Yonah Motherboards

[Sloppy]

I'm trying to compile a list of whats out there in the making. Maybe we can use this thread for reference. So far this is what I have seen (thanks to my friend in Taiwan for help).

AOpen i975Xa-YDG
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8179/i975xaydgm9sy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Final Version?
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/721/aopenimage0030mg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

i945GTm-HIL, another HTPC solution with plenty of outputs.
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/954/i945gtmhil8yy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is small: the i945GTt-FA. This motherboard is actually for use in AOpen's very own mini-PC case, which is coming up later.
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7797/i945gttfa7yt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Gigabyte GA-8I945GTMF-Y-RH MicroATX
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/8913/giga0ee.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9098/20060201mimigigayonah048ml.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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Asus N4L-VM DH
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/3852/img001528618ln.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



Availability are still up in the air....Most say February :(

[marvt74]

I'm pretty sure MSI are rumoured to be in aswell but not much seems to be known about it.

None seem terribly great atm though.

Do the gigabyte and asus offer dual chanel and with their minimal ram slots along with only one pci-e slot are enthusiacs going to be bothered with them.

Aopen seem decent but a high cost, only serious Yonah folk are going to be interested i fell, luckily most of those are on XS :D
The aopen placement does worry me however since the socket is in an odd place it may make mounting a prommie difficuly especially for daily usage

[ingentingmendeg]

will dothans work with the Aopen board?

[Sloppy]

I'm pretty sure MSI are rumoured to be in aswell but not much seems to be known about it.

None seem terribly great atm though.

Do the gigabyte and asus offer dual chanel and with their minimal ram slots along with only one pci-e slot are enthusiacs going to be bothered with them.

Aopen seem decent but a high cost, only serious Yonah folk are going to be interested i fell, luckily most of those are on XS :D
The aopen placement does worry me however since the socket is in an odd place it may make mounting a prommie difficuly especially for daily usage

The Gigabyte does, id assume the Asus does too.

[marvt74]

Cool, i've not read a whole lot about any other boards than the aopen, think thats my plan tomorrow.

Do you have many details on the MSI board? I'm not in the best frame of mind atm to do much searching for info on it.

[Sloppy]

I can't find it, I keep coming across the Speedster for Dothan?

[cirthix]

will dothans work with the Aopen board?
no, they are incompatable

[skane]

will dothans work with the Aopen board?
no, they have different sockets.

[Harshal]

Nice thread... will like lil more info if anyone has it. Thanks.

[DaWaN]

The OC lock in the i945 board will make all i945 boards suck I think.... :(

[JamesAvery22]

I hope these boards don't take a page from the old i915 P-M boards and cost an arm and a leg. That would kill them for sure.

[Dillusion]

Will Yonah work in current alviso mainboards?

[bazx]

i like the fact that the cap on the AOpen i975Xa-YDG around the cpu socket
are well back giving plenty of room

[flakpyro]

mabey a stupid question her, but whats that Molex connector on the Aopen for?

[marvt74]

I assume extra power similar to the one on my DFI Ultra-D

Though 24pin psu plug+12v 4pin thing+molex, wonder how many watts this thing needs.

2 questions i have, anyone know if the headkit for a p4 skt478 mach 2 will fit or if something new will be needed.

And 2, why is the cpu socket at such a wweird angle, surely that may harm daily phase users

[flakpyro]

i sure hope we can use standard P4 S478 or 775 coolers :)

[lowfat]

i sure hope we can use standard P4 S478 or 775 coolers :)

The AOpen & Gigabyte boards looks like they are using P4 S478 mounting brackets.

[Sloppy]

Added a couple more AOpen boards

[zbogorgon]

prob standard s478 coolers will fit aopen board, it is p4 bracket that is on.
Angle i think it is a good thing, that way it is harder to damage the core, some corners like to pop :D.

[Ychocky]

Can't wait to see these appear in North America, looking good for my next rig.

[Celeron Gamer]

S478 pwnage

[leejsmith]

I think to provide power to the external sata II port.


mabey a stupid question her, but whats that Molex connector on the Aopen for?

[skane]

leejsmith, wouldnt that be to be able to give more power to dual-graphics card setups, like it is with a64 boards?

[leejsmith]

yes it could be that too. wont know for sure until we see one.
have any of the reviews so far coverd the power connector ?


leejsmith, wouldnt that be to be able to give more power to dual-graphics card setups, like it is with a64 boards?

