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Business and School Integrated Motherboard Roundup
Business and School Integrated Motherboard Roundup - PCSTATS
Faced with the purchase of dozens of new computers, government agencies, schools and businesses need to find ways to keep costs down while still getting the equipment they require.
Filed under: Motherboards Published:  Author: 
External Mfg. Website: Various Jul 19 2002   C. Sun  
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Quick Comparison Specs On the Boards

socket a/370 motherboards

MSI MS-6378 MSI MS-6368 MSI MS-6390

Processor AMD Socket A Pentium III Socket 370 AMD Socket A
Northbridge VIA KLE133 VIA PLE133T VIA KM266
Southbridge VIA 686B VIA 686B VIA 8233A
Supported FSB 100/133 MHz 100/133 MHz 100/133 MHz
Form Factor Micro ATX Micro ATX Micro ATX
DIMM Slots Two PC100/PC133 Two PC100/PC133 Two PC1600/2100
Max Memory 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Integrated Video Yes, Trident Blade Yes, Trident Blade Yes, ProSavage8
Shared Video Memory 8MB 8MB 8-32MB
IDE 2 Ultra/100 2 Ultra/100 2 Ultra/133
AGP None None None
PCI 3 32bit PCI's 3 32bit PCI's 3 32bit PCI's
ISA None 1 ISA None
CNR/AMR/ACR 1 CNR 1 CNR 1 CNR
LAN 10/100 ADMtek 10/100 Realtek 8100L 10/100 Realtek 8101L
Audio Realtek ALC101 VIA AC'97 Avance Logic AC'97
USB 2 USB 1.1 2 USB 1.1 2 USB 1.1
Power Supply Standard ATX Standard ATX Standard ATX
Misc 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, WoL, WoM 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, WoL, WoM 1 Serial, 1 Parallel, WoL, WoM
Price $90 CDN ($50 US) $75 CDN ($40 US) $125 CDN ($75 US)

socket 478 motherboards
MSI MS-6526 Epox 4GLA+ Epox 4G4A+ Iwill mP4G

Northbridge Intel i845GL Intel i845GL Intel i845G Intel i845G
Southbridge Intel ICH4 Intel ICH4 Intel ICH4 Intel ICH4
Supported FSB 100 MHz 100 MHz 100/133 MHz 100/133 MHz
Form Factor Micro ATX ATX ATX Micro ATX
DIMM Slots Two PC1600/2100 Three PC1600/2100 Three PC1600/2100 Two PC1600/2100
Max Memory 2 GB 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Integrated video Yes, Intel i845G Yes, Intel i845GL Yes, Intel i845G Yes, Intel i845G
Shared Video memory 1MB, 8MB 1,8MB 1,8MB 1,8MB
IDE 2 Ultra/100 2 Ultra/100, 2 ltra/133 2 Ultra/100, 2 ltra/133 2 Ultra/100
AGP None 4xAGP, 1.5V Lock 4x AGP, 1.5V Lock 4x AGP, 1.5 Lock
PCI 3 32bit PCI's 6 32bit PCI's 6 32bit PCI's 32bit PCI's
ISA None None None None
CNR/AMR/ACR 1 CNR 1 CNR 1 CNR None
LAN 10/100 Intel 82562ET 10/100 Realtek 8100B 10/100 Realtek 8100B 10/100 Realtek 8100B
Audio Avance Logic 5.1 AC'97 Realtek ALC650 5.1 C'97 Realtek ALC650 5.1 C'97 Realtek ALC650 5.1 C'97
USB 2 USB 2.0 6 USB 2.0 6 USB 2.0 4 USB 2.0
Power Supply Pentium 4 Standard ATX Standard ATX pentium 4
Misc 1 Serial, 1 Parallel 2 Serial, 1 Parallel 2 Serial, 1 Parallel, WoL 2 Serial, 1 Parallel, emory Stick
Price $145 CDN ($85 US) Unknown $175 CDN ($100 US) $210 (125 USD)

Abit BG7 MSI MS-6533 MSI MS-6524

Northbridge Intel i845G SiS 650 SiS 650
Southbridge Intel ICH4 SiS 961 SiS 961
Supported FSB 100/133 MHz 100 MHz 100 MHz
Form Factor ATX Micro ATX Micro ATX
DIMM Slots Three PC1600/2100 Two PC1600/2100 Two PC100/PC133
Max Memory 3 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Integrated video Yes, Intel i845G Yes, SiS650 Yes, SiS650
Shared Video memory 1,8MB 8MB 8MB
IDE 2 Ultra/100 2 Ultra/100 2 Ultra/100
AGP 4xAGP, 1.5V Lock 4x AGP 4x AGP
PCI 5 32bit PCI's 3 32bit PCI's 3 32bit PCI's
ISA None None None
CNR/AMR/ACR None 1 CNR 1 CNR
LAN 10/100 Realtek 8100B 10/100 Realtek 8100L 10/100 Realtek 8100L
Audio Realtek ALC650 5.1 AC'97 Realtek ALC201A AC'97 Realtek ALC201A AC'97
USB 4 USB 2.0 2 USB 1.1 2 USB 1.1
Power Supply Pentium 4 Pentium 4 Pentium 4
Misc 1 Serial, 1 Parallel 2 Serial, 1 Parallel, woL, WoM 2 Serial, 1 Parallel, WoL, WoM
Price $200 CDN ($120 USD) $140 CDN ($80 US) $130 CDN ($75 US)


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Contents of Article: Various
 Pg 1.  Business and School Integrated Motherboard Roundup
 Pg 2.  — Quick Comparison Specs On the Boards
 Pg 3.  MSI MS-6378 - AMD
 Pg 4.  MSI MS-6390 - AMD
 Pg 5.  MSI MS-6368 - Intel Socket 370
 Pg 6.  MSI MS-6526GL - Pentium 4
 Pg 7.  MSI MS-6533 - Pentium 4
 Pg 8.  MSI MS-6524 - Pentium 4
 Pg 9.  Epox 4GLA+ Pentium 4
 Pg 10.  Epox 4G4A+ Pentium 4
 Pg 11.  Iwill mP4G Pentium 4
 Pg 12.  Abit BG7 Pentium 4
 Pg 13.  Benchmarks and Testing Specs
 Pg 14.  Benchmark: BAPco Sysmark 2002: Internet Content
 Pg 15.  Benchmark: BAPco Sysmark 2002: Office Productivity
 Pg 16.  Benchmark: Winstone 2001: Content Creation
 Pg 17.  Benchmark: Winstone 2001: Business Winstone
 Pg 18.  Benchmark: Winbench 99: Disk
 Pg 19.  Benchmark: Winbench 99: Graphics
 Pg 20.  Benchmark: Sisoft Sandra 2002
 Pg 21.  Benchmark: PCMark 2002: CPU Bench
 Pg 22.  Benchmark: PCMark 2002: Memory Bench
 Pg 23.  Benchmark: SPECviewPerf
 Pg 24.  Price performance comparisons
 Pg 25.  Final Conclusions

 
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