Advantages: features SATA, dual channel memory Disadvantages: lacks modern features such as ddr2 and pci express
...If your like i was before stuck with a pretty decent socket 478 CPU such as a Pentium 4 2.8 , then this is one of the best motherboards i would recommend to get.
There are lots of great advantages with this motherboard such as the size, its a Micro ATX motherboard meaning that you can have a smaller case such as a media centre case.
It has 2 DDR 400 (backwards compatible with DDR 333,266 and 200) slots which can be used in Dual channel Mode if both Ram modules are the same.
The northbridge chipset on this board is an Intel 865g which supports a front side bus up to 800 mhz , but you can also use 400 and 533 mhz bus CPU's with this board.
It has two SATA slots which i would say is the most future friendly part on the motherboard meaning it wont be a problem when upgrading your hard drive or some optical drives which are now...
Advantages: Easy to use and very fast Disadvantages: none
...This is my first mother board I have work .This mother board is top mother board Intel have made.This the most used mother board all over the world. If any one want the PC for internet and for entertainment then every one will go for this.I used this mother board for 4 years there is no problem with the mother board.
This mother board is made to support support the Intel Celeron processor in the mPGA478-pin package and If we come to the features of this mother board we have two slot for RAM and the bus speed of this mother board is 333 MHz FBS.according to Intel the 845 Mother board can support up to 2GB RAM but in my experience it can support up 1GB to 1.5GB of RAM and we also have six USB 2.0 slots four in rear ports and two front-panel USB 2.0 ports.
If we come to the graphics this chipset featuring Intel...
Advantages: Fast, cheap, stable, excellent support and v good manual Disadvantages: Requires a minimum of Win ME upwards
...these are out-dated you have the very simple task of just clicking on update and your chosen driver updates are done for you with nothing else required, its extremely simple and straightforward and a massive bonus of this and other MSi motherboards to have included.
The 845E max is a typical ATX motherboard and therefore will fit into most (if not all) modern desktops and the exact size dimensions are...
Width 30.5 cm
Depth 20 cm
Heres a full list of the included supported features of this motherboard as specified by MSi themseoves on thier website...
Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1 ( 1 ) x processor - Socket 478
1 ( 1 ) x AGP 4x ( 1.5 V )
2 ( 2 ) x memory ( 2.5 V ) - DIMM 184-PIN
1 ( 1 ) x CNR
6 ( 6 ) x PCI ( 3.3 V/ 5 V )
Interfaces 1 x storage - floppy interface - 34 PIN IDC
2 x serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D...
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