[Sumanji]

That AOpen board with dual x16 slots looks tasty... pity Yonah doesn't do 64-bit!

Suman

[Ychocky]

All seem to have onboard video to start with, very good, powerful HTPC soloution without any hot gpu's ruining my theatre silence. Perhaps I should pause my Turion HTPC build.... NAH.... :D

I'll need more than one TV in the house! :D

[Vassili]

Some pics of the Aopen board;
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8752/overview7hh.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=overview7hh.jpg)
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8766/io8qw.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=io8qw.jpg)
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/3685/iocloseup1ho.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=iocloseup1ho.jpg)
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/8764/chipset4yt.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chipset4yt.jpg)
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/2664/ataports6ec.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ataports6ec.jpg)
http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/6945/pcie6ag.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pcie6ag.jpg)

From PCWelt.de (http://www.pcwelt.de/tests/hardware-tests/prozessoren/131254/index3.html)

[zbogorgon]

it says in article that board is backwords compatible, so P-M works?

that should be interesting.

[AgonxOC]

Man if thats the case, they need to bring it to the USA. I thought the socket had different pin out (Actually different locations for the pins I/O). Or is it just the Upper corner pins swapped for it not to work with the old 479? If thats the case the MOBO socket looks just like the CT-479 socket or old 479 socket.


Alex

[Uschi M.]

Pricing for the AOpen i975Xa-YDG is about 300 Euros.

http://www.geizhals.net/deutschland/a188040.html

[Johnny Bravo]

it says in article that board is backwords compatible, so P-M works?

that should be interesting.

I dont see how this is possible, the two cpus have important differences in their pinouts so it's not like these pins can be "shared". I fear that comment on the reviw may be wrong. :mad:

[bobov]

it says in article that board is backwords compatible, so P-M works?

that should be interesting.

Isn't it using different socket? I mean P-M and Yonah. So how can it backwards compatible?

[bobov]

Pricing for the AOpen i975Xa-YDG is about 300 Euros.

http://www.geizhals.net/deutschland/a188040.html

Wondering how much would be in US. Can't wait. :)

[ibby]

S478 pwnage

and people says 478 is dead

[RoyaL]

I dont see how this is possible, the two cpus have important differences in their pinouts so it's not like these pins can be "shared". I fear that comment on the reviw may be wrong. :mad:

tualatin was different too
but tusl(with 815e) was retrocompatibile.

if this Aopen is the same i'll just buy it :D

[cirthix]

i was looking around online today and it really seems that aopen made the i975 board dothan compatable even though they are incompatable sockets. it might misinformation or aopen might have done their homework :)

the gigabyte board is listed as yonah only though :(

dvi out on the tiny aopen one is NICE!

[oohms]

The molex connector on the Aopen board is to power pci-e graphics cards (think 2 6600gt's)

[Ychocky]

So it's pin compatible and electrically compatible?

Might add some life to my Dothan.....

[GoriLLakoS]

is this for yonah or for dothans????

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/7VGMoJTnElIt4S/1/articledetail.jsp?aid=6636&agid=539&ref=105

[marvt74]

Yonah, seems to be the best board available for the moment anyway

[GoriLLakoS]

Are you 100$ sure that is for yanah???Cause the yonah board is green...that's why i am asking....:D

[Sloppy]

The black one is Micro-ATX...according to that website.

[vapb400]

That was the preproduction board that we saw in green. It looks like the production board is that one.

[GoriLLakoS]

The black one is Micro-ATX...according to that website.


where did you see that???

Format ATX 305x244mm

[Sloppy]

It's in the (MATX) section, but it is a ATX. I needed babelfish :)

[WeedJunk]

And it's a good on-line shop too, as soon as the boards are available, I'll get myself one probably over there :D

[bobov]

is this for yonah or for dothans????

http://www2.hardwareversand.de/7VGMoJTnElIt4S/1/articledetail.jsp?aid=6636&agid=539&ref=105

available from March 22. :(

[GoriLLakoS]

These boards are available right now to Tokyo and Hirosima.....:(

[zbogorgon]

group buy from Japan?

[GoriLLakoS]

I am in....i have talked to PcCI2iminal and he told me he could send us mobos...!!!:D

If you have news...and none want to buy mobo....send me a pm.....:D

Bill

[bobov]

I am in....i have talked to PcCI2iminal and he told me he could send us mobos...!!!:D

If you have news...and none want to buy mobo....send me a pm.....:D

Bill

YGPM.

