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Massive 10 Motherboard i845E/G Roundup
Massive 10 Motherboard i845E/G Roundup - PCSTATS
Traditionally, Intel chipsets have always been the fastest and most stable for Intel processors; just consider the venerable i440BX, i815E or even the i850E.
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External Mfg. Website: Various Oct 23 2002   C. Sun  
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Iwill P4ES

iwill p4es


Approx Price: $190 CDN ($125 US)
MFG Link: Iwill P4ES
Processor Intel Pentium4
Northbridge Intel i845E
Southbridge Intel ICH4
Supported FSB 100/133 MHz
Form Factor ATX
DIMM Slots Two PC1600/2100
Max Memory 2 GB
Integrated Video None
Shared Video Memory N/A
IDE 2 Ultra/100, 2 Ultra/133, 2 Serial ATA/150
AGP 4x AGP, 1.5V Lock
PCI 6 32bit PCI's
ISA None
CNR/AMR/ACR None
LAN 10/100 Realtek 8100B
Audio Realtek ALC650 AC'97
USB 6 USB 2.0
Power Supply Pentium 4
Misc 2 Serial, 1 Parallel, WoL,

The second of Iwill's two entries in this round up is their P4ES Motherboard. The P4ES shares many similarities with the Iwill P4GS as both are value oriented motherboards that try to satisfy consumers looking for the most in one spot.

The P4ES has IDE RAID, Serial ATA, 5.1 audio and support for various portable media (compact flash, secure digital cards and memory stick). To top things off, USB 2.0 is natively supported by the ICH4 southbridge and there are five PCI slots should you need to add any devices.

The board uses two DIMM slots which will support a maximum of 2 GB of PC1600/2100 and PC2700 DDR RAM.

While it's not really a problem per say, with the IDE connectors in the lower right hand corner it rules out the possibility of using longer (SB Audigy) or full length PCI cards.

The two Serial ATA connectors are located in a really far-off and hard to reach spot which doen't make a whole lot of sense. As you can see in the picture above, the two Serial ATA connectors are flush to the lower left hand corner of the motherboard.

Depending on your case, you many have a hard time plugging in the Serial ATA cables. The cables are thin, and long enough that reaching the drives won't be an issue.

The Iwill P4ES has very little overclocking options in the BIOS which makes it very evident that Iwill are not trying to target the enthusiast market. As much as we may like overclocking, the entire market is relatively small compared to your standard run of the mill customer. Performance and stability of the P4ES proved to be excellent, but then again we would expect nothing less no would we?

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Contents of Article: Various
 Pg 1.  Massive 10 Motherboard i845E/G Roundup
 Pg 2.  The i845E, i845G and the new ICH4
 Pg 3.  Epox 4BEAV
 Pg 4.  Iwill P4GS
 Pg 5.  Epox 4G4A+
 Pg 6.  Albatron PX845EPro
 Pg 7.  Abit BD7II-RAID
 Pg 8.  Abit BG7
 Pg 9.  — Iwill P4ES
 Pg 10.  Abit IT7-MAX
 Pg 11.  Soltek SL-85DR2
 Pg 12.  ECS L4IBAE
 Pg 13.  Benchmarks: Bapco Sysmark 2002
 Pg 14.  Benchmarks: Winstone 2001
 Pg 15.  Benchmarks: Winbench 99
 Pg 16.  Benchmarks: Sisoft Sandra 2002
 Pg 17.  Benchmarks: PCMark 2002
 Pg 18.  Benchmarks: 3DMark2001SE
 Pg 19.  Benchmarks: QIII Arena
 Pg 20.  Best Value / Overclocking Motherboards
 Pg 21.  Best Overall Motherboard

 
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