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ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv
965P/ICH8DH Mainboard Review Intro 1/5
Bluetooth 2 Jul 2007
Introduction
ASRock
gave us a big surprise by delivering its first board based on the mainstream
Intel 965P chipset. ASRock always innovate and keep prices affordable to the
masses. The 4Core1333-Viiv is such a board, giving you the best performance at a
good price/performance ratio.
This board supports all LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2
Quad / Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® XE / Pentium®
D / Pentium® Dual Core / Pentium® 4 / Celeron®
/ Celeron® D, supporting Quad Core Kentsfield processors. It is
compatible with all FSB1333/1066/800/533MHz CPUs. Based on the 965P chipset with
ICH8DH chipset, it is Intel Viiv Ready. The board supports dual Channel
DDRII800/667/533 x 4 DIMM slots, with max. capacity up to 8GB. ATI CrossFire can
be enabled on this board using the PCIe x16 + PCIe x4 slot. ASRock calls it AGI
Express slot.
In terms of features, this board comes with 6 SATA II ports
supporting RAID 0,1,10,5 and intel matrix storage and hot plug. 1 x eSerial
ATAII 3.0 Gb/s (shared with 1 SATAII port), support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug"
functions. The board also uses the Intel GbE PHY and Realtek ALC888 for HDA.
There is also support of 1394 with VIA chip on board. The board supports XP
media Centre edition and comes with overclocking options in the BIOS for those
who are keen to boost the performance of the system.
To make the deal even better, ASRock throws in a free Bundle: 1 x ASRock
DeskExpress, providing PCI Express slot for all kinds of PCI Express interface
cards, and 1 Front USB port.
Specs
| CPU |
- LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Quad
/ Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® XE / Pentium®
D / Pentium® Dual Core / Pentium® 4 / Celeron®
/ Celeron® D, supporting Quad Core Kentsfield processors
- Compatible with all FSB1333*/1066/800/533MHz CPUs
- Intel® Viiv™ Ready
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU
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| Chipset |
- Northbridge: Intel® P965
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH8DH |
| Memory |
- Dual Channel DDRII memory technology
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Supports DDRII800/667/533
- Max. capacity: 8GB*
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| BIOS |
- 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support |
| Audio, Video and Networking |
| Graphics |
- n/a |
| Audio |
- 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD
Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) |
| LAN |
- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Giga PHY Intel® 82566DC
- Supports Wake-On-LAN |
| Expansion / Connectivity |
| Slots |
- Supports ATI™ CrossFire™
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 1 x AGI Express slot (PCI Express x4)
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 3 x PCI slots |
| Connector |
- 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel® Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and
"Hot Plug" functions
- 1 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII port), supports NCQ,
AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection header
- 1x Game port header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- SLI/XFire power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports) |
| Rear Panel I/O |
ASRock 1394_eSATAII I/O Plus
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Serial Port: COM1
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x eSATAII Port
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /
Front Speaker / Microphone |
| Other Features / Miscellaneous |
|
Hybrid Booster |
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) |
| Support CD |
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version) |
| Accessories |
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 133 Cables
- 4 x SATA Data Cables (optional)
- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cable (optional)
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF Cable (optional)
- 1 x DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection Cable (optional)
- 1 x USB Header Data Cable (optional)
- 1 x ASRock DeskExpress (optional)
- 1 x PCIE_DE Card (optional)
- 4 x Screws (optional) |
| Hardware Monitor |
- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore |
| Form Factor |
- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.0-in, 30.5 cm x 22.9 cm |
| OS |
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP /
XP Media Center / XP 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit compliant |
| Certifications |
- FCC, CE, WHQL |
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