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Specifications |
| Form
Factor |
ATX
(12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 mm by 243.84 mm]) |
| Processor |
Support
for an Intel� Pentium� 4 processor in a mPGA478 socket with a
400/533/800 MHz system bus
Hyper-Threading Technology Support
Support for an Intel� Celeron� processor in a mPGA478 socket with a
400 MHz system bus |
| Memory |
Four
184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
Support for DDR 400, DDR 333, and DDR 266
Support for up to 4 GB of system memory |
| Chipset |
Intel�
865PE Chipset |
| I/O
Control |
LPC
Bus I/O controller |
| Audio |
SoundMAX
4 XL with AudioESP audio subsystem using the Analog Devices AD1985
codec |
| Video |
Universal
0.8/1.5 V AGP 3.0 connector (with integrated retention mechanism)
supporting 1x, 4x, and 8x AGP cards |
| Peripheral
Interfaces |
Eight USB 2.0 ports
One serial port
One parallel port
Two Serial ATA interfaces
Two Parallel ATA IDE interfaces with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support
One diskette drive interface
PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports |
| Expansion
Capabilities |
Five
PCI bus add-in card connectors |
Other's Reviews: |
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| 5/30/03 |
Motherboards.org |
Sonic
Focus and the D865PERL |
| 5/22/03 |
SharkysExtreme.com |
Intel
865PE Springdale Review |
| 5/21/03 |
Extremetech.com |
Intel
Strives for Balance With Springdale |
| 5/21/03 |
HardOCP.com |
Stable
with High performance |
| 5/21/03 |
HardwareZone |
Intel
Desktop Board D865PERL |
Conclusion:
This is one of the most
impressive boards from Intel I have seen in awhile, as feature wise,
it is a very competitive product from the folks at Intel. Is it the
best enthusiast's board available? Maybe not, but for most users that
is not a big decision factor as they want features, stability and
support three elements Intel has always shined in so that will carry a
lot of weight when it comes to spending their cash in the checkout
line believe me.
Personally I feel whenever Intel
delves into some new technology or explores into untapped features it
is always good in one way or another to the user as we benefit from
their hard efforts. The motherboard group based out of Oregon is
always trying to be one step ahead of the game and has R&D
projects constantly in the works trying to bring a better more
enriched solution for the Intel platform. Jeff and his fellow
teammates have successfully brought many new enthusiast based features
to light with the Canterwood and Springdale chipset boards and this
should work well for them marketwise.
I liked this board quite a bit
and although not an overclockers dream board it still has enough
appeal to please many would be users in PC land. The bottom line is
this, if you need a stable board; want enough features to be viable
for now and in the future and want to use the Intel P4 as your
platform, this could be right up your purchasing alley. The few
downside things to this board are just that, a few and the overall
take on the product is very positive. Audiophiles are the ones who
should truly take a look here as the D865PERL has at the moment, the
best on-board sound both hardware and software wise and is very user
oriented. Okay Intel you win my vote on this one hands down!!
Good job people, keep up the good work. |
