First experiance: GB GA-8I945GMMFY-RH Socket 479Y

[stummerwinter]

Got this socket 479Y mobo yesterday, will be my new working rig and r@h cruncher..

Manufacturer: GA-8I945GMMFY-RH

Factor: µATX



Socket: 479Y (for Yonah and Merom, retention modul S478, here with Zalman 7000B-AlCu)



CPU-Supprt: Yonah and Merom

Chips:
1. Northbridge: Intel® 945GM Express Chipset
2. Southbridge: Intel® ICH7M-DH (with SATA-Raid - hey, guys from AOpen, look at this... )
3. T.I IEEE1394a controller
4. Intel PRO1000PL Gigabit Ethernet controller
5. Realtek ALC880 audio codec

RAM: 2 x Slots DDRII PC5400

internal connectors:
1. 2 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s connectors
2. 1 x UDMA ATA 100/66/33 connectors
3. 1 x FDD connector
4. 2 x IEEE1394a connectors (supports 2 ports)
5. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 connector (supports 4 ports)
6. 1 x SPDIF IN/OUT
7. 2 x Cooling fan pin headers
8. 1 x COM port connector

external connectors:
1. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2. 1 x RJ45 ports
3. 6 x Audio ports (4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC)
4. PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse
5. 1 x COM port connector
6. 1 x LPT port
7. 1 x VGA port
8. 1 x 1394 port

slots:
1. 1 PCI Express x 16 slot
2. 1 PCI Express x 1 slot
3. 2 PCI slots

BIOS-features:
VCore: no adjustment
VDimm: no adjustment
FSB: no adjustment
EIST: enable/disable, Idle 0,98 V ± 0,02 V, Load 1,18 V ± 0,02 V (measured with MM)
RAM: timings could be adjusted, divider also (400, 533, 667), with CTRL+F1 add menue
fan controll: works very good

VCore-measuring:


Readout of VCore is wrong with CPU-Z 1.34 and 1.35, 1.33 works, Easytune HW-monitor also, but slighlty to low.

test rig:

CPU: T7400ES (Merom, 166 MHz x 13)
RAM: 2 x 512 MB Syncmax eXtreme PC6400
Cooler: Zalman 7000B-AlCu
GFX: NV 6600
PSU: Seasonic S12 380 W
HD: WD 74 GB Raptor
DVD: Toshiba

power consumption:

Idle: approx 50 W (with EIST)

Load (2 x Pi): approx 80 W

Temperatures measured with HW-monitor:



BIOS: download@gigabyte - atm 1. Release

+ very low power consumption
+ Merom-support
+ nice working fan control
+ SATA-Raid ( AOpen guys, look at this... )
+ quiet cheap compared to other S479Y-boards (prices at geizhals.at)
+ S478-retention modul
+ BIOS looks sophisticated

- only 2 SATA and 1 IDE-Port
- no OCing
- only 2 RAM-Slots

Conclusion: cheap and economical mobo for working rig and HTPC

More to come...

Questions? Comments?

BTW: if somebody knows a working pinmod, please post a link, *this one*, but doesn´t work...