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Header Cell - Column 0 ASUS Blitz Formula DFI Lanparty UT P35-T2R Foxconn Mars
Revision 1.0 A.03 Row 0 - Cell 3
BIOS 1101 8/23/2007 752F1G15
Northbridge P35 P35 P35
Southbridge ICH9R ICH9R ICH9R
Voltage regulators 8 Phase 8 Phase 6 Phase
333 MHz (FSB1333) 334.0 (+0.2%) 333.3 (0%) 332.9 (-0.1%)
Connectors and Interfaces
Internal Connectors
PCI-Interfaces 1x PCI x16 (16x electrical)1x PCIe x16 (4x electrical)3x PCIe x1 (1x electrical)2x PCI 1x PCI x16 (16x electrical)1x PCIe x16 (4x electrical)1x PCIe x16 (1x electrical)1x PCIe x1 (1x electrical)3x PCI 1x PCI x16 (16x electrical)1x PCIe x16 (4x electrical)3x PCIe x1 (1x electrical)3x PCI
Other connectors 6x USB1x 1394a1x IDE6x SATA1x Floppy 6x USB1x 1394a1x IDE8x SATA1x Floppy1x IrDA1x COM 6x USB1x 1394a1x IDE6x SATA1x Floppy1x IrDA1x COM
Fan header 1x 4 Pin (CPU)6x 4 Pin (system) 1x 4 Pin (CPU)5x 4 Pin (system) 1x 4 Pin (CPU)4x 4 Pin (system)
Audio 1x SPDIF (out)1x Front Audio1x CD 1x SPDIF (out)1x Front Audio1x CD 1x Front Audio1x CD
Power Supply 24-Pin ATX4-Pin CPU 24-Pin ATX4-Pin CPU 24-Pin ATX4-Pin CPU
Backpanel Connectors
Row 14 - Cell 0 PS2 (keyboard)6x USB 2.02x Network1x 1394a1x CMOS clear 2x PS2 (keyboard + mouse)6x USB 2.02x Network1x 1394a 2x PS2 (keyboard + mouse)6x USB 2.01x Network1x 1394a1x eSATA
Audio 1x 7.1 analog audio channels1x Coaxial S/PDIF out1x Optical S/PDIF out 1x 7.1 analog audio channelsCoaxial S/PDIF-in/out 1x 7.1 analog audio channels1x Coaxial S/PDIF out1x Optical S/PDIF out
Mass Storage Controller ICH9R1x Floppy6x SATAJMicron JMB3681x IDE ICH9R1x Floppy6x SATAJMicron JMB3631x IDE2x SATA ICH9R1x Floppy6x SATAJMicron JMB3611x IDE
Network 2x 1 Gbit/s LANMarvell 88E8056 (PCIe)Marvell 88E8001 (PCIe) 2x 1 Gbit/s LANMarvell 88E8052 (PCIe)Marvell 88E8053 (PCIe) 1x 1 Gbit/s LANRealtek RTL811B (PCIe)
Audio SupremeFX II ADI 1988BAC97 or High Definition Audio Realtek ALC885AC97 or High Definition Audio Realtek ALC888AC97 or High Definition Audio
Overclocking
Adjust CPU Clock Ratio yes yes yes
FSB 200-800 200-700 100-999
PCIe 100-150 100-250 100-255
Memory Multiplier 667, 800, 833, 1000, 1067, 1111, 1333 557,800, 1066 x2;x2.4;x2.5;x3;x3.3;x4
DRAM manual timing yes yes yes
Overvoltaging
CPU 1.1V-1.9V; increments 0.00625V 0.44375V-1.6V; incremental w/ varying granularity 0.825V-1.6V; increments 0.0125V
RAM 1.8V-3.4V; Increments 0.02V 1.71V-3.04V; incremental w/ varying granularity 1.665V-3.365V; incremental w/ varying granularity
MCH 1.25V-2.03V; increments 0.02V 1.3V-1.9V; incremental w/ varying granularity 1.156V-2.395V; incremental w/ varying granularity
FSB 1.2V-1.8V; increments 0.02V 1.2V-1.6V; incremental w/ varying granularity 1.2V-1.725V; increments 0.075V
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