Six 975X Enthusiast Motherboards for Today and Tomorrow
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Patrick Schmid
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Intel D975XBX
The 975X motherboard flagship by Intel is called the D975XBX.
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| Intel D975XBX (Rev. AA) | |
|---|---|
| Platform | Sockel LGA775 |
| Northbridge | Intel 975X (Rev. 00) |
| Southbridge | Intel ICH7R (82801 GB) |
| Phasen | 5-Phasen Regulator |
| BIOS | BX97510J.86A.0807.2006.0314.1158 |
| Clock Chip | ICS 954519BGLF |
| Clock Setting in BIOS | Measurement |
| 266.6 MHz (FSB1066) | 266.7 MHz (0.00%) |
| SPD Memory Timing Recognition | Timing Result |
| DDR2-667 | CL 4.0-4-4-8 |
| Interfaces | |
| Connectors | onboard / IO - panel |
| USB 2.0 | 4 / 4 |
| IEEE1394/Firewire | 1 / 2 |
| Serial COM Port | none / 1 |
| Parallel LPT Port | none / 1 |
| Game | none |
| LAN | none / 1 |
| WLAN | none |
| SATA | 8 / none |
| Audio analog | LineIn CD / 7.1 Cannels |
| Audio digital | none / chinch and optical Out |
| Connectors | onboard only |
| PCIe 16x | 2 |
| PCIe 4x | 0 |
| PCIe 1x | 2 |
| PCI | 2 |
| IDE (PATA) | 2 (4 channels) |
| Fan 4 pins (CPU) | 1 |
| Fan 3 pins (System) | 2 |
| Mass Storage Controller | |
| ICH7 | 1x IDE (ATA100)4x SATA (RAID 0,1,5,10) |
| Silicon Image Si3114CTU | 4x SATA (RAID 0,1,0+1,5) |
| LAN | |
| Intel PC82573L PCIe | 1x 1 Gbit/s LAN |
| Audio | |
| Sigmatel STAC9221D5 | AC97 (High Definition Audio) |
| IEEE1394/Firewire | |
| Texas Instrument TSB43AB23 | 2x 1394a (400 Mbit/s) |
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Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)
Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
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