for EasyTune
5. Support for Xpress Install
6. Support for Xpress Recovery2
7. Support for Virtual Dual BIOS

Operating System :
1. Support for Microsoft Windows Vista/ XP

Form Factor :
1. Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 24.4cm

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Gigabyte GA-8I915PMD, Intel 915, Socket 775 Motherboard

* µATX 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm Form Factor

CPU Support

* Socket LGA775
* Support Intel® Pentium® Hyper - Threading technology with FMB Performance 2005 support
* Support for an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in a LGA775 socket with a 800 MHz system bus, 2.8Ghz to 3.8 GHz or higher.
* Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor in a LGA775 socket with a 533 MHz system bus, 2.8 GHz or higher.

System Memory

* Four 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets.
* Serial Presence Detect
* Support for single-sided or double-sided DIMMs (DDR2 400 / DDR2 533)
* Support for up to 4 GB system memory
* Non-ECC RAM (ECC memory will run in non-ECC mode)
* Single and dual channel mode operation:
o Single channel mode with single DIMM, non-symmetrical population or non-identical DIMMs
o Dual channel mode with 2 or 4 identical DIMMs, populated symmetrically


Core Logic (Chipset)

* The Intel 915P chipset

I/O controller:

* ITE IT8712F-A

Fire Wire controller

* The Texas Instrument (TSB43AB23)

Audio Chipset

* Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem using the Realtek ALC880 audio codec.

Ethernet Controller

* Realtek RTL8100C PCI/Mini-PCI Single-Chip Fast Ethernet Controller
* Power Management
* 10 Mbps, 10 Base-T and 100 Mbps 100 Base-TX support

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System Motherboard

The motherboard is the main circuit board inside your computer. It is the largest and most complicated piece of equipment within a computer case. It houses the central processing unit (CPU) the BIOS, the chipset, the system bus and main memory (RAM and ROM) Located on the motherboard are also expansion slots for adding devices and power connections. All of the peripheral devices on a computer are installed directly on the motherboard or are linked to it by a cable connection. The main purpose of the motherboard is to coordinate all the individual processes of each component so they all work properly together. The main system board is what processes input from a computer user and produces output which is seen on the computer screen.

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AMD690GM-M2 MAINBOARD

CPU

• Socket AM2 for AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core/ Athlon 64 FX/Athlon 64 processor
• High-performance Hyper Transport CPU interface.
• Support transfer rate of 2000/1600/1200/800/400 mega-transfers per second.
CHIPSET

• AMD® 690G & AMD® SB600
• North Bridge: AMD® 690G
• South Bridge: AMD® SB600

MEMORY

• Dual-channel DDR memory architecture
• 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 16 GB
• DDR2 800/533/400 DDR2 SDRAM
EXPANSION SLOT

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
• 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
• 2 x PCI slots
STORAGE

Supported by SB600
• 2 x Ultra DMA133/100/66 devices
• 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0Gb/s devices
• RAID0, RAID1, RAID10 configuration
AUDIO

Realtek ALC883 support 8-ch HD Audio
LAN

Realtek RTL8110SC Giga LAN Controller
REAR PANEL I/O

1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors
1 x VGA port
1 x RJ45 LAN connector
1 x DVI connector
4 x USB ports
1 x Audio port (Line-in,4x Line-out, Mic_in)
INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS

1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
1 x 4-pin ATX 12V connector
1 x FDD connector
1 x IDE connector
4 x Serial ATA connectors
1 x SPDIF out header
3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB ports
1 x Front panel switch/LED header
1 x Front panel audio header
1 x CD in header
1 x TV out header
1 x COM1 header
CPUFAN/SYSFAN connectors
FORM FACTOR

Micro-ATX Size, 244mm*244mm

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Motherboards explained

The motherboard is the centre piece of you system it contains all the circuitry and components either directly on the board or via additional components which connect directly to it. The motherboard is also often referred to as the main board.

The motherboards many connectors and slots include a socket for the processor to be installed along with memory slots, a number of expansion slots, connectors to IDE/SATA devices and smaller connectors for USB, serial and printer connectors.
The motherboard plays an essential role in the following aspects of your computer system:

Organization of devices: Everything is eventually connected to the motherboard. The way that the motherboard is designed and laid out dictates how the entire computer is going to be organized.

Control of the devices: Built-in to the motherboard is the chipset and BIOS program, which between them control the majority of data flow throughout the different computer systems.

System Communication: Almost all communication between the PC and its peripherals, other PCs, and you, the user, goes through the motherboard.

Processor Support: The motherboard socket depicts which choice of processor you can use in your system.

Peripheral Support: The motherboards components determine what type of peripherals you can use in your PC. For example, you can not use AGP cards if you only have PCI slots.

System Performance: The motherboard is a major factor in your system's performance; it dictates which type of processors, memory, system buses, and hard disk interface speed your system can have via its connectors or BIOS settings. Often if you are upgrading after a number of years you will need to replace the board, CPU, and memory.

Upgradeability: As motherboards are developed newer processors may not be compatible with your hardware as limitations of the circuitry built-in to the board itself will not allow them to run. As a result you can look for any upgrades via your maker's website but may need to consider upgrading.

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