TheNerds
Looking for
newsletters  
HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.
Computer Components » Motherboards
AOPEN
AOPEN
Mfg Part # (918EA10I1M)
91.8EA10.I1M - AOpen i915Ga-HFS Desktop Board

AOpen i915Ga-HFS Desktop Board

No Stock

Notify me when this product is available

 
General Information
Manufacturer
AOpen, Inc
Manufacturer Part Number
91.8EA10.I1M
Manufacturer Website Address
www.aopen.com
Brand Name
AOpen
Product Model
i915Ga-HFS
Product Name
i915Ga-HFS Desktop Board
Marketing Information
This motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal needs with our great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance to the quality of all our products.
Product Type
Desktop Board
Interfaces/Ports
Back Panel Interfaces
1 x Mini-phone Audio Line In
Front Panel Interfaces
2 x USB Header
Number of IDE Interfaces
2
Number of SATA Interfaces
4
Physical Characteristics
Dimensions
120.08" Width x 8.66" Depth
Miscellaneous
Package Contents
i915Ga-HFS Desktop Board 1 x Back Panel I/O Shield 1 x Easy Installation Guide 1 x Enhanced Full Pictured Manual 1 x Bonus Pack CD disc 1 x Floppy Disk cable 1 x 80-wire IDE cable 1 x Serial ATA cable 1 x Serial ATA Power cable 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Connector 1 x CPU Cooler
Additional Information
Chipset: Intel 915G Intel ICH6 Key Features: EzColor Color Coding System Vivid BIOS Technology SilentBIOS Noise Reduction Technology CPU Over Current Protection (OCP)
Memory
Number of Memory Slots
4
Maximum Memory
4GB
Memory Standard
DDR2-533/PC2-4200
Memory Technology
DDR2 SDRAM
I/O Expansions
Expansion Slots
3 x PCI
Processor & Chipset
Chipset Manufacturer
Intel
Chipset Model
915G
Total Processor Support
1
Processor Socket
Socket 479
Processor Support
Pentium M
Front Side Bus
533MHz
Audio
Sound Controller Manufacturer
Realtek
Sound Controller Model
ALC880
Audio Channels
7.1
I/O Controller
IDE Controller
Yes
IDE Standard
Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6)
Floppy Controller
Yes
SATA Controller
Yes
SATA Standard
Serial ATA/150
Network & Communication
Gigabit Ethernet
Yes
Other Great Deals product reviews
Reviewed by: CannibalisticH0b0 on 18-Aug-05 Rating: 2 Star Review
Strengths: *only ATX board that supports 479-pin processors (namely, Pentium-M)*decent features for people who seek small, quiet PC's for multimedia, not gaming or performance(onboard sound, video, good LAN)
Summary: First of all, note that this is NOT an mATX board, as the basic description/title here (and on some other sites) says. This is a typical-sized ATX board.

I just received it in the mail today, and so my review is just from general impressions and from the features it comes with. Whatever information there is about this board is somewhat mysterious and conflicts with some other information elsewhere.

Being curious, I decided to buy the board and see what happens. Just like the i915GMm-HFS board, the hole pattern for the heatsink on this board is 52mm x 52mm. To put it simply - only the small, light heatsink that comes in the box will fit without modification. For people who want their processor to have a long life, and especially for people who want to overclock their processor - this is a bad thing. It stays rather warm, which often causes problems like throttling. Unlike the GMm-HFS, this motherboard does not even have an onboard RAID controller.

My conclusion, thus, is this: if you want a small, quiet computer which you will not use for games, do not get this board, but get its brother, the i915GMm-HFS. It's the same thing, but also has SATA II and RAID support - plus it's smaller.

In fact, you should probably just get that board even if your goal is to overclock and achieve nice speeds and great performance. It's slightly more expensive, but it has the same features, is smaller, and has SATAII + RAID. You'd still have to modify a heatsink to get good cooling performance, though.

The only big advantage this has is that it's less cramped and has an extra PCI slot.

Other Great Deals other great deals

featured vendors
belkin
belkin
cyber power
cyber power
epson
epson
HP Supplies
HP Supplies
konica minolta
konica minolta
jabra
jabra
microMICR
microMICR
intel
intel
apc
apc
polycom
polycom
Hon
Hon
lacie
lacie
logitech
logitech
HP
HP
  Targus
Targus
Garmin
Garmin
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems

TheNerds.net is not responsible for typographical or photographical errors. Prices and specifications are subject to change without notice.

BizRate Customer Certified (GOLD) Site CPS
order toll free 888.566.NERD ©2000-2008 TheNerds.net | affiliate program | products | privacy policy | sitemap | mcnerdy blog
NDE9FB4