[Jimbwlah]

GoriLLakoS - YGPM

[cirthix]

i've been talking with PcCI2iminal as well, for the us side of things.

also, i can get a 1.66ghz core duo for 80(a friend might be upgrading their laptop), so it will actually be profitable for me to go yonah ;)

[ibby]

cirthix .. thats a very good price :D
pm @ GoriLLakoS

[flakpyro]

keep up the good work cirthix, im in Canada, if you get any more info from PcCI2iminal let me know, im keeping my eyes open here as well, a shop here had core duo listed on their site a few weeks after launch..weather they just listed early or actually had them in stock is another question (im bet he just listed them before he actually had them). When is the US launch date for this mobo anyway?

[PcCI2iminal]

Hello

we can get Aopen boards soon :D ,i was searching for all online shops in JP and now we have i975Xa-YDG listed in 8 stores and 3 stores will start to send the boards in march 3rd-10th,just give me some time to check it

[irev210]

i really hope that some decent boards come down the pipe. I just purchased a yonah chip... my current rig made my electric bill jump from 40 to 80 dollars a month. Need something low watage heh.

[giorgioprimo]

signed

[mikeguava]

Supermicro is coming out with dual CPU yonah board - unfortunately no PCI-E

The board: X6DLP-4G2

http://www.computerbase.de/news/hardware/mainboards/intel-systeme/2006/januar/dual_sossaman-mainboard_supermicro/

[ibby]

hmm intresting :o

[WeedJunk]

Sweet, that's some powah :D

[ibby]

Sweet, that's some powah :D

yep
:slobber:

[Fabius88]

Hello

we can get Aopen boards soon :D ,i was searching for all online shops in JP and now we have i975Xa-YDG listed in 8 stores and 3 stores will start to send the boards in march 3rd-10th,just give me some time to check it

if you take these mobo i want one absolutely :D
maybe if giorgioprimo is interested too we could take 2 because we are both from italy:cool:

bye!!

[ibby]

if you take these mobo i want one absolutely :D
maybe if giorgioprimo is interested too we could take 2 because we are both from italy:cool:

bye!!

now now .. no q jumping :slapass: :D

[Fabius88]

now now .. no q jumping :slapass: :D

:D
i've bought a t2500 es :slobber: so i absolutely need a mobo:D
tell me how and where but let me a mobo for this cpu:D

Fabio

[ibby]

:D
i've bought a t2500 es :slobber: so i absolutely need a mobo:D
tell me how and where but let me a mobo for this cpu:D

Fabio

we all have these cpus
:toast:
where did u get ur cpu from ?

[Fabius88]

we all have these cpus
:toast:
where did u get ur cpu from ?

from ebay :)
very kind ebayer
i haven't it at home yet..but is along the way:D
from Malaysia to Italy is long:D

[ibby]

ahh ... ;) i know whome u talk of :p well i wish asus launch sumat with heavy overclocking stuff built in

[cirthix]

Supermicro is coming out with dual CPU yonah board - unfortunately no PCI-E

The board: X6DLP-4G2

http://www.computerbase.de/news/hardware/mainboards/intel-systeme/2006/januar/dual_sossaman-mainboard_supermicro/


it has pcie8x. you could cut the back piece of plastic on the slot and fit a vid card in there. you'll need additional power for the card, but that's what power plugs on vid cards are for :D

if you look closely, it has TWO pcie 8x slots..... so you could actually run crossfire on it, but you'd need to move the pcie slot from behind the pcix with a flexible pcie riser. it's certainly not impossible though, pcie can handle extended trace lengths relatively easily because of it's serial nature.

the fact that there are "slots" on the board where there arent actual slots would make it pretty easy to do. the extenders i'm talking about only cost like 80 bucks

here's one: http://www.ameri-rack.com/ARC1-PELX16-Cxm.htm up to 15cm long. there are longer ones available, you just have to look

[Vassili]

It is a dual sossaman motherboard, dual Yonah won't work.

[cirthix]

It is a dual sossaman motherboard, dual Yonah won't work.

true, but they are the same actual core, intel just enabled some more stuff on it.

[ibby]

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.hardwareversand.de%2 F7VlBZvgAJxLqk9%2F1%2Farticledetail.jsp%3Faid%3D66 36%26agid%3D539%26ref%3D13&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
looks like next month guys!

