[HWC] ASRock P45 & P43 Motherboards Unveiled

We at Hardware Canucks got a look at ASRock's upcoming P45 and P43 based motherboards today and we are able to give you quick look at what is shaping up to be some interesting-looking entry-level boards. Information will be added as I receive it. :up:

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ASRock P45 & P43 Motherboards Unveiled
(P45R2000-WiFi and P43R1600Twins-WiFi)


Today, ASRock let Hardware Canucks (among some other sites) get a very quick and tantalizing glimpse at their upcoming P45 and P43 boards for Intel 775 processors. While neither of these could be considered a particularly high-end product, they both have some very interesting features like compatibility with both DDR2 and DDR3 ram. Unfortunately, we do not have the complete specifications as of yet but this small article will be updated with ALL relevant information as it becomes available to us. Below is some of the preliminary information that was handed to us.

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/1527/22046569qz3.jpg

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EXCLUSIVE!!!

on a side note, i see asrock continues with their god aweful power connector placement

nice clocks but terrible design

Looks like Gigabyte colors.

Exclusive for now....I think. ;)

whats with the sata by the 8pin which is by the I/O panel??? Im lost

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Originally Posted by Asgard_thor

whats with the sata by the 8pin which is by the I/O panel??? Im lost

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thats their version of E-SATA :ROTF:

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Originally Posted by Spawne32

on a side note, i see asrock continues with their god aweful power connector placement

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Yep, each and all of their mobos have their power connectors in that
awful place :rolleyes:

Is that a IDE connector under the first PCI slot? whats it doing there?.....

layout of those boards = epic fail.

the power connector is in a retarded position, the ide connector as well, the pci-e x16 slots are too close together, the sata connectors at the top would be a good idea if at the other side (for cases with e-sata connectors at the upper end of the front) but as they are they go to waste, no cmos reset button...

but then its a budget board, so I should be happy about it, since it atleast makes other boards that cost more look good:p:

3 PCI slots available even with a double-slot GPU, 8 SATA slots... wouldn't surprise me if there are a few people who would like that in a sub-$200 board.

That said, those two features in no way necessitate the board's other problems.

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Originally Posted by G80

Is that a IDE connector under the first PCI slot? whats it doing there?.....

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Im fairly sure thats to switch the PCI-E lanes from 16x to 2 8x for Crossfire

ASRock has the worst possible layout, and their colors are almost as bad as Gigabyte's. I personally would take a DFI P35 board over an ASRock P45 board any day.

I've added the full specs for each board in the article. :D