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Traditionally, Intel chipsets have always been the fastest and most stable for Intel processors; just
consider the venerable i440BX, i815E or even the i850E.
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Best Value
Motherboard:
In terms of value the ECS L4IBAE easily wins hands down.
For a mere $160 CDN the board has a ton of features; 10/100 LAN, audio, RAID,
IEEE 1394 and six PCI slots! Of course
being a budget board, the L4IBAE didn't have many overclocking options and
wouldn't really satisfy the hard core enthusiasts.
If you're going to run your motherboard at stock speeds
check out the ECS L4IBAE, it's a good package that is very hard to
beat!
| ecs
l4ibae |
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MFG Link: |
ECS L4IBAE |
| Processor |
Intel Pentium4 |
| Northbridge |
Intel i845E |
| Southbridge |
Intel ICH4 |
| Supported FSB |
100/133 MHz |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| DIMM Slots |
Three PC1600/2100 |
| Max Memory |
2 GB |
| Integrated Video |
No |
| Shared Video Memory |
N/A |
| IDE |
2 Ultra/100, 2 Ultra/133 |
| AGP |
4x AGP, 1.5V Lock |
| PCI |
6 32bit PCI's |
| ISA |
None |
| CNR/AMR/ACR |
1 CNR |
| LAN |
10/100 Realtek 8100B |
| Audio |
CMI 9738 5.1 AC'97 |
| USB |
6 USB 2.0 |
| Power Supply |
Pentium 4 |
| Misc |
2 Serial, 1 Parallel, IEEE
1394 | |
Best Overclocking Motherboard:
Most of the motherboards in this roundup were
pretty good overclockers, but the Abit BG7 stood above the rest. This was
particularly impressive since the motherboard doesn't have the best overclocking
options. VCore can only go up 15% and memory voltage up to just 2.8V but it was
still enough to beat the rest.
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bg7 |
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| MFG Link: |
Abit BG7 |
| Processor |
Intel Pentium4 |
| Northbridge |
Intel i845G |
| Southbridge |
Intel ICH4 |
| Supported FSB |
100/133 MHz |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| DIMM Slots |
Three PC1600/2100/2700 |
| Max Memory |
2 GB |
| Integrated Video |
Yes |
| Shared Video Memory |
1,8MB |
| IDE |
2 Ultra/100, 2 Ultra/133 |
| AGP |
4x AGP, 1.5V Lock |
| PCI |
6 32bit PCI's |
| ISA |
None |
| CNR/AMR/ACR |
None |
| LAN |
10/100 Realtek 8100B |
| Audio |
Realtek ALC650 AC'97 |
| USB |
6 USB 2.0 |
| Power Supply |
Pentium 4 |
| Misc |
2 Serial, 1 Parallel,
WoL, | |
These two runner up motherboards are
impressive in their own right, but only one of the ten boards we tested had all
the features, performance and sticker price to earn an Editor's Choice
Award. Let's see which board that is right now!
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