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ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 (Intel 945P) Review Intro 1/4
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Introduction
ASRock ConRoeXFire-eSATA2 is one of the
latest high spec board from ASRock which supports the upcoming Conroe 1066FSB
processor including the E6x and X6800 processor. The XFire Series
supports the ATi CrossFire technology using two ATi graphics cards for higher
graphics performance with the first slot running in PCIe x16 and the second is a
AGI Express slot running in PCIe x4.
This board
support up to 4 slots of DDR2-533/667 modules. The chipset used supports all
series of Intel LGA775 CPUs including the highest end Intel Core2 Duo Extreme
(Conroe), the X6800 that runs clks 2.93GHz (1066FSB).
Other processors supported are the the LGA 775 for Intel®
Dual Core Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D,
supporting Core™ 2 Duo Desktop (Conroe), Presler and Cedar Mill processors, FSB
1066/800/533 MHz,, it also support Hyper-Threading Technology + EM64T CPU. The
board also untied overclocking features allowing you to boost the performance by
increase the FSB without affecting the PCI and PCIe bus speed.
This board is also VISTA
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 the ICH7R south bridge, 4 x Serial ATAII
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. There are also 2 x eSerial
ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII ports) and support "Hot Plug"
function. On top of that, the board supports 1394 (with external bracket)
and Gigabit Ethernet.
CPU |
- LGA 775 for Intel® Dual Core Pentium®
D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D, supporting Core™ 2 Duo
Desktop (Conroe), Presler and Cedar Mill processors
- FSB 1066/800/533 MHz
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU |
Chipset |
- Northbridge: Intel® 945P
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH7R |
Hybrid Booster |
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) |
Memory |
- Dual Channel DDRII memory technology
- 4 x DDRII DIMM slots
- Supports DDRII 667/533
- Max. capacity: 4GB |
Slots |
- Supports ATI CrossFire™
- 3 x PCI slots
- 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot
- 1 x AGI Express slot (PCI Express x 4)
- 1 x PCI Express x 1 slot |
Graphics |
- n/a |
Audio |
- Realtek ALC888 7.1channel CODEC with High Definition Audio |
LAN |
- Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- PCIE x 1 Realtek RTL8111B
- Supports Wake-On-LAN |
Connector |
- 4 x Serial ATAII 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
- 2 x eSerial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII ports),
support "Hot Plug" function
- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x Game header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 2 x IEEE 1394 headers
- CPU/Chassis FAN connectors
- 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 8CH_eSATAII I/O
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x COM Port
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 2 x eSATAII Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /
Front Speaker / Microphone |
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 Overheat Shutdown to Protect CPU Life
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore |
Accessories |
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 100 cables
- 4 x SATA data cables (optional)
- 2 x SATA 1 to 1 power cables (optional)
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF cable (optional)
- 1 x USB+1394 bracket |
Form Factor |
- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.6-in, 30.5 cm x 21.8 cm |
OS |
- Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP/XP 64-bit/Vista™
compliant |
Certifications |
- FCC, CE, WHQL |
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