The Value Connection of 6 Intel 945P Motherboards

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Test Setup
Processor Intel Pentium D Processor 840 (3.2 GHz, 2x 1 MB L2 Cache)
Memory
Intel Plattform (Premium) 2x 512 MB - DDR2-667 (333 MHz)Corsair CM2X512A-5400UL (XMS5400 V1.2)(CL3-2-2-8-1T @ 266 MHz)
Motherboards
Socket 775 Abit AL8-V (Rev. 1.0, BIOS 1.4)Intel 945P ChipsetAOpen i945Pa-PLF (Rev. , BIOS 1.04)Intel 945P ChipsetAsus P5PD2 (Rev. 1.02, BIOS 0603)Intel 945P ChipsetChaintech V945P (Rev. 101, BIOS 2005-08-02)Intel 945P ChipsetFoxconn 945P7AA-8EKRS2 (Rev. 1.0, BIOS 2005-07-20)Intel 945P ChipsetGigabyte 8I945P-Pro (Rev. 1.0, BIOS F7)Intel 945P Chipset
System Hardware
Graphics Card (PCIe) MSI GeForce 7800 GTGPU : NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT (450 MHz)Memory : 256 MB DDR-SDRAM (500 MHz)
Hard Drive Hitachi Deskstar 7K250250 GB, 8 MB Cache, 7200 rpm
Network 3Com 3C905B-TX
DVD-ROM Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x)
Powersupply Tagan TG480-U01, ATX 2.0, 480 W
Software
Intel Chipset Driver Intel Inf 7.2.1.1003
Graphics Driver NVIDIA Forceware 77.77
DirectX-Version Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
OS Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600,Service Pack 2
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.