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ASRock pushes motherboards bundled with Intel CPUs

Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES Asia

ASRock recently launched its 2Core1333-2.66G and 2Core1333DVI-2.66G motherboards bundled with Intel dual-core processors that support a 1333MHz FSB (front side bus) and 2.6GHz overclocked core frequency, according to sources at ASRock.

The two motherboards adopt the Intel 945GC A2 chipset, which features support for Intel dual-core Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium D, Pentium Dual Core, Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D processors and supports a FSB of up to 1333MHz (Intel officially only supports up to 800MHz), and dual-channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB and an integrated Intel GMA950 graphics engine, noted the sources.

The ASRock 2Core1333DVI-2.66G will be bundled with a DVI Graphics-HDCP card for DVI output.

ASRock motherboards bundled with Intel CPU specifications

Model

2Core1333-2.66G

2Core1333DVI-2.66G

CPU support

Bundled with selected dual-core CPUs operating at FSB1333 / 2.66GHz

Supports Intel dual-core Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium D, Pentium Dual Core, Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D processor with FSB up to 1333MHz

Memory

Dual-channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB

4 DIMM slots

Dual-channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB

2 DIMM slots

Chipsets

Northbridge: Intel 945GC A2

Southbridge: ICH7

VGA

Intel integrated GMA950 graphics engine

Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, August 2007

2Core1333DVI-2.66G

ASRock 2Core1333DVI-2.66G bundled with Intel CPU
Photo: Company

ASRock 2Core1333-2.66G motherboard

ASRock 2Core1333-2.66G bundled with Intel CPU
Photo: Company