ASRock is proud to release P965 motherboard, 4Core1333-Viiv which supports FSB1333, Quad Core and Viiv!

     

ASRock moved into the decade of FSB1333 MHz now! With the newly released flagship model – 4Core1333-Viiv, based on Intel^® P965 + ICH8DH chipsets, ASRock once again proved its ability in creativity and cost-effectiveness! This flagship MB supports the Core 2 Quad, FSB1333 MHz CPU, and even comes with a free-bundled ASRock DeskExpress! And guess what, it is Intel^® Viiv™ Ready!

4Core1333-Viiv

June 29^th, 2007, Taipei

It is an undeniable truth that Intel^® had released its 3 Series chipsets with FSB1333MHz and DDRIII support, but the truth is: Who needs the pricey 3 Series motherboard when you can have quite similar features with P965 MB? FSB1333MHz and Core™ 2 Quad are the features on P35, G33 series motherboard, but now you can have these features on ASRock P965 motherboard too! I know you might doubt what I said, but ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv proved it all! ASRock 4Core1333-Viiv, based on Intel^® P965 + ICH8DH chipsets, is compatible with all FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz CPUs, supports Core™ 2 Quad, Core™ 2 Duo CPU, DDRII800 memory, ATI™ CrossFire, eSATA2 port, IEEE1394, Gigabit LAN, and also SATAII, RAID and Intel^® Matrix Storage due to the usage of ICH8DH south bridge.

In addition to the abundant features just mentioned, this motherboard supports Intel^® Viiv™ Technology, which gives you a chance to have a Viiv™ Living style in the near future.

The moment you received 4Core1333-Viiv, you may find the package is bigger than other typical ASRock packages. That's because 4Core1333-Viiv is giving you an extra ASRock DeskExpress! ASRock DeskExpress provides Express slot for all kinds of Express cards, and 1 front USB port. Speaking of ExpressCard, it is a hardware standard replacing CardBus cards, both developed by PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association). The host device supports both PCI Express and USB 2.0 connectivity through the ExpressCard slot. The cards are hot-pluggable. There are two types of ExpressCard, "ExpressCard/54" and "ExpressCard/34". Just as installing a floppy drive to your chassis, it is very easy to install ASRock DeskExpress. You may find the steps on the package or on user manual.

After introducing main features, how's the performance? ASRock had run some tests with P35 ref. board to verify the chipsets performance.

Performance Comparison with P35 ref. MB (with E6850 CPU)

Performance Comparison with P35 ref. MB (with Q6600 CPU)

Here are 4Core1333-Viiv brief specifications:

• LGA 775 for Intel^® Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium^® XE / Pentium^® D / Pentium^® Dual Core / Pentium^® 4 / Celeron^® / Celeron^® D, supporting Quad Core Kentsfield processors
• Intel^® P965 + ICH8DH Chipsets
• Intel^® Viiv™ Ready
• Compatible with all FSB1333/1066/800/533MHz CPUs
• Untied Overclocking: During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses
• Supports Dual Channel DDRII800/667/533 x 4 DIMM slots, with max. capacity up to 8GB
• Supports ATI^® CrossFire™
• 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot
• Additional AGI Express slot to adopt 2^nd PCI Express x 16 VGA card, and other PCI Express x4, x2, x1 interface cards
• Hybrid Booster – ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology
• Supports Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• Supports 2 x IEEE1394 ports (one port on back panel, one header on board)
• 6 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel^® Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
• 1 x eSerial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s (shared with 1 SATAII port), support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" function
• 7.1 CH Windows^® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec)
• Windows^® Vista™ Premium 2007 Logo Ready
• Supports Windows^® XP Media Center Edition
• Free Bundle: 1 x ASRock DeskExpress, providing PCI Express slot for all kinds of PCI Express interface cards, and 1 front USB port
• ASRock 1394_eSATAII I/O Plus: 1 eSATAII port, 1 x IEEE 1394 port, 4 ready-to-use USB ports