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Chaintech A865PE
Written by Stephen
Friday, 04 September 2009 10:58
..:: Introduction ::..
As with the recent and continuing trend, today we’ll be evaluating a motherboard from a new
manufacturer, Chaintech. For quite some time, Chaintech wasn’t the most popular enthusiast
supplier, and weren’t unto popular with the performance crowd. Chaintech succeeded in
building solid, reliable products, but it wasn’t too long ago that they came onto the scene in a big
way with their Zenith and Apogee mainboard product lines. These boards offered stellar
aesthetics, performance, overclocking, and weren’t too hard on the pocketbook to boot. The
Chaintech Apogee A865PE motherboard is on our review list today, and it will be the last of the
Apogee line. Chaintech will soon be replacing the Apogee series with the new Zenith Value
Edition products. This new product line will offer fewer accessories to keep pricing down, and to
satisfy the enthusiast users looking for cheap, solid overclocking without the extra bells and
whistles.
..:: Chaintech A865PE Specifications ::..
Processor
- Supports Intel Socket 478 CPU with Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Intel Pentium4/Celeron system bus at 400/533/800MHz
- Supports Intel Prescott CPU
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Chaintech A865PE
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Chipset
-
North Bridge : Intel 865PE
South Bridge : Intel ICH5-R
LAN Chip : Realtek RTL8100C
Audio Codec : C-Media CMI9739A
I/O Chip: ITE 8712
Memory
- 4 DDR DIMM 184-Pin Slots
- DDR400/333/DDR266 DDR SDRAM
Expansion Slots
-
1 x AGP 4X/8X
5 x PCI
1 x CMR
2 x UDMA/133/100/66
1 x FDD
2 x SATA
4 x USB 2.0
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Chaintech A865PE
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Back Panel I/O Ports
-
1 x Parallel, 2 x Serial
1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Audio I/O (Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
4 x USB 2.0, 1 x RJ-45 Port
Other Features
- Value Pack 2003 Software
- Apogee Overclocking Utility
..:: A865PE Packaging ::..
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Chaintech A865PE
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Friday, 04 September 2009 10:58
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