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Header Cell - Column 0 Abit IC7-Max3 Albatron PX875 Pro AOpen AX4SPE MAX II ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe
Chipset i875P i875P i865PEPE i875P
Processors Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott
Northbridge/aktiv Lüfter i875/yes i875/no i865PE/no i875P/no
Southbridge ICH5R ICH5 ICH5 ICH5R
Front Side Bus FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800
Memory 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR
Asynchronous Memory Mode yes yes yes no
Max. DIMMs 4 4 4 4
Max. RAM 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
UltraATA/100 2 Channels 2 Channels 2 Channels 2 Channels
# USB 8 8 8 8
PCI Slots 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3
Integrated Graphics no no no no
Integrated Sound AC97 2.1, 6 channels AC97 2.1, 6 channels AC97 2.1, 8 channels AC97 2.1, 6 channels
AGP 4X/8X yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes
ACPI yes yes yes yes
USB 2.0 / FireWire yes/yes yes/no yes/yes yes / yes
Ethernet CSA / Intel 3COM Marvell CSA / Intel CSA / Intel
Additional Storage Controller Silicon Image SiL3114CT176 4x SATA Row 18 - Cell 2 Silicon Image SiL3114CT176 4x SATA Promise PDC20378 2xSATA, 1x PATA
Row 19 - Cell 0 Biostar P4TCA Pro DFI LANParty PRO875B Elitegroup PHOTON PF3 Extreme EPoX 4PCA3+
Chipset i875P i875P Row 20 - Cell 3 i875P
Processors Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott
Northbridge/aktiv Lüfter i875/no i875/no i865PE/yes i875/no
Southbridge ICH5 ICH5R ICH5 ICH5R
Front Side Bus FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800
Memory 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR
Asynchronous Memory Mode yes yes no yes
Max. DIMMs 4 4 4 4
Max. RAM 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
UltraATA/100 2 Channels 2 Channels 2 Channels 2 Channels
# USB 8 8 8 8
PCI Slots 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3
Integrated Graphics no no no no
Integrated Sound AC97 2.1, 6 channels AC97 2.1, 6 channels AC97 2.1, 6 channels AC97 2.1, 6 channels
AGP 4X/8X yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes
ACPI yes yes yes yes
USB 2.0 / FireWire yes/yes yes/no yes/yes yes/no
Ethernet no CSA / Intel Row 37 - Cell 3 Broadcom Gigabit BCM5705WKFB
Additional Storage Controller VIA VT6410 2xPATA RAID 0,1,0+1, JBOD Highpoint 372N 2x PATA Row 38 - Cell 3 Highpoint HPT374 4xPATA
Row 39 - Cell 0 Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Intel D875PBZ MSI 865PE Neo2-P Platinum Edition PC Chips T12
Chipset i875P i875P i865PE Row 40 - Cell 4
Processors Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott P4 Northwood/Prescott
Northbridge/aktiv Lüfter i875/yes i875/no i865PE i865PE
Southbridge ICH5R ICH5R ICH5 ICH5
Front Side Bus FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800
Memory 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR
Asynchronous Memory Mode yes yes yes ni
Max. DIMMs 6 4 4 4
Max. RAM 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
UltraATA/100 2 Channels 2 Channels 2 Channels 2 Channels
# USB 8 8 8 8
PCI Slots 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3
Integrated Graphics no no optional optional
Integrated Sound AC97 2.1, 6 channels no AC97 2.1, 6 channels AC97 2.1, 6 channels
AGP 4X/8X yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes Row 54 - Cell 4
ACPI yes yes yes Row 55 - Cell 4
USB 2.0 / FireWire yes/yes yes/no yes/no Row 56 - Cell 4
Ethernet CSA / Intel CSA / Intel Realtek Gigabit 8100C Row 57 - Cell 4
Additional Storage Controller SiL3112ACT144 4xSATA GigaRAID IT8212F 2xPATA Row 58 - Cell 2 no Row 58 - Cell 4
Row 59 - Cell 0 QDI P4i865PEPE Novo2-AL Soyo P4i875P Dragon2 V 1.0 Supermicro P4SCT+II Tyan S5101 Trinity i875P
Chipset i865PEP i875P i875P i875P
Processors Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott Northwood/Prescott
Northbridge/aktiv Lüfter i865PE/no i875P i875/no i875P/no
Southbridge ICH5 ICH5R 6300 ESB ICH5
Front Side Bus FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800 FSB400, FSB533, FSB800
Memory 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR 133/166/200 MHz DDR
Asynchronous Memory Mode yes no yes no
Max. DIMMs 4 4 4 4
Max. RAM 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB 4 GB
UltraATA/100 2 Channels 2 Channels 2 Channels 2 Channels
# USB 8 8 4 8
PCI Slots 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3 2x 32 Bit PCI 2.3, 3x 64 Bit PCI-X-133, 2x 64 Bit PCI-X-100 5x 32 Bit PCI 2.3
Integrated Graphics no no ATI Rage XL no
Integrated Sound AC97 2.1, 6 channels AC97 2.1, 6 channels no AC97 2.1, 6 channels
AGP 4X/8X yes/yes yes/yes yes/no yes/yes
ACPI yes yes yes yes
USB 2.0 / FireWire yes/no yes / yes yes/no yes / yes
Ethernet Realtek 8100C 10/100 CSA / Intel CSA / Intel & Intel 82547 Gigabit CSA / Intel & Realtek 8100C 10/100
Additional Storage Controller Row 78 - Cell 1 Ali M5281 2xSata, 2xPata Marvell 88SX5040CTLR 4xSATA Promise PDC20378 2xSATA, 1x PATA
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.