The End User Pays: 13 Boards With Intel 845GE/PE

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Price Check: Chipsets For Pentium 4

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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

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Chipset	Intel 845GE	Intel 845PE	Intel 845GV	Intel 845D
Price 1K unit	US$37	US$32	US$26	US$23
Introduction	Row 1 - Cell 1	Row 1 - Cell 2	Row 1 - Cell 3	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

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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.