ASUS P4SDX SiS 655 Dual Channel DDR Mainboard Review (1) Overclocker 10 Feb
2003
ASUS P4SDX (SiS 655 B0)
ASUS never fails to be one of the
fastest mainboard manufacturer. This time round, ASUS leads the rest with its
introduction of the first SiS 655 Dual Channel DDR Mainboard based on the new
SiS 655 B0 stepping chipset. As you know, the B0 chipset enables support of the
Hyperthreading feature of the P4 3.06Ghz processor. Although other manufacturers
are claiming A0 does support, it is unofficial support.
The board we received is the P4SDX Deluxe
Edition. The Deluxe edition as its names implies supports lots of important
features and they include HT support, Gigabit Ethernet, Serial ATA RAID (1 x
ATA133 + 2x SATA connectors), IEEE 1394, AGP 8x. The package also comes with
J-Panel, a 5.25" front panel for you to connect to 2 x USB 2.0 and the S/PDIF
Out + Mic in and Line out.
The pacakge
CPU
Socket 478
FC-PGA2 Pentium 4
(Willamette/Northwood )HT Supported up to 3.06+ GHz
Chipset
SiS 655 North
Bridge and SiS 963 South Bridge
Winbond W83627SF
LPC Super I/O Chip
FSB
533/400 MHz
Memory
Dual channels
DDR333!!
4*DDR DIMM Sockets for 2
channels supports up to 4GB unbuffered PC2700/PC2100 /PC1600 non-ECC DDR
SDRAM memory
Expansion Slots
1 x AGP 8X
6x PCI
IDE
2 x UltraDMA 133
/100/66
Audio
ADI AD1980 6
channel audio codec
S/PDIF-in /-out
interface
LAN (optional)
Broadcom 4401
10/100 or Broadcom 5702 100/1000M
H/W Monitoring
ASUS ASIC
3 FAN sensors ,4
Voltages and 2 temperatures monitoring
SATA(optional)
Creash-Free BIOS
Special Features
USB 2.0/1.1
IEEE
1394(optional)
ASUS POST Reporter
for system voice warnings
Q-FAN
ASUS JumperFree
ASUS MyLogo for
customized boot logos
ASUS EZ Flash
ASUS EZ Plug for
flexible power connectivity
ASUS
Multi-language BIOS
Wake-On-LAN, Wake
On-Ring,chassis intrusion,SMBus
Suspend-to-RAM
Connector
IEEE 1394
connector *2
ASUS front panel
audio connector
4*USB connectors
CPU /chassis/power
fan. 20-pin ATX power ,4-pin ATX 12V power
S/PDIF-in/-out(S/PDIF
module is separately purchased)
