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Choosing a Motherboard for a
Custom PC - Part B
Choosing the best motherboard for your PC is rarely easy due to the lack of information on manufacturers sites. Well, by collating all the information about our motherboards under one roof, the job will hopefully be that much easier for you.
Cheaper motherboards are ideal for the occasional user and those on a budget, but don't be fooled, they are cheaper for a reason, namely you sacrifice reliability, performance and features. The following information summarises additional motherboards (see part 1) we use and which you will find in systems dotted around the site. But these are not the only ones we have, so if you don't see what you want, just ask.
Motherboard Details - click to see full specification and Driver download links:-
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Motherboards - Part A
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Motherboards - Part B
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Please note that the Driver Download Links are provided courtesy of the manufacturers concerned. If you find any broken links please inform us.
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Driver Downloads - Click here
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ConRoe1333-D667 R1.0
LGA 775 for Intel® Dual Core Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Dual Core Wolfdale processors. Intel® 945GC A2 Chipset
- Compatible with all FSB1333/1066/800/533MHz CPUs except Quad Core
- Supports Dual Channel DDRII667/533 x 2 DIMM slots with max. capacity up to 4GB
- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, DirectX 9.0 and Max. shared memory 224MB
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- Hybrid Booster - Safe Overclocking Technology
- Untied Overclocking : During overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses
- 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors
- 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec), 10/100 Ethernet LAN
- Windows® Vista™ Premium 2007 Logo Ready
- HD 8CH I/O: 4 ready-to-use USB ports, HD 7.1 channel audio jacks
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CPU
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- LGA 775 for Intel® Dual Core Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron®, supporting Dual Core Wolfdale processors
- Compatible with all FSB1333*/1066/800/533MHz CPUs except Quad Core
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU
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Chipset
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- Northbridge: Intel® 945GC A2
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
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Memory
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- Dual Channel DDRII memory technology
- 2 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Supports DDRII 667/533 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 4GB*
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Expansion Slots
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- 2 x PCI slots
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 1 x HDMR slot
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VGA
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- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950
- Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0
- Max. shared memory 224MB
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Storage
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LAN
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- Realtek PCIE x1 LAN 8101E
- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
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Audio
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- 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
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USB
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8 USB 2.0 (4 rear, 2 front, 2 Optional)
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Back Panel I/O Ports
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HD 8CH I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x VGA Port
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
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Internal I/O Connectors
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- 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No support for RAID and "Hot Plug" functions)
- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x COM port header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 20 pin ATX power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
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BIOS
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- 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
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Hybrid Booster
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- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
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Operating Systems
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- Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit compliant
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Support Disc
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- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
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Form Factor
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- Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.0-in, 24.4 cm x 22.9 cm
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