The Next 'BX': 13 Motherboards For Pentium 4 With Intel's 845 Chipset and Socket mPGA478

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Zida A845SD

It's been quite some time since Zida sent us one of their so-called "Tomato Boards." The A845SD has six PCI slots, CNR slot, AGP 4x, AC97 sound system, on-board LAN and three DIMM sockets. The sound system has three line-ins, which should be enough.

There is not much to complain about with this motherboard. It is simple and attractively priced. The only thing is that the floppy connector has been placed at the bottom of the motherboard, so the cable ends up cutting across all PCI slots and the AGP.

Performance was good and there were no stability issues.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
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.