Intel 845 DDR Motherboard Roundup - December 2001
by Anand Lal Shimpi on December 17, 2001 6:51 PM EST- Posted in
- Motherboards
MSI 845 Ultra
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MSI 845 Ultra |
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CPU
Interface
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Socket-478
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Chipset
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Intel
845
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Form
Factor
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ATX
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Bus
Speeds
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100
- 200MHz (in 1MHz increments)
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Core
Voltages Supported
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1.750
- 1.850V (in 0.025V increments)
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AGP
Voltages Supported
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1.5
- 1.6V (in 0.1V increments)
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DRAM
Voltages Supported
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2.5
- 2.6V (in 0.1V increments)
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Memory
Slots
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3
184-pin DDR DIMM Slots
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Expansion
Slots
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1
AGP Slot
5 PCI Slots 1 CNR Slot |
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Onboard
RAID
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Promise
PDC20276
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Onboard
USB 2.0/IEEE-1394
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NEC
D720100AS1 USB 2.0
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Onboard
Audio
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CMedia
CMI8738 6-channel audio
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Onboard
LAN
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N/A
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The 845 Ultra is MSI's answer to Gigabyte's feature filled P4 Titan DDR. The board features three DIMM slots, 6-channel audio, Promise IDE RAID and USB 2.0 support driven by the same NEC controller that's on the Gigabyte board.
The 845 Ultra also has similar core, AGP and DRAM voltage adjustments that the Gigabyte board offered but it doesn't have as many options. The board doesn't feature any LAN support and has one less PCI slot.
The fact that it uses the same Promise ATA-133 RAID controller means that it has the same 64KB stripe size limitation as the Gigabyte board.
The 845 Ultra is very close to the P4 Titan DDR so if the lack of LAN support (a fairly big exemption in our opinion), 1 missing PCI slot and slightly less flexible voltage options don't matter to you then it is a viable alternative; otherwise the Gigabyte board gets the edge.
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