AMD riser board

[Schwarz]

Well as I mentioned before ASROCK had future proofed its product.
I have told you before that the Asrock 939 Dual SATA2 would support the new AM2 processor with the new socket M2.
It will also sport some ports for DDR2.
Here are some pictures of this infamous daughter board that will support it.
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/MastamuneSchwarz/asrock-3.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/MastamuneSchwarz/asrock-2.jpg
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f20/MastamuneSchwarz/asrock-1.jpg
On these pictures the daughter board is used on a 939SLI2-eSATA2.
But the 939 Dual SATA2 is the same.
This board will work on both.

- Images from HKEPC Hardware

Available as of now !
On the asrock website.

[PUTALE]

i wonder if the speed will get serously hampered from this method.

btw, the picture is here:
http://www.hkepc.com/bbs/blog.php?tid=558875&starttime=1140739200&endtime=1140825600

[Schwarz]

Yah I know PUTALE.
The speed will not be affected.
It runs on the AGP bus 8x i beleive.
I guess if you do have a AGP card then this could be a problem...
agp 8x :2GB.
hyper transport: 2GB
no bottle neck

[Bio-Hazard]

Only big problem I see with that design is room for a highend cooling solution. The mount bracket is right next to the main MoBo PCB.................. :shock:

[werty316]

Yeah looks like no 3rd party coolers can be used but will support DDR2-800? Fi you look very close you can almost make out what that blurred text says. Looks like DDR2-667? If so then is not good unless this is an early sample. Another draw back is you hav to spend another $100-$200 for the board. For that much more you can get a top of the line DFI or ASUS.

[Schwarz]

Yes it will support DDR2.
Another thing is I do not beleive it will cost $100-$200.
ECS has done a thing like this in the past and it was costing $40-$50.
It was a board that supported Intel and AMD proc.
Wich is quite weird...
For big cooling well first of if you have this board then your probably not a big overclocker because you cannot change the multipliers unless you hardmod it.
You can only play with the HTT.

[Bio-Hazard]

Well, HTT can get you some pretty impressive OC's depending on the core and the board it's self................. 8) So HTT isn't a bad thing at all, that's pretty much all I palay with on my 3000............ :wink:

[werty316]

I prefer increasing the HTT rather than the multiplier.

[PUTALE]

i think for the price tag of 100-200, it maybe worth more just to buy a brand new mobo for either system setup..

[Bio-Hazard]

If it were me, I'd opt for a complete new board, but that's just me. I know a few people that use this board in everyday type of systems, and they seem to be very pleased with it though. But a top OC'ing board it's not.

[tomato]

At that price point, I would rather purchase a brand new mobo rather than have to worry about properly configuring & cooling a system using this mobo configuration.... :?

[Fantasma]

At that price point, I would rather purchase a brand new mobo rather than have to worry about properly configuring & cooling a system using this mobo configuration.... :?
Yep, I completely agree, for 100$-150$ you can get a new mobo which is fully compatible and you will be sure that it´ll work, but it´s impressive how this board is compatible with nearly everything :shock: , asrock made a very good board but a very expensive accessories

[tomato]

It is impressive, no doubt about that. Kudos to ASROCK for their accomplishment... but it's just not a very practical mobo for most of us.