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ASRock X48TurboTwins-WIFI

Mr Vain

Mr Vain

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http://www.asrock.com/mb/overv...del=X48TurboTwins-WiFi

ASRock X48TurboTwins-WIFI Board Specs[/b][/i]

Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm
- All Solid Capacitor design
CPU - LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad / CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron®,
supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors
- Compatible with all FSB1600/1333/1066/800MHz CPUs
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU
Chipset - Northbridge: Intel® X48
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH9R
Memory - Dual Channel DDR3/DDR2 memory technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB
- 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR2 1066/800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 4GB
Expansion Slot - Supports ATITM CrossFireTM
- 2 x PCI Express x16 slots (green @ x16 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 3 x PCI slots
Audio - 7.1 CH Windows® Vista? Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection
- DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec)
- DTS (Digital Theater Systems) support
LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111B/RTL8111C
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
Wireless LAN ASRock WiFi-802.11g module
- 54Mbps IEEE 802.11g / 11Mbps IEEE 802.11b
- Supports Software Access Point mode (AP mode) and Station mode (Infrastructure mode and Ad-hoc mode)
Rear Panel I/O ASRock 1394_eSATAII I/O Plus
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Serial Port: COM1
- 1 x Parallel Port (ECP/EPP Support)
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x eSATAII Port
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Connector - 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and
Intel Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
- 1 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connector (shared with 1 SATAII port)
- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x WiFi header
BIOS Feature - 8Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, DRAM, NB, SB,VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment
- Supports I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology)
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Hardware Monitor - CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit compliant
Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL
Accessories - 1 x ASRock WiFi-802.11g Module
- 1 x Antenna
- 1 x WiFi Bracket
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- Floppy/ATA 100 Cables
- 4 x SATA Data Cables (Optional)
- 1 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cable (Optional)
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF Cable (Optional)

High end board with so many quality features including solid caps, overclocking tool, crossfire etc.

Who is going to try out this board?
 
I was interested until I saw the placement of the 24pin plug and the small size of the NB heatsink

good & interesting find

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"- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology "
that is something I'm going to need to do some research on and find out just what they mean - that option alone (if it means the same thing) is why I stick with my current 650i board over Intels new chipset offerings
 
What idiot places the 24-pin right in the middle of the board? That kinda turns me off... ASRock seems to use tiny NB heatsinks on their boards, generally.
 
Far as I know, Asrock has never designed a board that DIDN'T have the ATX right in the same place on their boards. I have a big, fat rounded IDE lying right on top of my CPU fan on my Asrock Dual 775.
 
EpoX boards were known for having the PSU socket in the center of the board too. I was used to it and it didn't really bother me. You eventually learn to route the cord around the board in crafty ways.
 
Originally posted by: fritzfield
How much $ ?
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Just guessing here, their current best board is the (4Core1600P35-WiFi+) and is only $129.99 at the Egg.
I wouldn't think that this new board would be too much higher than that.
This new board will probably turn out to be one of the best overclockable budget X48 boards on the market.
 
Originally posted by: nefariouscaine
I was interested until I saw the placement of the 24pin plug and the small size of the NB heatsink

good & interesting find

*edit*
"- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology "
that is something I'm going to need to do some research on and find out just what they mean - that option alone (if it means the same thing) is why I stick with my current 650i board over Intels new chipset offerings
Click to expand...



Untied Overclocking Technology
This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during
overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you
enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter ?Overclock Mode? option of BIOS
setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Therefore, CPU FSB is
untied during overclocking, but PCI and PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB
can operate under a more stable overclocking environment.


 
Originally posted by: Mr Vain
Originally posted by: nefariouscaine
I was interested until I saw the placement of the 24pin plug and the small size of the NB heatsink

good & interesting find

*edit*
"- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology "
that is something I'm going to need to do some research on and find out just what they mean - that option alone (if it means the same thing) is why I stick with my current 650i board over Intels new chipset offerings
Click to expand...



Untied Overclocking Technology
This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during
overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses. Before you
enable Untied Overclocking function, please enter ?Overclock Mode? option of BIOS
setup to set the selection from [Auto] to [CPU, PCIE, Async.]. Therefore, CPU FSB is
untied during overclocking, but PCI and PCIE buses are in the fixed mode so that FSB
can operate under a more stable overclocking environment.
Click to expand...

darn - i was hoping it meant untied FSB & memory speeds

thanks for the info

 
Originally posted by: rockit00
Originally posted by: fritzfield
How much $ ?
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Available in Germany on 5/21/08 for = $292.96 to $307.60 USD! What happened to BUDGET Motherboard???
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High end chipset high end price.
It must be able to offer high end performance to justify the asking price IMO.
I think OCW will be doing a review on it soon.
Anyhow here is a link to a preview on this motherboard.


http://my.ocworkbench.com/bbs/...hp?p=431450#post431450


🙂
 
Originally posted by: Mr Vain x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB
- 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR2 1066/800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory [/b][/i]
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In my experience, when you get these "crossover" motherboards, they usually don't perform well with either as opposed to a more well suited single solution.
 
Originally posted by: Gillbot
Originally posted by: Mr Vain x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB
- 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR2 1066/800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory [/b][/i]
Click to expand...

In my experience, when you get these "crossover" motherboards, they usually don't perform well with either as opposed to a more well suited single solution.
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Your right, I personally do not mind losing a few points of performance if it means only having to buy one motherboard instead of two.

These hybrid motherboards can take the now cheap DDR2 and the future cheap DDR3 ram modules.
 
Originally posted by: Baroo
sounds nice, but I just don't like the location of the 24 pin power mashed up against the PCIex1 slot.
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I hear you, IMO if the motherboard price is low enough and the performance good enough to provide the extra fiddling effort, one with a little bit of patience can route the wiring in a way that is not as intrusive.
 
Why in the hell would anyone pay $250-$300 for an ASRock branded motherboard? These guys have lost their goddamn minds.

I think I've hated every board these guys have done, since 939 was king. AM2 Riser card? WTF was that.

I really just don't understand who the target market is, for these POS boards.

 
Originally posted by: TheInternet1980
Why in the hell would anyone pay $250-$300 for an ASRock branded motherboard? These guys have lost their goddamn minds.

I think I've hated every board these guys have done, since 939 was king. AM2 Riser card? WTF was that.

I really just don't understand who the target market is, for these POS boards.
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They made EXCELLENT budget boards with configurations not offered by the "big" name companies. They were about the only company to put out a GOOD board with both AGP & PCI-E. I'm not sure what your beef is about the AM2 riser card. Nothing is forcing someone to buy it. It was just another way to extend the life of your board if you so desired.

Nothing wrong with ASRock in my book.
 
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