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MSI P45 Neo3 Intel P45 Motherboard Reviews

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MSI’s latest P45 series motherboards are equipped with server-class DrMOS which provides high power efficiency, more stable overclocking and lower temperatures. All the MSI motherboards have a zero noise solution thanks to a new Circu-Pipe, Heatpipe or Heatsink, and come with three key features; GreenPower for power saving energy; XpressCool for zero noise and effective heat dissipation; and RapidBoost for high computing performance. According to MSI, a fully-loaded system with DrMOS drops the surface temperature by 16 degrees, a boon for both users and the environment.

Based on the ATX form factor, the P45 Neo3 is geared for mid-range computing and supports Intel’s Core 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo and 45nm Penryn CPUs. It also supports a FSB up to 1600MHz and DDR2 1200MHz memory. Unfortunately, cutting-edge DDR3 memory isn’t compatible, but at least you’ll save some cash on memory prices. There’s 8.1-channel audio onboard too (Realtek ALC888 chipset), in addition to PCI Express 2.0 x16.

Specification :

CPU
• Supports Intel® Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo based processors in LGA775 package.
• Supports Intel® Yorkfield, Wolfdale in the LGA775 package.
• Supports FSB 1600* (OC)/1333/1066/800 MHz.
Chipset
• Intel® P45 Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/1066/1333/1600* (OC) MHz.
• Intel® ICH10/ICH10R Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 12 ports.
- 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10. (ICH10R)
- Integrated AHCI controller.
Main Memory
• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 667/800/1066* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max (To support 16GB max, please check the criteria at Intel website)
Slots
• One PCI Express x16 slot (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant).
• One PCI Express x1 slot. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Four 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots.
- Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface
On-Board IDE/SATA
• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron® 363.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.
• SATAII controller integrated in ICH10/ICH10R/JMicron® 363 chipest
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports six SATAII ports by ICH10/ICH10R
- Supports two SATAII ports by JMicron 363.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by ICH10R (SATA1~6).
- Supports SATA RAID 0/1/JBOD by JMicron 363 (SATA7~8).
Audio
• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC888
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spce
LAN
• Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111C.