DFI Lanparty JR P45-T2RS mATX Motherboard Review

Specifications

CPU
- LGA 775 socket for: - Intel® CoreTM2 Quad and Intel® CoreTM2 Duo
- Supports Intel Enhanced Memory 64 Technology (EMT64T)
- Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
- Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports 1333/1066/800MHz FSB

Chipset
- Northbridge: Intel® P45 Express chipset Intel® Fast Memory Access technology
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH10R

System Memory
- Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
- Supports DDR2 667/800/1066 MHz
- Delivers up to 12.8Gb/s bandwidth
- Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
- Supports up to 8GB system memory
- Supports unbuffered x8 and x16 DIMMs

Expansion Slot
- 2 PCI Express (Gen 2) x16 slots - 2-way CrossFire: One slot operating at x8 (8-lane port) or two slots each operating at x8 (8-lane ports) bandwidth
- 1 PCI Express x1 slot
- 1 PCI slot

Audio
- Realtek ALC885 High Definition audio CODEC
- 8-channel audio output
- DAC SNR/ADC SNR of 106dB/101dB
- Full-rate lossless content protection technology
- Optical S/PDIF-out and coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out interfaces

LAN
- Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN controller
- Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards

Storage and IDE
- Intel Matrix Storage technology
- Supports up to 6 SATA devices
- SATA speed up to 3Gb/s
- RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5
- JMicron JMB368 PCI Express to PATA host controller
- Supports up to 2 UltraDMA 33/66/100Mbps IDE devices

Rear Panel I/O
- 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
- 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 optical S/PDIF-out port
- 1 coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out port
- 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 1 RJ45 LAN port
- Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks
- Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks

Connectors
- 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel® Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
- 2 x eSATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (shared with 2 SATAII ports)
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x DeskExpress Hot Plug Detection header
- 1 x COM port header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- CPU/Chassis FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x WiFi/E header

BIOS Features
- Award BIOS
- 8Mbit SPI flash BIOS
- CMOS Reloaded

Internal I/O
- 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0 ports
- 1 connector for an external COM port
- 1 front audio connector
- 1 CD-in connector
- 1 IrDA connector
- 6 Serial ATA connectors
- 1 40-pin IDE connector
- 1 floppy connector
- 1 24-pin ATX power connector
- 1 8-pin 12V power connector
- 1 front panel connector
- 3 fan connectors
- 1 download flash BIOS connector
- EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)

Power Management
- ACPI and OS Directed Power Management
- ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
- Wake-On-LAN
- Wake-On-Ring
- RTC timer to power-on the system
- AC power failure recovery

Hardware Monitor
- Monitors CPU/system/Northbridge temperature and overheat alarm
- Monitors Vcore/Vdimm/Vnb/VCC5/12V/V5sb/Vbat voltages
- Monitors the speed of the cooling fans
- CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature and fan during system boot-up - automatic shutdown upon system overheat

PCB
- 4 layers, microATX form factor
- 24.5cm (9.64") x 24.5cm (9.64")