[Rovtar]

been suitable for CPU Intel base 479 (Pentium m)

this meany i can put my dothan in? :D

[Fabius88]

been suitable for CPU Intel base 479 (Pentium m)

this meany i can put my dothan in? :D

i don't think so because there are different pins in the socket from dothan ;)
but i've read that maybe it is compatible..i don't now for sure

maybe :D

byez

[BitpowerPM]

T2600 @ 13x222 = 2888 MHz
22 seconds Super Pi 1M

http://www.forumdeluxx.de/forum/showpost.php?p=3255396&postcount=81

:D:woot:

[GoriLLakoS]

Core Voltage is true or buggie one???

Nice results there...:D

[zbogorgon]

prob buggy, but slin slin result, can't wait, cmon yonah!!

[BitpowerPM]

it is on stock V-Core !!

[\Karting_freak]

that dual yonah mobo looks great.
any more info on that? (english preferred)))))))))

[ibby]

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerbase.de%2Fnew s%2Fhardware%2Fmainboards%2Fintel-systeme%2F2006%2Fjanuar%2Fdual_sossaman-mainboard_supermicro%2F&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
click

[skane]

bitpower, do you know what cooling was used?

[BitpowerPM]

stock cooling :D
40°C oced :banana:

[ibby]

stock cooling :D
40°C oced :banana:

:banana: :woot: was that cpu max ?
or has she got more balls

stepping of the cpu please :slobber:

[RoyaL]

I saw 21" @2.9ghz!!
daamn! :woot:

[conrad.maranan]

I plan on ordering one of these boards through PcCI2iminal. Do you guys know if the BIOS will still be in English even though it is being sold from Japan? I have never purchased a board from outside the USA before.

Thanks for any info.

[flakpyro]

I plan on ordering one of these boards through PcCI2iminal. Do you guys know if the BIOS will still be in English even though it is being sold from Japan? I have never purchased a board from outside the USA before.

Thanks for any info.

This is also something i would like to know.

[conrad.maranan]

I'm also interested in knowing if this board will be picky with memory. I have never played with DDR2 and have been reading up on the Mushkin eXtreme Performance modules. FUGGER's opinion is that Super Talent are currently the best DDR2 memory around. My plan is to load this board up with 4GB for daily use. I don't know what I'm going to need 4GB for, but I'd like to max my board out for a change. :cool:

Comments, suggestions, opinions...please feel free to share.

[ibby]

I plan on ordering one of these boards through PcCI2iminal. Do you guys know if the BIOS will still be in English even though it is being sold from Japan? I have never purchased a board from outside the USA before.

Thanks for any info.

thats a good question :fact:
we will all just have to learn the launguage!

[PcCI2iminal]

thats a good question :fact:
we will all just have to learn the launguage!

i have an old Aopen i855GMEm-LFS and the bios is in English :D and all boards (Asus,DFI,Gigabyte)buyed in JP are in english and sometimes english/jap

[flakpyro]

good to hear, i plan on getting 2GB of ram for daily use, i was considering Corsair or OCZ myself. Never heard of Super Talent before. :confused:

[ibby]

i have an old Aopen i855GMEm-LFS and the bios is in English :D and all boards (Asus,DFI,Gigabyte)buyed in JP are in english and sometimes english/jap

:fact:
thanks dude for telling us :D

[conrad.maranan]

Never heard of Super Talent before. :confused:
Neither have I. At least not until FUGGER pointed it out (http://www.supertalent.com/) to me. :)

[ex.treme]

Japan bios settings are good... we will must moore learn :)

[ibby]

Neither have I. At least not until FUGGER pointed it out (http://www.supertalent.com/) to me. :)

has any one made a review here about this memory ?

[Supertim0r]

conrad, long time no see

[conrad.maranan]

Yeah. I decided to take a long break from OCing. I'm getting bored and it's time for a new computer. :D

[Chri$ch]

Kontron 986LCD-M

http://www.epiacenter.com/pictures/news/2006/kopr0602_l.jpg

http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=750

[Dillusion]

Doubt thatll ever hit US shelves...

[cirthix]

Kontron 986LCD-M

http://www.epiacenter.com/pictures/news/2006/kopr0602_l.jpg

http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=750

dammn, that pcb is PACKED

[wwwww]

Kontron 986LCD-M

http://www.epiacenter.com/pictures/news/2006/kopr0602_l.jpg

http://www.epiacenter.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=750

Do I see 3x ethernet?

