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MSI 875P Neo Review - PAGE 2
Corry S - Friday, July 18th, 2003

Bundle and Specifications

Upon opening the box we see quite a large bundle of goodies indicating that this board shouldn't disappoint us feature wise. A few things bundled that notably stand out are; two SATA/Molex power adaptors (since most SATA drives don't come with these we're glad to see board manufactures including these, though usually you only get one), also often you get one or two SATA cables with a new board, here you get four SATA cables and a SPDIF out bracket that is often an option with some manufactures. Also MSI includes a USB bracket with a D LED for board diagnostics. We like seeing these little extras, not only does it give you a sense of price value, it also keeps you from having to run to the store to get an another cable, power adaptor etc.

Here's exactly what's inside:

  • The MSI 875P Neo motherboard
  • 1 Floppy drive cable
  • 1 ATA 133 rounded cable
  • MSI Super Pack CD Bundle
  • I/O shield
  • 4 Serial ATA cables
  • Driver & software CD
  • 2 dual Molex/Serial ATA power cable
  • SPDIF out bracket
  • Three port 1394 FireWire bracket
  • Two port USB 2.0 bracket with D LED
  • Serial ATA RAID manual
  • User's manual

  • Let's have a look at the detailed specs.

    CPU

    -Supports Socket 478 for Intel® Pentium 4 processor
    -Supports up 3GHz/800MHz and higher speed

    Chipset

    		ntel® 875P Chipset
    - Supports FSB 800/533MHz.
    - Supports AGP 8X interface.
    - Supports ECC memory.
    - Supports Single/Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266 memory up to 4GB.
    • Intel® ICH5R Chipset
    - Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, 8 ports.
    - 2 Serial ATA/150 ports.
    - 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus Master IDE controller.
    - PCI Master v2.3.
    - I/O APIC.
    - Supports both ACPI and legacy APM power management.
    - Serial ATA/150 RAID 0

    Memory

    		• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 2.5V DDR SDRAM.
    • Supports up to 4GB memory size with ECC.
    • Supports Dual channel DDR266/333/400MHz and up.

    Slots

    		• One AGP slot supports 8x/4x at 0.8V (AGP 3.0) or 4x at 1.5V
    (3.3V is not supported).
    • Five 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface).

    IDE

    		• Dual Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controllers integrated in ICH5R.
    - Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
    - Can connect up to four Ultra ATA drives.
    • Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in ICH5R.
    - Up to 150MB/sec transfer speeds.
    - Can connect up to two Serial ATA drives.
    - Supports SATA RAID 0

    RAID

    • Promise 20378 On-Board -Supports Ultra ATA, Serial ATA, Ultra ATA RAID 0 or 1,Serial ATA RAID 0 or 1, Ultra/Serial ATA RAID 0+1 supported.
    -Connect up to 2 Serial ATA devices and 2 Ultra ATA 133 devices

    Onboard Peripherals

    		On-Board Peripherals include:
    - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M
    and 2.88Mbytes
    - 2 serial port (COM A & COM B)
    - 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode.
    - 1 Line-in/Line-out/MIC port
    - 8 USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 6/Front x 2 or Rear x 4 / Front x 4)
    - 1 RJ-45 LAN jack
    - 3 IEEE 1394 pinheaders

    Audio

    		• 6 channels ADI 1980/1985 software audio codec
    - Compliance with AC97 v2.2 Spec (for 1980) / PC99 v2.3 Spec     (for 1985).
    - Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement.
    - Can support SPDIF Out via SPDIF-Bracket only.

    LAN

    		• Intel® Intel PRO/1000CT and Intel® 82562EZ Dual layout.
    - Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in one chip.
    - Supports 10/100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s
    (1000Mb/s only for Intel® PRO/1000CT)
    - Compliance with PCI 2.2.
    - Supports ACPI Power Management.

    BIOS

    -The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which
    detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the
    board automatically.
    -The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface
    (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

    Dimensions

    		30.5 cm(L) x 24.4 cm(W) ATX Form Factor

    Mounting

    		9 mounting holes.

    • Article Index

    1.Introduction
    2.Bundle & Specifications
    3.Features & Layout
    4.Bios & Overclocking
    5.Office productivity - Sis Sandra
    6.Office productivity - PC Mark/Sysmark
    7.Gaming & Conclusion
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