| Soltek SL-865Pro-775 Motherboard Specifications |
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| CPU Interface | Socket 775 Pentium 4 (Prescott) |
| Chipset | Intel 865PE/ICH5 |
| Bus Speeds | 200MHz to 327MHz (in 1MHz increments) |
| PCI/AGP Speeds | 33.33/66.66, 36.36/72.73, 40.00/80.00 |
| DDR Speeds | Auto, 400, 333, 266 |
| Core Voltage | 0.85V to 1.80Vin 0.0125V increments |
| DRAM Voltage | Auto, 2.6V to 2.9V in 0.1V increments |
| AGP Voltage | Auto, 1.5V to 1.8V in 0.1V Increments |
| Memory Slots | Four 184-pin DDR400/333/266 Slots Dual-Channel Unbuffered Memory to 4GB |
| Expansion Slots | 1 AGP 8X Slot 5 PCI Slots |
| Onboard SATA/RAID | 2 SATA 150 drives by ICH5 2 SATA drives by Promise PDC20579 Promise Drives ONLY RAID 0,1,JBOD |
| Onboard IDE/RAID | Two ATA100/66 by ICH5 - 4 drives Plus One ATA 133/100/66 (Promise) - 2 drives Promise Drives ONLY RAID 0, 1, JBOD) |
| Onboard USB 2.0/IEEE-1394 | 8 USB 2.0 ports IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports by VIA VT6307 |
| Onboard LAN | 2 X Gigabit PCIe LAN Both by Marvel 88E8053 |
| Onboard Audio | Realtek ALC650 6-Channel AC'97 2.2 Compliant |
| Tested BIOS | 1.2 Beta |
The Soltek 865PRO-775 was designed to compete in price with the better 865 boards for Socket 478, while providing support for the new Socket 775. The feature set is very comparable to other top 865 boards. Soltek did not include the RAID version of the ICH5 southbridge, deciding instead to add additional SATA and IDE RAID ports with a Promise controller. This brings drive support to 4 SATA devices and 6 IDE devices which should satisfy almost any user. Also included are firewire ports and a 6-channel audio codec.
The BIOS controls have wide adjustment ranges that should allow overclockers to push the Soltek to wherever the processor can go.
Overclocking
One of the reasons an 865PE chipset might be useful is because it is one of the best overclocking chipsets ever produced by Intel. At stock voltage we found we could reach 265FSB with a 2.8 LGA 775, or about 3.7GHz, at default voltage. This is one of the best overclocks we have achieved with a Socket 775 processor with a SATA hard drive, and it is certainly an improvement over the 10% OC limitation we are seeing on some 915 motherboards.
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LS6TA - Monday, August 23, 2004 - link
I was looking to pick this board up but it isn't on newegg's site anymore, know of anywhere else to get it?Wesley Fink - Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - link
#19 - This has been corrected several times, and it is corrected again. Here's hoping our Document Engine is kinder to corrections this go-round.bhtooefr - Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - link
Another mistake - the Soltek's memory speed is listed as a DDR2 speed (in the specs on the board), whereas it's a DDR board.That P5P800 does look interesting, BTW. (Not that I would bite - Intel's price-performance isn't good at all)
Galvin - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Asus makes one as well. See it here.P5P800
http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket775/p5p800/o...
Hopefully you can review this board too.
Bozo Galora - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Newegg and Soltek??Hah Hah
Guess it shows how much I block out AT's ads.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#4,#7,#9 - the first requirement for Doom 3 under System Requirements is: "3D Hardware Accelerator Card Required - 100% DirectX® 9.0b compatible 64MB Hardware Accelerated video card and the latest drivers".You can check for yourself at http://www.idsoftware.com/games/doom/doom3/index.p...
Oxonium - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
It will be interesting to see if more mobos like this will come out. It definitely fills a gap in the market, probably to Intel's chagrin. I'm curious if the new P4 F-series (64-bit enabled) would work on this board.Wesley Fink - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#10 - We made it to 265 FSB with a 2.8 Prescott. We talk about this briefly at the bottom of Page 3.#11 - The incorrect reference is removed.
Wesley Fink - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
#12 - It is available at New Egg for $125 including FedEx Saver shipping, which is linked at the top of every page.Bozo Galora - Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - link
Its irrelevant to people in the U.S. It cant be bought here easily, if at all. I suppose it can be bought online from NCIX in Cananda, but they say special order. I have owned Soltek - they are good boards, but their support is non existent. Also note they are not even listed in Pricewatch brands, search4hardware.com shows pics, but no stores selling it.Why review vapor???