[tonyl]

Itx Yonah MB! It's for server or mini-workstation?

Yes, 3 GbE LAN!

[d94]

thats asus board has a interesting layout

[GoriLLakoS]

the best ddr2 super talent memory are these???

http://www.supertalent.com/SuperTalentMemory/products/product_detail.php?PN=T800UB1GC4

Fugger....why you are telling that they are the best???:D

[d94]

the best ddr2 super talent memory are these???

http://www.supertalent.com/SuperTalentMemory/products/product_detail.php?PN=T800UB1GC4

Fugger....why you are telling that they are the best???:D
lord, that is some fast ram :cool:
$300/stick? :p:

[irev210]

lord, that is some fast ram :cool:
$300/stick? :p:


Cheaper than this!

http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.Asp?IMODULE=BL2KIT12864AA1005


475 dollars a stick!

[videodrone83]

are there any motherboards yet avail for yonah besides the aopen one? I am looking to buy a yonah + mobo this friday

[tonyl]

are there any motherboards yet avail for yonah besides the aopen one? I am looking to buy a yonah + mobo this friday

No go in US.

[LandShark]

me too have being waiting for Yonah mobo too.... and I have my GF who's visiting in HK right now checking the local store for me.... hopefully I'll have some good news soon....

[Dumo]

Talked to Aopen San Jose sales and they confirmed that it will be release (US market) around the end of March....unknown quantity.

[Dynasty]

Talked to Aopen San Jose sales and they confirmed that it will be release (US market) around the end of March....unknown quantity.

This is good news. :)

[AgonxOC]

OMG Dream come true..... I sure will have to get one....

Alex

[wwwww]

*hopes wwwww get's his benches done before you guys get your boards*

Got the Aopen board on its way already. 4 to 5 business days.

Anyone know if the Crossfire works on it?

Love to put my x1900xt crossfire to the test :D

[Dumo]

*hopes wwwww get's his benches done before you guys get your boards*

Love to put my x1900xt crossfire to the test :DIts 19.8K in '05 now:) Go get it:toast:

[wwwww]

Its 19.8K in '05 now:) Go get it:toast:

05?

Never liked 03-06 - they really just test vid.

Going for 01 :D

[Mr. Tinker]

ECS PF23. Supposedly an enthusiast yonah board, but I don't know what to think. I mean..it's ECS.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/newsphotos/mar/Picture%205661%20copy.jpg

[cirthix]

ECS PF23. Supposedly an enthusiast yonah board, but I don't know what to think. I mean..it's ECS.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/newsphotos/mar/Picture%205661%20copy.jpg

lol at the southbridge cooler


looks like a decent board. ecs is known to be cheap :D

more info?

[afireinside]

05?

Never liked 03-06 - they really just test vid.

Going for 01 :D

Scoring in 05 is VERY CPU/ram dependent ;)

[cirthix]

LOOKIE WHAT I FOUND:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~shinta/be/_BL_Diary_200602.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DECS%2BPF23%2B-shuttle%26hl%3Den%26hs%3DYoW%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfi refox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official

[Dumo]

I talked to a few of these store and they all said it will be around end of March or start @3/22....http://www.coneco.net/PriceList.asp?COM_ID=1060202079

Even Miss Zoe from Aopen Taiwan sales dept. said the same thing.....Well we're all waiting.
Kinda like days before DFI Nforce4 been released.....Feb. last year...dejavu.

[AgonxOC]

ECS PF23. Supposedly an enthusiast yonah board, but I don't know what to think. I mean..it's ECS.

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/newsphotos/mar/Picture%205661%20copy.jpg

They are cheap....As long as it can OC and OC well who cares.... I have and OLD AMD system running with an ECS board that still going.....


Alex

[ibby]

lol at the southbridge cooler


looks like a decent board. ecs is known to be cheap :D

more info?

According to this
ECS release in March

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~shinta/be/_BL_Diary_200602.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DECS%2BPF23%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG
:woot:

[irev210]

I got to get some DDR2 now... hum... what to get! Ill miss my 2-2-2-5 timings :(

Atleast I will have 20 Yonah ES's waiting when mobo's arrive. I hate the waiting game.

