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MSI vs. Chaintech: Tier 2 i865PE Head to Head

Author: Cameron Johnson SUMMARY: It's time for Tier 2 of our Intel 865PE Springdale Head to Head articles which this time compares two Pentium 4 based motherboards from MSI and Chaintech.
Editor: Cameron Wilmot
Category: Motherboards
Published: 22nd October 2003

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Specifications of the MSI 865PE Neo2

Supports Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz ~ 2.8GHz mPGA 478 Northwood (400FSB)
Supports Intel Pentium 4 2.2GHz ~ 3.06GHz mPGA 478 Northwood (533FSB)
Supports Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz ~ 3.2Ghz mPGA 478 Northwood (800FSB)

Chipset
Intel i865PE with HT
i82865PE Northbridge
i82801ER Southbridge
Intel Hub Architecture @ 266MB/s

Bus Frequency
100/133/200MHz Internal
400/533/800MHz External
Netburst Micro Architecture

Expansion Slots
1 AGP 4x, 8x
5 PCI

Expansion Ports
1 PS2 Keyboard Port
1 PS2 Mouse Port
8 USB 2.0 Ports (2 rear accessible, 6 via expansion bracket)
3 Firewire Ports (via expansion bracket)
2 Serial Ports
1 Parallel Port
5 Stereo Audio Ports (3 rear accessible, 2 via expansion board)
1 Game Port (via expansion bracket)

Special Features
BIOS overclocking control of FSB, voltages.
CSA Gigabit Ethernet
VIA Firewire
Promise PATA/SATA Controller
Core Logic Overclocking system


Specifications of the Chaintech 9PJL Apogee

Supports Intel Pentium 4 2.0GHz ~ 2.8GHz mPGA 478 Northwood (400FSB)
Supports Intel Pentium 4 2.2GHz ~ 3.06GHz mPGA 478 Northwood (533FSB)
Supports Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz ~ 3.2Ghz mPGA 478 Northwood (800FSB)
Supports Intel Celeron 1.7GHz ~ 2.8Ghz mPGA 478 Willamette-128 (400FSB)

Chipset
Intel i865PE with HT
i82865PE Northbridge
i82801ER Southbridge
Intel Hub Architecture @ 266MB/s

Bus Frequency
100/133/200MHz Internal
400/533/800MHz External
Netburst Micro Architecture

Expansion Slots
1 AGP 4x, 8x
5 PCI

Expansion Ports
1 PS2 Keyboard Port
1 PS2 Mouse Port
8 USB 2.0 Ports (4 rear accessible, 4 via expansion bracket)
2 Firewire Ports (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 Realtek Networking
Firewire
Highpoint HPT372N RAID
Silicone Image SATA RAID







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