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Price Check: Chipsets For Pentium 4

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12:00 PM - 12/09/2002 by Frank Völkel
Chipset Intel 850E Intel 845G Intel 845E Intel 850
Price 1K unit US$40 US$35 US$28 US$38
Introduction May 2002 May 2002 May 2002 January 2001
Processor Plattform Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 423/ 478
Supported CPU Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4
Chipset Northbridge Intel KC82850E Intel RG82845G Intel RG8245EES Intel KC82850
Chipset Southbridge Intel 82801 BA Intel 82801 DB Intel 82801 DB Intel 82801 BA
Front Side Bus Clock 100/ 133 MHz 100/ 133 MHz 100/ 133 MHz 100/ 133 MHz
Memory Clock 400 MHz/ 533 MHz 100/ 133/ 166 MHz 100/ 133 MHz 400 MHz
Asynchronous Memory Clock yes yes yes yes
FSB-Overclocking up to 166 MHz up to 166 MHz up to 166 MHz up to 133 MHz
Max. # DIMM-Slots 4 3 3 4
Max. Memory 2048 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB 2048 MB
SDRAM Support no yes yes no
DDR SDRAM Support no yes yes no
Dual DDR SDRAM Support no no no no
RDRAM Support (Rambus) yes no no yes
Dual RDRAM Support (Rambus) yes no no yes
Ultra-DMA/ 33/ 66/ 100 yes/ yes/ yes yes/ yes/ yes yes/ yes/ yes yes/ yes/ yes
Ultra-DMA/ 133 no no no no
Max. # USB 4 4 4 4
USB 2.0 no yes yes no
Max. # PCI Slots 6 6 6 6
Integrated Graphics no yes no no
AGP 1x / 2x / 4x yes / yes / yes yes / yes / yes yes / yes / yes yes / yes / yes
AGP 8x no no no no
HyperThreading Support yes no (yes, Step 2) no no
Chipset Intel 845GE Intel 845PE Intel 845GV Intel 845D
Price 1K unit US$37 US$32 US$26 US$23
Introduction December 2001
Processor Plattform Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478
Supported CPU Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4
Chipset Northbridge Intel RG82845GE Intel RG8245PE Intel RG8245GV Intel 82845
Chipset Southbridge Intel 82801 DB Intel 82801 DB Intel 82801 DB Intel 82801 BA
Front Side Bus Clock 100/ 133 MHz 100/ 133 MHz 100/ 133 MHz 66/ 100/ 133 MHz
Memory Clock 100/ 133/ 166 MHz 100/ 133/ 166 MHz 100/ 133/ 166 MHz 100/ 133 MHz
Asynchronous Memory Clock yes yes yes yes
FSB-Overclocking up to 200 MHz up to 200 MHz up to 200 MHz up to 166 MHz
Max. # DIMM-Slots 3 3 2 3
Max. Memory 3072 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB 2048 MB
SDRAM Support no no no no
DDR SDRAM Support yes yes yes yes
Dual DDR SDRAM Support no no no no
RDRAM Support (Rambus) no no no no
Dual RDRAM Support (Rambus) no no no no
Ultra-DMA/ 33/ 66/ 100 yes/ yes/ yes yes/ yes/ yes yes/ yes/ yes yes/ yes/ yes
Ultra-DMA/ 133 no no no no
Max. # USB 4 4 4 4
USB 2.0 yes yes yes no
Max. # PCI Slots 6 6 6 6
Integrated Graphics yes no yes no
AGP 1x / 2x / 4x yes / yes / yes yes / yes / yes yes / yes / yes yes / yes / yes
AGP 8x no no no no
HyperThreading Support yes yes yes no
Chipset SiS 658 SiS 645DX SiS 645
Price 1K unit n.a. $20 n.a.
Introduction November 2002 March 2002 November 2001
Processor Plattform Socket 478 Socket 478 Socket 478
Supported CPU Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4 Intel Pentium 4
Chipset Northbridge SiS 658 SiS 645DX SiS 645
Chipset Southbridge SiS 963 SiS 961 SiS 961
Front Side Bus Clock 100/ 133 MHz 100/ 133 MHz 100 MHz
Memory Clock 400/ 533/ 600 MHz 100/ 133/ 166/ 200 MHz 100/ 133 MHz
Asynchronous Memory Clock yes yes yes
FSB-Overclocking up to 200 MHz up to 166 MHz up to 133 MHz
Max. # DIMM-Slots 4 3 3
Max. Memory 2048 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB
SDRAM Support no yes yes
DDR SDRAM Support no yes yes
Dual DDR SDRAM Support no no no
RDRAM Support (Rambus) yes no no
Dual RDRAM Support (Rambus) yes no no
Ultra-DMA/ 33/ 66/ 100 yes/ yes/ yes yes/ yes/ yes yes/ yes/ yes
Ultra-DMA/ 133 yes no no
Max. # USB 4 4 4
USB 2.0 yes no no
Max. # PCI Slots 6 6 6
Integrated Graphics yes yes yes
AGP 1x / 2x / 4x yes / yes / yes yes / yes / yes yes / yes / yes
AGP 8x yes no no
HyperThreading Support no no no

The above table lists all of the currently available chipsets for the Intel platform (Socket 478). Older chips with SDRAM support - such as the Intel 845 - are no longer taken into account. That's because boards with these chips have not been produced or sold on the market for a considerable time.

The Intel 845GE costs $37 now and will come down to $35 at the end of the year. The Intel 845PE, on the other hand, costs only $32, with its price sinking to $30 at year-end. As before, the Intel 850E is the most expensive candidate because of its small production numbers: $40 a chipset. This price will only be topped next year, by the new Canterwood with 800 MHz FSB that will cost $50.

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