[DaWaN]

That ECS will do the job I think. It'll be less expensive as the Aopen I think. The other ECS extreme boards costed only about 160€ here :)

[wwwww]

I got to get some DDR2 now... hum... what to get! Ill miss my 2-2-2-5 timings :(

Atleast I will have 20 Yonah ES's waiting when mobo's arrive. I hate the waiting game.

dw 3-2-2-4 @ higher clocks is better :)

[videodrone83]

Intel Core Duo T2400 Retail
OCZ 2GB(4x512) PC2-6400 GOLD
Creative Soundblaster X-FI
eVGA 7800 GT PCI Express
Enermax Liberty 500watt PSU
Coolermaster Black Praetorian

This is what im buying on friday... what ya think? onlything I can think of thats missing is the motherboard and heatsink

If you know where I can get it cheaper on the net all at the same site send a pm...

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=1941650&WishListTitle=Yonah+Setup

[DaWaN]

Intel Core Duo T2400 Retail
OCZ 2GB(4x512) PC2-6400 GOLD
Creative Soundblaster X-FI
eVGA 7800 GT PCI Express
Enermax Liberty 500watt PSU
Coolermaster Black Praetorian

This is what im buying on friday... what ya think? onlything I can think of thats missing is the motherboard and heatsink

If you know where I can get it cheaper on the net all at the same site send a pm...

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=1941650&WishListTitle=Yonah+Setup

I would wait with everything, especially the VGA, the 7900GT will appear about these days and the 7800GT will go for cheap or you want to buy a 7900GT ! Also a HD and DVD writver maybe usefull. But why don't wait for the motherboards to arrive and then see if the ECS or Aopen or the i945 boards (which i think ain't, i945 just can't clock with it's stupid locks ) better.

[irev210]

ill prolly get both the ECS and AOPEN board, see which one is better.

I am guessing that the ECS will be better, just a strange hunch.

[DaWaN]

ill prolly get both the ECS and AOPEN board, see which one is better.

I am guessing that the ECS will be better, just a strange hunch.

Me too, because the Extreme ECS series are for enthousiast and the ECS will be cheaper too I think :)

[lawrywild]

what's the ECS mobo called?

[bobov]

ECS Extreme PF23

[lawrywild]

oh so it is an "extreme"

thanks

[ibby]

http://www.ocworkbench.com/2006/newsphotos/mar/Picture%205661%20copy.jpg

[lawrywild]

looks quite good.

not really diggin th crazy mesh of bright colours tho :S

[ibby]

i am loving it (h)

[WeedJunk]

Girly board imo :D

[ibby]

Girly board imo :D

this girly board will own your ass :D :woot:

[M.Beier]

w0w, whats up with those colors??? - When did they hire a homo designer?

[Dumo]

At least for i975Xa-YDG in US......Could some peep with ASI/Ingram Micro access check availability of this mobo by next week?
Seems like it will be difficult to get it from e-tailer (newegg etc.):(

[FUGGER]

Tested solo and duo on 915GME and my developer Dothan board. No boot on both boards.

The Dothan board is not an Intel chipset.

I also have an SIS chipset to try next.

[NapalmV5]

Tested solo and duo on 915GME and my developer Dothan board. No boot on both boards.

The Dothan board is not an Intel chipset.

I also have an SIS chipset to try next.


FUGGER, wats going on with the yonah + crossfire ?

[FUGGER]

I have asked ECS to provide us a few boards for the top guys and I also asked for a group buy. This would assure ECS top spots in all benchmarks as well as a huge leap forward in board development.

Make some noise, ECS is viewing watching this thread and the Yonah competition and I want them to know how hot this board can be.

[NapalmV5]

I have asked ECS to provide us a few boards for the top guys and I also asked for a group buy. This would assure ECS top spots in all benchmarks as well as a huge leap forward in board development.

Make some noise, ECS is viewing watching this thread and the Yonah competition and I want them to know how hot this board can be.

:eleph::eleph::eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph::eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph: :eleph:

:D)))

[WeedJunk]

I think I'll just wait and see which mobo is the best to get for OC :)

[M.Beier]

FUGGER, just show them the other thread...
Hipro5 (LN2)
Esdee (LN2)
Gorillakos (LN2)
Dumo (cascade)
Waus-mod (LN2)
Rol-co (LN2)
Runmc (cascade?)
PRTeamJapan (LN2)
Kyosen (LN2)
CAL930 (LN2)
M.Beier (Dice or LN2, and cascade later..)
kiwi
Fugger (cascade)
njkid32 (cascade)
mrlobber
Tyrou (cascade)
irev210

- All tests with such equiptment, with same brand mobo as due to first availible, hell, that would be one heck of a PR stunt, especially for a company such as ECS, known for not very great overclocking abilities, it would be a major breakthrough...

