SiS Kicks Off: 10 Motherboards With The 645 Chipset and DDR333

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Manufacturer Gigabyte MSI Abit Aopen Asus
Produkt GA-8SRX 645 Ultra SD7-533 AX45 P4S333
Chipset
Socket mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478 mPGA478
Clock (CPU/Bus) 2016,82 / 100,84 2002.14 / 100.01 2017.96 / 100.90 1991.80 / 99.59 2000.13 / 100.01
Northbridge SiS645 SiS645 SiS645 SiS645 SiS645
Southbridge SiS961 SiS961 SiS961 SiS961 SiS961
Northbridge Fan no no no no no
Form Factor ATX ATX ATX ATX ATX
Memory
Max. RAM 3072 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB
DIMM Socket 3, DDR 3, DDR 3, DDR 3, DDR 3, DDR
Memory Type DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered DDR-SDRAM, unbuffered
ECC-Support no no no no no
Standard Features
Dimensions (LxW) 30.5 x 22.5 cm Row 15 - Cell 2 Row 15 - Cell 3 30.5 x 21.8 cm Row 15 - Cell 5
PCI Slots 6x 32 Bit 5x 32 Bit 5x 32 Bit 6x 32 Bit 6x 32 Bit
AGP 4x 4x 4x 4x 4x
AGP Clip yes yes no no no
ACR / AMR / CNR no / no / yes no / no / yes no / no / no no / no / yes yes / no / no
Parallel Ports 1 1 1 1 1
Serial Ports 2 2 2 2 1+1
USB internal/external 2/2 4/2 2/4 4/2 4/2
Fan Headers 2 2 3 3 3
IDE Controller 2x UltraATA 100 2x UltraATA 100 2x UltraATA 100 2x UltraATA 100 2x UltraATA 100
Additional Components
Piezo Loudspeaker OnBoard no no no yes no
Wake on LAN (WOL) no yes no yes no
Wake on Modem (WOM) no yes no yes no
IrDA-Port yes yes no yes yes
Case Sensor no no no no no
Temperature Monitoring CPU, System CPU, System CPU, System CPU, System CPU, System
Fan Status Monitoring CPU, System CPU, System CPU, System CPU, Power, Chassis CPU, System
Network Controller no no no Realtek RTL8100BL no
IDE RAID Controller no no no no no
Firewire-Controller no no no no no
SCSI-Controller no no no no no
Sound System
Type PCI AC97 PCI AC97 PCI
Manufacturer / Chip Creative CT-5880 Avance Logic AL201A C-Media CMI8738 Avance Logic AL201A C-Media CMI8738
Interfaces (Int/Ext) 2/3 3/3 3/3 2/3 2/3
External Line (Out/In/Mic) 1/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/1 1/1/1
Internal Line (Out/In/CD) 0/SPDIF/1 1/1/1 6-Ch /1/1 0/1/1 0/1/1
Setup
CPU Configuration BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS or DIP
Optional Multipliers auto, 8 - 23 auto, 8.0 - 24.0 8 - 23 / 1 auto, 8 - 23 / 1 auto, 8 - 23 / 1
FSB Range / Increments 100 - 133 / 1 100 - 200 / 1 100 - 165 / 1 100 - 133 / 1 100 - 166 / 1
Voltage
Vcore Range / Increment 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025 1.100 - 2.200 / 0.025 n/a 1.100 - 1.850 / 0.025
Vram / Increment n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Vchipset / Increment n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Board and BIOS Details
Bios Award AMI Award Award Award
Version F8 1.3 6x 1.03e 1005
Date March 15, 2002 Dec 6, 2001 Jan 3, 2002 Dec 20, 2002 Mar 14, 2002
Motherboard Revision Row 55 - Cell 1 1 Row 55 - Cell 3 Row 55 - Cell 4 ?
Boot Devices Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN Row 56 - Cell 3 Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP Floppy, LS120, SCSI, CD, HD 0-3, ZIP100, LAN, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP
Manual Interrupt Assignment no yes yes no yes
Special Features DualBIOS Row 58 - Cell 2 Row 58 - Cell 3 Row 58 - Cell 4 Row 58 - Cell 5
Clock Generator ICS 952004AF ICS 952001AS ICS 952001AF ICS 952001AS ICS 952001AF
Other
Layout Issues none see evaluation see evaluation see evaluation see evaluation
Shipment / Utilities
Manual / Quality yes, excellent yes, excellent yes, excellent yes, excellent yes, excellent
Languages English English English English English
Quick Setup Guide yes no no yes yes
Cable 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy 1x IDE-80, 1x Floppy
USB Adapter yes, 2 extra Ports yes no no yes
Software EasyTune III Row 68 - Cell 2 Row 68 - Cell 3 Row 68 - Cell 4 Row 68 - Cell 5
Miscellaneous Row 69 - Cell 1 Problem with Kingmax Row 69 - Cell 3 Norton Anti Virus 2001 Row 69 - Cell 5
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.