ASRock G43Twins-FullHD LGA 775 Intel G43 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
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Reviews(45)
Built a budget system using this board with an Intel E5200 Pentium Dual Core and 4GB of Corsair DDR2 800 memory. Everything went together great and booted up properly the first time. This combination also makes a great, energy efficient system (doesn't heat up the room or jack up the energy bill--only 46 watts idle, with no video card). This is my second ASRock board, the other has run nice and stable for years, so I expect the same from this. The onboard video is actually pretty decent (as long as you have reasonable expectations...it is just onboard after all). In my experience, over the past 5-6 years, onboard audio is usually quite poor, this is the first board I've owned where I didn't have the urge to install a discrete sound card. The board seems well built, is a good value for the price, and I'm a fan of the G43 chipset so far (on this board, my E5200 crushed the averages of the other E5200 on cpubenchmark's site, and even beat out the average E7200 scores).
The front USB connections on my Antec mini tower aren't putting out enough power for external hard drives to run. Not sure if this is an issue with the USB headers on this board, or the case itself. The rear USB ports work great with everything though. Overall, this is a minor criticism considering how well everything else on this board works.
The BIOS seems pretty robust if you're into overclocking (I'm not), but I can't speak from experience as to how well this board overclocks. Great board if you just want a stable, solid budget build.
Price and DDR3.
This motherboard has one fan header other then the CPU fan header. This is short sighted for an HTPC motherboard.
Does not have S/PDIF out on mother board. Again, this is short sighted for an HTPC motherboard. If you want to add your own integrated HDMI video card do not buy this board.
I'm currently looking for an audio card that has an internal S/PDIF out. I planned on using the last slot for my wireless card.
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Features & Details
- Intel G43
- Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo
- DDR3 1066 / DDR2 1066
Specifications
| Brand | ASRock |
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| Model | G43Twins-FullHD |
| CPU Socket Type | LGA 775 |
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| CPU Type | Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Extreme / Core 2 Duo |
| Chipset | Intel G43 |
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| South Bridge | Intel ICH10 |
| Onboard Video Chipset | Intel GMA 4500 |
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| Number of Memory Slots | 4x240pin |
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| Memory Standard | DDR3 1066 / DDR2 1066 |
| Maximum Memory Supported | 8GB |
| Channel Supported | Dual Channel |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 | 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
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| PCI Express x1 | 1 x PCI Express x1 |
| PCI Slots | 2 x PCI Slots |
| Audio Chipset | Realtek ALC888 |
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| Audio Channels | 8 Channels |
| LAN Chipset | Realtek RTL8111B/RTL8111C |
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| Max LAN Speed | 1Gbps |
| Back I/O Ports | 2 x PS/2 / 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 |
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| PS/2 | 2 |
| Video Ports | D-Sub |
| USB 1.1/2.0 | 6 x USB 2.0 |
| Audio Ports | 6 Ports |
| Onboard USB | 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) |
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| Form Factor | Micro ATX |
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| Dimensions (W x L) | 9.6" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin | 24 Pin |
| Features | Supports HDCP function with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card 7.1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio (ALC888 Audio Codec) 1 x WiFi/E header Supports ASRock OC Tuner, I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology) Supports Smart BIOS, Energy Saving Design Free Bundle: 1 x ASRock DVI_DisplayPort Card |
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| First Listed on Newegg | August 21, 2008 |
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