EDIT: Not only would it change ECS's image, it would increase Intel sales as well, but thats besides the point... (not all people know the true power of yonah...)

EDIT2: Just in case some ECS technician should read this thread, would be quite neat if layout could be changed... - a 5mm increase between mem sokkels, would be better for moving heat away from mem, not that DDR2 makes much heat, but still, it shouldnt be a problem, and might give that last something, also, some DDR2 takes advantage of a bit vdimm, so no limit to 2.2v, allow up to 3.2 and let people fry their mem if they want to, while others can use 2.7-2.9v on their 5400UL's...

[Dillusion]

FUGGER, just show them the other thread...
Hipro5 (LN2)
Esdee (LN2)
Gorillakos (LN2)
Dumo (cascade)
Waus-mod (LN2)
Rol-co (LN2)
Runmc (cascade?)
PRTeamJapan (LN2)
Kyosen (LN2)
CAL930 (LN2)
M.Beier (Dice or LN2, and cascade later..)
kiwi
Fugger (cascade)
njkid32 (cascade)
mrlobber
Tyrou (cascade)
irev210

- All tests with such equiptment, with same brand mobo as due to first availible, hell, that would be one heck of a PR stunt, especially for a company such as ECS, known for not very great overclocking abilities, it would be a major breakthrough...

EDIT: Not only would it change ECS's image, it would increase Intel sales as well, but thats besides the point... (not all people know the true power of yonah...)

They could also give us a more manly board....Purple is kinda :eleph: and the 'extreme' SB sink is a knee slapper too ;)

[ibby]

add me into that list of phase cooling as well, and maybe some dry ice loving this summer ;)
come on ECS

[njkid32]

I have asked ECS to provide us a few boards for the top guys and I also asked for a group buy. This would assure ECS top spots in all benchmarks as well as a huge leap forward in board development.

Make some noise, ECS is viewing watching this thread and the Yonah competition and I want them to know how hot this board can be.

Very nice charles I bet ECS will get a huge bump in sales if XS's top clockers preview their mobo's. Everyone will see how well it does and wanna get one:)

[M.Beier]

ibby, didnt see you on the list :)
Waus probaly havnt updated yet (2600ES competetion)

njkid32, indeed, but not only XS users, if the top clockers in that thread get their hands on such items, it'll be all over the web the results... We're talking bigtime... XS especially ofcause, but also forums in Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Greece, and all the other contries where the clockers live, the "national" forums.. :)

I'm awaiting posting results on a danish forum, tweak.dk :)
- And this aint because its AOpen,ECS or whatever, its because its YONAH, a new core with great protential, which ofcause a motherboard manufacture would have great interess in making best board for, and this is the time for showing the worth...

[irev210]

i hate the wait game. Fugger, sign me up for a board :). I got too many yonah, no board to test on. I feel like it is such a waste putting a T2600ES in my Dell E1705 lol.

Im really curious how T2500 compares to T2600.

[hicookie]

:D my friend just got DDR2 booster by Geil

http://pic.kj.idv.tw/GeIL-ddrII/geil-p-01.jpg

ajust 1.8v-3.0V:banana:

[Waus-mod]

If ECS would contact there colleagues here in holland about it :cheer: so i hope to get a board soon.

[FUGGER]

Hicookie

Those look very thick so that you cannot install four dimms. Cool looking design though. looks like lots of resistors along the connector edge.

[hicookie]

Hicookie

Those look very thick so that you cannot install four dimms. Cool looking design though. looks like lots of resistors along the connector edge.

ya,4dimm must mod vdimm vol..:(

[kiwi]

Any info about ECS OC options like max vcore, vdimm, fsb etc. (at least without mods)?

[Waus-mod]

I also would like to know. With that information we know what to expect

[leejsmith]

sure there is a thread here someware with that ocz ram.
you connect the ram direct to a floppy power connector the copper heatpipe is for the vrm's will post the thread when i find it again.

edit :found it http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30194

[Mr. Tinker]

Clever move, Fugger. Could ECS be finding an enthusiast niche? They seem to be willing to bravely go where none have gone before.

Let's not forget who posted the ECS board info here first?

