ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2, best ultimate platform with 2 full-bandwidth PCI Express x 16 slots!

     

Worldwide Best Price Performance MB - 939SLI32-eSATA2 gives you the best ultimate platform you could ever dream of! FSB 1000MHz (2.0GT/s), 2 x PCI Express x 16 slots, Future CPU Port , 4 x Serial ATAII ports, Gigabit LAN, IEEE1394, eSATAII ports, High Definition Audio and any other excellent features!

ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2

Feb 10, 2006, Taipei

If you have been tracking the movement of ASRock, you might have noticed that ASRock is releasing more and more middle to high-end motherboards these days. For the last few weeks, a series of eSATAII products had been announced. Today, right after the releasing of 939SLI-eSATA2, ASRock is giving you yet another eSATAII model -939SLI32-eSATA2, the best ultimate platform for AMD K8-939 platform.

939SLI32-eSATA2 is based on the ULi^® M1697 and M1695 chipsets. By powering 2 ULI chipsets, ASRock 939SLI32-eSATA2 supports Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64/64FX/64X2 processor, FSB 1000MHz (2.0GT/s), 1 x Future CPU Port, (Supports CPU upgrade from AMD K8 939-Pin CPU to AM2 940-Pin CPU through AM2CPU board), 2 x PCI Express x 16 slots, 1 x PCI Express x 4 slot, Dual Channel DDR400, 4 DIMMs slots, 4 x Serial ATAII 3.0 Gb/s ports, support RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD and RAID 5, and 2 ports of eSATAII 3.0Gb/s (shared with 2 SATAII ports), "Hot Plug" function, 5.1 Channel with High Definition Audio, and is Windows^® Vista Hardware Ready. Standing out among other eSATAII models, 939SLI32-eSATA2 even supports gigabit LAN 10/100/1000Mb/s, IEEE1394 ports which gives you the best network and optimal data transfer speed.

In terms of data transfer speed of hard disk data, 939SLI32-eSATA2 supports eSATAII interface. The external SATAII specification offers the high speed data transfer rate up to 3.0Gb/s, and the convenient mobility like USB. eSATAII is equipped with Hot Plug capability that enables you to exchange drives easily. Currently, on the market, the data transfer rate of USB 2.0 is up to 480Mb/s, and for IEEE 1394a is up to 400Mb/s. However, eSATAII provides a much faster data transfer rate than USB 2.0 and IEEE 1394a, and still keeps the convenience of Hot Plug feature.

The static below also shows that SATAII HDD with external SATAII interface excels other interfaces in transfer speed with considerable figures.

For detailed information about eSATAII Installation, please refer to eSATAII Installation Guide on ASRock website.

Here are 93932SLI-eSATA2 brief specifications:

• Socket 939 for AMD Athlon 64/64FX/64X2 processor (Detailed support list is available on www.asrock.com)
• ULi^® M1697 + M1695 Chipset
• Supports FSB 1000MHz (2.0GT/s), Hyper-Transport Technology and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
• 1 x Future CPU Port (Supports CPU upgrade from AMD K8 939-Pin CPU to AM2 940-Pin CPU through AM2CPU Board)
• Untied Overclocking : During Overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCIE/ PCI Buses
• Supports Dual Channel DDR400, 4 DIMMs slots
• Hybrid Booster - ASRock Safe Overclocking Technology
• Supports Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• 2 x PCI Express x 16 slot
• 1 x PCI Express x 4 slot
• 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
• 4 ports of Serial ATA II 3.0Gb/s, RAID 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD and RAID 5, and "Hot Plug" functions, and 2 ATA 133 IDE ports
• 2 ports of eSATAII 3.0Gb/s (shared with 2 SATAII ports), support "Hot Plug" function
• 5.1 Channel with High Definition Audio
• Windows^® Vista Hardware Ready
• ASRock eSATAII+1394 I/O : 2 eSATAII ports, 1 x IEEE 1394 Port