JAMF (wie kent hem niet ) wist ons te vertellen dat op X-Bit Labs informatie is te vinden over een groot aantal moederborden die in de loop van zomer door MSI op de markt gezet zullen worden. Vrijwel alle aandacht ligt in de komende maanden bij de Intel Pentium 4, zo zullen er drie Socket478 moederborden verschijnen in ATX en microATX formaat, twee daarvan met de 850 chipset en de laatste met Brookdale aan boord. Van deze laatste chipset wordt blijkbaar erg veel verwacht, omdat er nog vier andere producten mee uit zullen komen in verschillende smaken geheugen en socket. Veel minder gebeurt er op het gebied van de Pentium III, de Intel 815 en VIA 694 plankjes krijgen alleen een upgrade naar de laatste stepping van de chipset. Voor Socket A kunnen we plankjes gebaseerd op SiS 735 en 733 verwachten, de K7D Master wordt niet genoemd:
- MS-6504 is based on i850 chip for Socket478 CPUs. Like the freshly announced 850 Pro2, this board will be designed on a four-layer PCB which is supposed to favorably influence its price. MS-6504 will be equipped with 4 RIMM slots, one AGP Pro, five PCI and one CNR slot. There will be an integrated sound controller (Creative CT5880). Brand technologies PC2PC and D-LED will be also implemented.
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- 845 Pro2-R (MS-6528) is a Socket478 mainboard based on i845 core logic. It will support up to 3GB PC133 SDRAM, which can be in stalled in four DIMM slots. The board is equipped with AGP 4x slot, six PCI and one CNR slot. As an integrated sound controller it will sport a six-channel controller from C-Media. MS-6528 will be optionally equipped with IDE RAID controller from Promise and will support PC2PC technology.
- 845 Pro3-R (MS-6398), a modification of the previous model with three DDR DIMM slots, supports up to 2GB DDR SDRAM. All the other specs of 845 Pro2-R and 845 Pro3-R are the same. Although this mainboard is to be ready in summer, its official announcement is scheduled for early 2002, when Intel allows the mainboard makers start shipping DDR board on i845.
- 845 Pro4 (MS-6391) is another Socket478 mainboard with PC133 SDRAM support based on i845. This product will feature three DIMM slots, one AGP 4x, five PCI slots, one ISA (!) and one CNR slot. It will optionally support AC'97 audio and the brand PC2PC technology.
- MS-6529. MSI won't forget about Socket423 boards for Pentium 4. This i845 mainboard will be a product of the kind. MS-6529 will be equipped with three DIMM slots supporting till 3GB PC133 SDRAM, one AGP 4x, six PCI and one CNR slot. It will be optionally shipped with an integrated six-channel audio controller from C-Media and will support PC2PC technology.
- MS-6534 is a MicroATX mainboard for Socket478 processors on i845. It will have two DIMM for PC133 SDRAM, one AGP 4x, three PCI and one CNR slot. The board will be shipped with an integrated AC'97 sound controller, which can be optionally replaced with an integrated PCI sound controller from C-Media.
- MS-6507, one more MicroATX mainboard for Socket478 Pentium 4 CPUs, has the same design as the previous one. The only difference are DDR DIMM slots implemented on MS-6507. Accordingly, the launching date of this product nearly coincide with that of 845 Pro3-R.