Athlon64 Motherboards: First Look at Chaintech, FIC, and MSI
by Wesley Fink on September 23, 2003 1:03 PM EST- Posted in
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MSI K8T Neo: Basic Features
| Motherboard Specifications | |
| CPU Interface | Socket-754 |
| Chipset | VIA K8T800 Northbridge VIA 8237 Southbridge |
| Bus Speeds | 190 MHz to 280 MHz (in 1 MHz increments) |
| AGP/PCI Speeds | None** |
| Core Voltages Supported | +3.3%, +5%, +6.6%, +8.0%. +10%, +11%, +15% |
| AGP Voltages Supported | Auto, 1.55V to 1.85V (0.05V increments) |
| DRAM Voltages Supported | Auto, 2.55V to 2.85V (in 0.5V increments) |
| Chipset Voltage | None |
| Memory Slots | 3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots Support to 2GB DDR 400/333/266 |
| Expansion Slots | 1 AGP 8X Slot 5 PCI Slots |
| Onboard RAID | VIA 8237 supports 2 SATA drives in Raid 0/1 configurations Promise 20378 supports 2 SATA + 2 IDE device in RAID 0/1/0+1 |
| Onboard USB 2.0/IEEE-1394 | 8 USB 2.0 supported through VIA8237 VIA VT6307L Firewire for 2 ports |
| Onboard LAN | Realtek 8100C 10/100 |
| Onboard Audio | Realtek ALC655 AC’97 6-Channel |
| Onboard Serial ATA | Four IDE drives provided by 2 IDE connectors by VIA 8237 Two SATA connectors by VIA 8237 2 SATA+ 2 IDE by Promise 20378 |
| BIOS Revision | 1.0 |
| ** The tested board had no provisions for fixed AGP/PCI. However, shipping BIOS may or may not supply this option. MSI states that they hope to provide AGP/PCI fix option in the next 2 to 3 weeks. | |
Gigabit LAN is provided by the Realtek 8110S 10/100/1000 chip.
MSI’s proprietary CoreCell provides “Dynamic Overclocking”.
In addition to the two SATA connectors driven by the VIA 8237 Southbridge, MSI adds the Promise 20378 controller for 2 additional SATA ports and a 3rd IDE connecor supporting RAID 0/1/0+1.
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Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - link
Needs more MHz.... Needs more. Not ready yet to plunk the cash down. Possibly the 3.2 Intel then dump that for the new rev of the FX next year..... since I am never going to be happy with performance even if I just use it for email anyway. Gotta plow through all that spam just a little faster.Cheers and kudos to both Intel and AMD, love the war, love the technologies and even more... love the competition that will shortly lower prices.
Anonymous User - Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - link