Intel D875PBZ (Intel 875P Canterwood) Motherboard Review
Intel D875PBZ |
| Chipset |
Intel 875P Canterwood |
| Processor |
Pentium 4 FSB 400/533/800MHz
Celeron Northwood FSB 400MHz
HyperThreading |
| Memory |
PC2100/PC2700/PC3200 |
| HDD |
2x UltraDMA/100
2x SerialATA(RAID)
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| Additional |
8 USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet |
| Price: |
$155 |
Quite recently, we reviewed products of several companies aimed at the high-end sector of the market. These are primarily Asus, Gigabyte and Abit. There are also second-rank manufacturers, like Chaintech and DFI (see the recent review on Pro875P LanParty motherboard).
However, there is also one more large motherboard manufacturer on the market - Intel corporation. But its produces has some specific features:
- The company itself does not produce motherboards - this is done by its partners
- The major market for its produce is the corporate sector, and the motherboards are distributed by system integrators
- From the viewpoint of the "home-based user", the attraction of Intel motherboards is very low: they offer poor package bundle (sometimes it is missing completely), the price is very high, no fine tuning tools, which is quite natural (Intel has always been strongly against the idea of overclocking).
So if you come across a motherboard under Intel's trademark in the retail, it is highly probable an excess of some distributor.
Intel D875PBZ Specifications
| Intel D875PBZ |
| Processor |
- Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood/Prescott) with the 400/533/800 MHz bus;
- Intel Celeron (Northwood) with the 400 MHz bus;
- Socket 478;
- Support for HyperThreading processors |
| Chipset |
- North bridge Intel® 875P Memory Controller Hub (MCH);
- South bridge Intel® Intel 82801ER Enhanced I/O Controller Hub (ICH5);
- Link between bridges: Hub Link v1.5
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| System memory |
- Four 184-pin slots for DDR SDRAM DIMM;
- Maximum memory capacity 4GB;
- Supported memory types - PC2100/PC2700/PC3200;
- Dual-channel memory access;
- Onboard power indicator |
| Graphics |
- AGP slot with support for the 4x/8x modes; |
| Expansion options |
- Five 32-bit PCI Bus Master slots;
- Eight USB 2.0 ports (6 integrated + 2 additional);
- Intel Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller;
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| Overclocking options |
- FSB adjustable within -2 to +4 per cent;
- Memory voltage adjustable. |
| Disk subsystem |
- 2 channels UltraDMA 100/66/33 Bus Master IDE (with support for up to 4 ATAPI devices)
- Support for SerialATA (2 channels - ICH5R, with support for RAID)
- Support for LS-120 / ZIP / ATAPI CD-ROM |
| BIOS |
- 4 MBit Flash ROM
- Intel BIOS with support for Enhanced ACPI, DMI, Green, PnP Features |
| Miscellaneous |
- One FDD port, one serial and one parallel ports, ports for PS/2 mouse and keyboard
- STR (Suspend to RAM) |
| Power management |
- Wake-up on modem, mouse, keyboard, LAN, timer and USB
- Standard 20-pin power connector ATX (ATX-PW)
- Additional 4-pin power connector |
| Monitoring |
- Processor temperatures, voltages and the rotational speeds of the three fans are monitored
- Fans rotational speed monitoring feature |
| Dimensions |
- ATX form factor, 245mm x 292 mm (9.63" x 11.52") |
This motherboard came to our test lab without a package bundle.
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