Motherboard and Chipset

Motherboard Chipset : IX38 QuadGT Speedstar

By admin ⋅ October 15, 2007 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

The Taiwanese surface until a few years ago real reference point for users looking for passionate motherboards for over clocking, has officially presented its own motherboard Socket 775 LGA based on Intel X38 chipset, the producer’s latest proposal American enthusiast segment.

The model name is IX38 Quad Speedster with certification and the frequency of bus quad pumped 1,600 MHz according to the specifications outlined by surface on its website, however, feature not officially supported by the Intel X38 chipset. Onboard are 4 slots for DDR2 modules and not DDR3, from surface certificates in order to maximize memory DDR2-1066 as well as DDR2-800 traditionally implemented.

Looking at the layout of the motherboard will highlight two elements of analysis: the first is the presence of 3 PCI Express 16x, with the two blue-type 2.0 and capable of handling signals 16x-type electric. The third slot, black, is capable of handling signals up to 4x PCI Express boards, then suited to a third video card to feature development of physics in games or other types of peripheral PCI Express 4x. A presence of 3 PCI Express 16x mechanical leave space technology to support Crossfire 3 video cards, of course not until AMD releases the appropriate driver for this type of technology.

The second major element is the cooling system is used for chip circuitry that for the power of CPU, all based on massive copper radiators in connection with heat pipe, this structure exploits the presence of a heat sink with fan mounted on processor to ensure a minimum of air between the fins of radiators, thus avoiding that their temperatures to rise excessively.

Among the other features implemented in this product remind the 6-channel SATA 3Gps onboard, flanked by two channels with e-SATA ports located in the rear plate, a button to reset the bios accessible from the outside paired with buttons and reset switch mounted on PCBs. The circuitry power processor provides both PWM types of digital solid-state capacitors, components capable of ensuring stability higher operating mainly out with specific parameters.

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