Review Conclusion of ASRock P43DE Intel P43+ICH10 chipset mainboard review

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Review Conclusion of ASRock P43DE Intel P43+ICH10 chipset mainboard review
Bluetooth 11 Nov 2008

Conclusion

ASRock P43DE is what has been ASRock's focus, to make cost/performance board that is affordable to all. Being a simple board, it goes back to the fundamentals. It does not come with WiFi/AP, Dual DDR2/DDR3 support or dual PCIe full length slot. What it has is a full 4 slot DDR2-1200 support, GbE, It also added in some of the newer features like Instant Boot, Extra ESD, Intelligent Energy Saver and Smart BIOS into this product.

IES was first introduced on AM2 boards and it makes it's first appearance on the Intel P45 P45XE-WiFiN mainboard. This utility helps to conserve energy when the CPU is in idle state. The "Instant Boot". A look at the info sheet tells us that it is actually something to do with STR. Nevertheless, it is a good way to get instant boot (system must be on standby power) within 4 seconds to the desktop.

In terms of Performance, this board performs pretty well against the major brands and other ASRock P45 and P43 boards we compared with. The differences is very minimal.

In terms of overclocking, the BIOS included a large range of FSB and voltage options available. You can see the BIOS options here. In our o/c test, we used a E6550 processor that clocks at 7x333. With proper DDR2-1200 memory, reaching 420x6 shouldn't be an issue. See picture below. The P43R1600Twins-WiFi was able to do 435x6.

In conclusion, this board serves the needs of basic desktop users pairing with Intel processor. Although it uses a P43 chipset, performance is as good as any P45 boards out in the market. The Qsound is also good if you would like to emulate surround sound using a 2 point speaker. If you need a basic board that does the work and do not o/c that much, this board is worth considering.

BIOS used : P1.00. For beta bios, please visit http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs

Discuss

Pros

IES
Qsound
Wide range of FSB
ASRock OC Tuner

Cons

no debug LED
no eSATA

Ratings

Here are my ratings out of 10.

Category	Score
Performance	10 / 10
Features	7 / 10
Ease Of Installation	10 / 10
Overclocking Features	8 / 10
Documentation	7 / 10
Packaging	7 / 10
Cost / Performance	10 / 10
Overall Rating :	8.4 / 10

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