Una scheda madre con chipset ULI, con supporto SLI

CPU Socket:
Support Socket-939 based AMD Sempron/Athlon-64/ Athlon-64 FX/ Athlon X2 , 1.6/2.0GTs Hyper Transport processors with up to 4800+

Chipset:
ULi M1697

System Memory:
Four 184-pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets
Support single-sided or double-sided 2.5v DDR-333/400 DIMMs with dual channel architecture in 128/256/512Mb technologies
Support Asynchronous clocking mode between FSB and DIMM
Support up to 4 GB system memory

Expansion Slots:
Three PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.3
One PCI-Express (x1) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
Two PCI Express (x16) connector compliant with PCI Express 1.0a

IDE:
Two IDE interface (up to 2 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-100/133 support from embedded IDE controller

USB:
Eight USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (4 connectors at rear panel)

S-ATA RAID:
Four S-ATA II ports with up to 300MB/s from chipset with RAID 0,1,0+1,5

LAN:
One 10/100 Ethernet from Realtek RTL8201CL for 9U1697 GLI only.
Option Gigabit Ethernet from Marvell 88E8053 (Colayout with 8055/8036) for 9U1697 GLI-J

Audio:
Selectable 2 or 6-CH audio Realtek ALC655 AC¡¦97 compliant CODEC (Colayout with ALC850 for 9U1697 GLI-J)
Support Aux-In, CD-In
Optical & Coaxial S/PDIF-out for option
Support Jack detection for fool-proof audio device installation

I/O:
Onboard EPoX EP-1308 LPC bus I/O controller
Legacy peripheral interface for PS/2 keyboard & mouse, FDD, Parallel, One Serial and IrDA (v1.0 compliant)
Hardware Monitoring for fan speed monitoring, CPU MOS and System temperature.
Intelligent fan speed control for CPU-fan (DC) and Chassis-fan for quiet operation

Special Features:
Support KBPO (Keyboard Power ON) function
Support Wake-On-LAN by PME
Onboard Post-Port LED display
Onboard EZ-Button for convenient power-on for 9U1697 GLI-J
Support Thermal Stick , Cable for optional
Support Asynchronous clocking mode between HT frequency and PCI/PCI-E

PowerBIOS for excellent overclocking features:
Programmable FSB and PCI Clock output frequency with 1MHz fine tuning
Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier, FSB clock, PCI-E x16 clock, DIMM frequency
Support BIOS adjustable CPU Core voltage, Chipset voltage, DIMM voltage settings

Powerful utilities for Windows:
Thunder Probe for system hardware monitoring
Magic Flash for BIOS update without requiring DOS flash utility and bootable diskette
Magic Screen for personal bootup screen design

Form Factor:
305mm x 245mm x 40mm, ATX Size


Accessories
User¡¦s manual
1 IDE cable & 1 FDD cables;
2 S-ATA data and power cables;
CD for drivers, utilities and bundle software
IO shield

OS Supported:
Windows 2K/XP(32/64bit)/Server2003(32/64bit)

Ma come ci sono finiti la sù i connettori sataII?

Io sinceramente non capisco il senso di una soluzione value con supporto SLI... voi?
E poi, sinceramente... quel Future Port... Mi pare spazio sprecato. In quanti lo usano? Esistono statistiche? Che so, anche della K8Upgrade di qualche tempo fa?

Io sinceramente non capisco il senso di una soluzione value con supporto SLI... voi?
E poi, sinceramente... quel Future Port... Mi pare spazio sprecato. In quanti lo usano? Esistono statistiche? Che so, anche della K8Upgrade di qualche tempo fa?

credo siano per le periferiche serial ata Esterne