[caater]

Tested solo and duo on 915GME and my developer Dothan board. No boot on both boards.
The Dothan board is not an Intel chipset.
I also have an SIS chipset to try next.
i did a quick comparison image, Dothan vs Yonah pinouts (http://alpha.frontier86.ee/~markku/dothan/dot_yon_pinout.jpg)
as You can see, unfortunately pins are completely messed out.. not some of, but almost all of them :(
So, at most, You'll fry this yonah (or mb), nothing else.. :(

[gogos7]

Greetings to all,

I am fan of MSI VGA cards. I don’t know much about MSI motherboards. I am sure that the following is OK for general use. For overclocking you will tell.
MSI 945GT Speedster Plus:
http://img55.imageshack.us/img55/8966/945gtspeedsterplus29ou.jpg

[kiwi]

lol @ 2 attachable PCI slots. Yes, 945 are crap for OC

[Gamer]

In Germany boards will be availble on 22-03-06 at Atelco.de.

Order the Aopen, or go for another one ?

[hicookie]

my exprience.......msi not good at intel base overclocking...

[C_B]

In Germany boards will be availble on 22-03-06 at Atelco.de.

Order the Aopen, or go for another one ?

I ordered one, but still hope to get the PF23 soon ;)

[tonyl]

Any news now?

[Rudzer]

http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1092&l1=3&l2=54&l3=0

N4L-VM DH
http://www.asus.com/999/images/products/1092/1092_l.jpg

This really makes me wanna wait for it, but god knows how long will it take to hit the streets... :/

...

[M.Beier]

...

Aint a i975X, so useless :(

[FUGGER]

I have a new rig running Yonah on XP, cant give details yet.

I will work with Franck on getting a few things fixed for us in preperation of the competition. Im sitting on 955XM chipset, identification problems need to be worked out asap.

Tomorrow I drop in a new chip. CPUID doesnt even start on this mobo.

[IluvIntel]

I have a new rig running Yonah on XP, cant give details yet.

I will work with Franck on getting a few things fixed for us in preperation of the competition. Im sitting on 955XM chipset, identification problems need to be worked out asap.

Tomorrow I drop in a new chip. CPUID doesnt even start on this mobo.

Is it the Asus N4L-VM DH ? please, just a tiny hint...;)

[althes]

Would be nice to see some boards out there

[Dumo]

Duo from Aopen......

http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/5808/aopen10xi.jpg

More specs....http://usa.aopen.com/products/mb/i945GTm-VHL.htm

[Achill3uS]

a simple question: in a aopen i975xa-ydg will work the old pentium m (dothan) or only the core solo/duo? thx

[FUGGER]

No, Yonah and Dothan are not pin compatable.

They are made so if the mistake is made in the wrong socket the CPU will not fire up and no harm will come to the CPU by design.

I have tested both directions

[Achill3uS]

thx

[Siki3d]

No, Yonah and Dothan are not pin compatable.

They are made so if the mistake is made in the wrong socket the CPU will not fire up and no harm will come to the CPU by design.

I have tested both directions

would an adapter be possible (like what asus made for 865/875), or does yonah not support the 865/875?

[cirthix]

an adapter is possible, but the problem would be compatable motherboards, just like how an adapter is possible for dothan but most mobos arent compatable with the adapter.

[wwwww]

an adapter is possible, but the problem would be compatable motherboards, just like how an adapter is possible for dothan but most mobos arent compatable with the adapter.

Yeah but why would ya wanna run Yonah on 3 year old board? :P Sure 875P was good, but...

[Siki3d]

Yeah but why would ya wanna run Yonah on 3 year old board? :P Sure 875P was good, but...

lack of $$$ to upgrade to PCIe and DDR2??? :p:

[Skyline GT-R]

I have a new rig running Yonah on XP, cant give details yet.

I will work with Franck on getting a few things fixed for us in preperation of the competition. Im sitting on 955XM chipset, identification problems need to be worked out asap.

Tomorrow I drop in a new chip. CPUID doesnt even start on this mobo.
I thought 955XM was cancelled?

[Dillusion]

I thought 955XM was cancelled?

955XM = mobile 955? IE: mATX variants?

[cirthix]

955XM = mobile 955? IE: mATX variants?

mATX isnt mobile, its compact desktop

[Dillusion]

mATX isnt mobile, its compact desktop

yeah i know, i meant a 'mobile' chipset that can be put into any form like atx, matx, laptop boards, etc...