Advantages: Low Cost, Supports so many Intel Processors Disadvantages: not enough PCI Slots
The Elitegroup P4M900T-M2 Is a Motherboard which Retails for around £30.00
The Motherboard uses the Chipset of the P4M900CD & VT8237S
The Motherboard has been designed to Support the Latest Intel CPUs Such as The Intel Dual Core and the Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad CPUs. The Motherboard uses socket 775 which will also support some Intel Pentium 4s and Celeron Ds.
The Motherboard Supports DDR2 667 (DDR2 6400) Up to 4GB Ram (2 Slots with 2GB RAM)
The Motherboard has a FSB of 1066Mhz which is Quite Fast Considering it only £30 in most Places.
The Motherboard which most do has Built in Lan which supports 100MPBS and a Built in Graphic card which supports 128MB Graphics.
The Motherboard Supports up to 2 SATA Drives (Mainly Hard drives) 2 IDE Devices (Mainly 2 DVD-Rws) and 1 Floppy Drive.
The Motherboard supports SATA ...
Advantages: Stability and price Disadvantages: Possibly limited PCI slot and memory DIMM's
Hopefully this review may help others seeking an impartial opinion. To start off, il just outlay some brief specifications with opinions provided. Further specifications are available off the msi website.
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincatno=1&p rodno=1219
CPU
Socket 775 for Intel P4 3xx/ 5xx/ 6xx/ Pentium D, Celeron D, Core 2 Duo processors. Also supports EIST and HT processors.
Really handy as it supports my current p4 prescott HT and allows upgrade potential. It might seem like an obvious point, but finding a reliable board that I could use indefinitely on a p4 HT and then a dual core in the future was challenging.
MEMORY
DIMM1 supports 2GB max DDR2 400/533/667 and DIMM2 supports 1GB max DDR 266/333/400.
From the image, you may have already guessed this is a microATX board, so ...
Advantages: HDTV output, supports AMDs Cool 'n' Quiet Disadvantages: Only one lan
The ASUSM2NPV-VMMotherboard for AMD single-core Athlon 64/ Sempron and Dual-core Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon FX processors using socket AM2 is very user friendly, I went with AMDs 64 x2 3800+ processor in the beginning then moved up to 4200+ 2Gb Ram without any hassle, very easy to setup and fits easily in a standard ATX case. A possible downside to the board is that it has a limited number of slots due to being a microATX sized board. That's not a big deal for me as the only two cards I'll be buying in the future is Graphics and a extra Lan card.
Board Layout
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>In the upper right hand corner of the motherboard are the ATX 24 pin power connector, Floppy disk connector, Game/Midi port connector and four DDR2 slots. These DDR2 slots support a maximum memory capacity of 8GB and the frequencies supported is DDR2-800MHz/667 ...
1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45
3 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer)/line-in - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (rear)/microphone - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
Additional Connectors (Optional)
4 x Hi-Speed USB
Miscellaneous
Cables Included
1 x Serial ATA cable
1 x Serial ATA power adapter
1 x IDE cable
1 x floppy cable
Software Included
Drivers & Utilities, ASUS Live Update, ASUS PC Probe 2
Certified for Windows Vista
Certified for Windows Vista software and devices have undergone compatibility tests for ease-of-use, better performance and enhanced security.
Compliant Standards
Plug and Play, RoHS
Manufacturer's product description
This motherboard supports the latest Pentium 4 CPU from Intel in LGA775 package. With 1066/ 800/ 533MHz FSB, Hyper-Threading Technology and core-speeds up to 3.6GHz and beyond, Intel's LGA775 Pentium 4 is one of the fastest desktop processors to date. The P5VD2-VM delivers powerful integrated 2D and 3D graphics engine that provides high performance along with functionality and value.
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