SUMMARY: The Pentium 4 processor line has been with us for sometime now and has matured into quite the profitable making product for Intel after its rather shaky inception. Now we have the Top 3 chipset manufacturers creating chipset solutions for the processor. One which has begun to stand out in the crown is SiS with their solid 648 chipset. Today Cameron “Sov” Johnson presents us with a roundup of three budget motherboards based on this very chipset from MSI, Gigabyte and ECS!
Bus Frequency 100/133MHz Internal 400/533MHz External Netburst Micro Architecture
Expansion Slots 1 AGP 4x, 8x 6 PCI
Expansion Ports 1 PS2 Keyboard Port 1 PS2 Mouse Port 6 USB 2.0 Ports (2 rear accessible, 4 via expansion bracket) 2 Serial Ports 1 Parallel Port 3 Stereo Audio Ports 1 Game Port (VIA Expansion Bracket)
Special Features BIOS overclocking control of FSB, voltages Onboard Broadcom 10/100/1000 Networking
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