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ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA Review Intro 1/5
Bluetooth 16 Nov 2006

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775Dual-VSTA

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Introduction

A good product is something that lots of users will go for. ASRock understands this and has been pushing the Dual series since last year. As you guys already know, the Dual series is really a very good choice for those who still owns an older AGP card and DDR ram and yet they wanted the power of the Core 2 Duo. A few months ago, we reviewed the 775Dual-VSTA, which is the improved version of the 775Dual-880 which we reviewed last year.

Last August, we reviewed the first such board for the Pentium 4 LGA775. It was the 775Dual-880Pro. One year later, ASRock reintroduces an improved version of this board based on the same VIA PT880 Pro chipset the 775Dual-VSTA whichs supports Core 2 Duo/Extreme. This month, ASRock introduces yet another model the 4CoreDual-VSTA.

In additional to supporting both AGP and PCIe graphics interface standards, it also support up to 2 slots of DDR2-667 or 2 slots of DDR400 memory. The chipset used supports all series of Intel LGA775 CPUs including the highest end Intel Core2 Duo Extreme X6800 that runs clks 2.93GHz (1066FSB) and the latest QX6700 Quad Core CPU from Intel.

This new version also is VISTA Premium Ready and comes with HDA 8ch audio using ALC888 codec. The board also comes with a HDMI_SPDIF connector which allows audio to be output through a HDMI graphics card. Using 8237A south bridge, it supports SerialATA 1.5Gb/s, RAID 0,1, JBOD, SATA HDD Hotplug, plus 2 ports of ATA 133. There is also 10/100 PCI Ethernet LAN on board.


 


4CoreDual-VSTA
Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
CPU - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® XE / Pentium® D /
Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D, supporting Quad Core Kentsfield processors
- FSB 1066/800/533 MHz
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU
Chipset - Northbridge: VIA® PT880 Ultra
- Southbridge: VIA® VT8237A
Memory - Dual Channel DDR/DDRII memory technology
- 2 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Supports DDRII667/533
- Max. capacity: 2GB
- 2 x DDR DIMM slots
- Supports DDR400/333/266
- Max. capacity: 2GB
Hybrid Booster - CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Expansion Slot - 4 x PCI slots
- 1 x PCI Express Graphics slot
- 1 x AGP 8X slot
Audio - 7.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
LAN - VIA® PHY VT6103
- Speed: 10/100 Ethernet
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
Rear Panel I/O HD 8CH I/O
- 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 RJ-45 LAN Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass /
Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Connector - 2 x Serial ATA 1.5 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1,
and JBOD) and Hot Plug functions
- 2 x ATA133 IDE connectors (support 4 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x Game header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF 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)
BIOS Feature - 4Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
Hardware Monitor - CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant
Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL
Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 133 cables
- 1 x SATA data cable (optional)
- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 power cable (optional)
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF cable (optional)

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