TP45 HP Onboard Devices
| Northbridge | Intel P45 Express |
| Southbridge | Intel ICH10 |
| Voltage Regulator | Four Phases |
| BIOS | P45BA710 (07/10/2008) |
| 333.3 MHz (FSB1333) | 333.3 MHz (+0.0%) |
| Clock Generator | ICS 9LPRS926EGLF |
| Connectors and Interfaces | |
| Onboard | 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 (Modes: One x16 or Two x8) |
| 2x PCIe x1 | |
| 2x PCI | |
| 3x USB 2.0 (2 ports per connector) | |
| 1x Serial Port header | |
| 1x Parallel Port header | |
| 1x Floppy | |
| 1x Ultra ATA (2 drives) | |
| 6x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s | |
| 1x Front Panel Audio | |
| 1x CD-Audio In | |
| 1x S/P-DIF Out | |
| 1x Fan 4 pins (CPU) | |
| 2x Fan 3 pins (Chassis) | |
| 1x Internal Power Button | |
| 1x Internal Reset Button | |
| IO panel | 2x PS2 (keyboard + mouse ) |
| 6x USB 2.0 | |
| 1x RJ-45 Network | |
| 6x Analog Audio Jacks (8-ch out, Mic+Line In) | |
| Mass Storage Controllers | |
| Intel ICH10 | 6x SATA 3.0Gb/s |
| JMicron JMB368 PCI-E | 1x Ultra ATA-133 (2-drives) |
| Network | |
| Realtek RTL8111C PCI-E | Gigabit LAN Connection |
| Audio | |
| Realtek ALC888 HD Audio Codec | 7.1 + 2 channel Multi-Streaming Output |
Nobody said they had to use all six: The Biostar TP45 HP “wastes” two of the ICH10 southbridge’s six PCI Express pathways by providing only two PCI Express x1 slots and two onboard PCI Express devices.
The TP45 HP doesn’t have any eSATA ports, but the closest competitor in this round-up doesn’t either. Competitor ASRock fakes it by putting a pass-through connector on the back. Biostar also leaves off any IEEE-1394 FireWire controller, but many buyers will never use that feature anyway. What really says “cheap” about the port panel is the lack of any digital audio outputs, even though the company provided all six analog audio jacks.
JMicron’s JMB368 provides one Ultra ATA header (supporting two drives) using a PCI Express interface. Ultra ATA doesn’t really require PCI-E speeds, but the wiring is simpler than PCI and the motherboard had lanes to spare.
PCI Express provides twice the needed bandwidth to Realtek’s RTL8111C Gigabit Ethernet controller for optimal performance.
Rated at 97db signal-to-noise ratio, Realtek’s ALC888 provides the TP45 HP motherboard with eight main channels (7.1 surround) and separate stereo headphone channels.
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Wait, i think i missed the conclusion... what was the conclusion.....or am i just silly !?
Great review any who, i have been waiting for one of these. I would say go for the P5Q Deluxe!!!!!!!!11
the old E6xx CPU is not good enough to explore the FSB of the new P45 chipset. i seen better review then this in term of hardware. there should be at least a dual core 45nm processor and a 45nm quad processor.
sigh....tom's been lazy with hardware update!
I assume it is a mistake that says the P45 platinum from MSI has an X48 chipset?
so waht about a decent conclusion something like, are these boarfds worth the extra cash over a P35 chipset variant, everything tells me they offer little incentive over the P35, thoughts anyone?
Hello?
Uhm .. 45nm!?
I agree, test with a better (new) CPU(s) 45nm Dual/Quad.
That would be really interesting. This probably means alot to someone that owns the E6xx series CPU which i doubt someone buy if they buy a P45 board.
Methinks Tom has a bit of biassed attitude favouring Asus tbh