P4 LGA-775 ATX Motherboards
Well, here we show you three options. The first one costs about 150 euros is for extreme gamers with SLI support dual DDRII ram, 7.1 audio and Extreme Edition support. The second is about 20 euros cheaper without SLI support and for a low cost HTPC we recommend Asrock 775V88+ which supports dual channel DDRI Ram and has 8 channel audio onboard.
I) MICROSTAR MSI P4N SLI-F
Form factor: ATX 30.5cm x 24.5cm.
Supported processors: Intel P4, P4EE, Pentium D, Pentium XE and Celeron D, supporting Hyper-Threading.
Fsb speed: 1066/800 MHz.
Chipset: nForce4 SLI Intel Edition.
RAM sockets: 4x DDR2 533/667, dual channel 240-pin/1.8V up to 4GB.
Communication ports: 2 x PCI Express x16, 2 PCI-E x1, 2 x PCI, 1 serial port, 1 parallel port, 1 audio jack (5-in-1), coaxial/fibre SPDIF out, 10 USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 4 / Front x 6), 1 RJ45 LAN jack, 3 IEEE 1394 (Rear x 1/ Front x 2).
Supported hard disks: 4 x Ultra DMA133/100/66 (RAID 0,1,0+1, RAID 5 or JBOD mode), 4 x SATA II.
Additional characteristics: onboard sound card Realtek ALC850 [7.1 ch. S/W audio], AC'97 2.3 spec., onboard LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by nForce4 SLI Intel Edition MCP04 south bridge and firewire controller IEEE1394 VIA 6306 chipset.
II) MICROSTAR MSI 945P NEO-F
Form factor: ATX 304.8mm x 245.11mm
CPU Socket: Socket LGA 775.
Supported processors: Intel Pentium 4 / Celeron D (Pentium 4 5XX, 6XX series, Extreme Edition, Pentium D 8XX series and Celeron D 3XX). Supporting Intel Hyper-Threading and Dual core (800Mhz and higher).
FSB speed: 533/800/1066MHz.
Chipset: Intel 945P and Intel ICH7 Chipset.
BIOS: DMI Bios Plug n Play.
Communication ports: 3 PCI slots ,1 x PCI Express 16X slot, 2 x PCI Express 1X slot,4 x USB 2.0 ports, 2 x PS2, 1 x COM, 1 x Parallel, 1 RJ-45, 1 Line-In/Line-Out/Mic-In/RS Out/CS Out/SPDIF Out-Optica/Coaxial Audio port .
Hard disk support: ATA Ultra DMA 66/100 up to 4 x SATA2.
RAM Sockets: 4 DIMM DDR2 SDRAM, Dual Channel DDR2 667/533/400MHz up to 4GB.
Additional characteristics: onboard 8 channels audio codec Realtek ALC882, onboard Realtek RTL 8882 LAN Controller 10/100/1000Mbps.
III) ASROCK 775V88+
Form factor: ATX 305mm x 244mm.
Supported processors: Intel Pentium 4/Celeron processor, Intel EM64T CPU.
FSB speed: 800 / 533 MHz.
Chipset: North Bridge: VIA PT880, South Bridge: VIA 8237.
Communication ports: 1 x AGP8X/4X (1.5V), 5 x PCI, 6 x USB2.0, 1 x RJ45, 1 x PS2 Keyboard, 1 x PS2 Mouse, 1 x Serial, 1 x Parallel, 1 x Audio ( Line In/Out, Mic In).
Hard disk support: 2 x ATA 133/100/66 up to 4 IDE, 2 x SerialATA, RAID,0,1,JBOD, SATA HDD_Hotplug. RAM Sockets: 4 x DDR400/333/266 up to 4 GB with Dual Channel.
Additional characteristics: onboard sound card CMedia CMI9761 6 channel AC'97 audio codec, VIA 6103 10/100 Ethernet LAN PHY.
BIOS: 2Mb AMI BIOS with ACPI, SM BIOS 3.0, PnP.