ASRock pushes motherboards bundled with Intel CPUs
Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES [Thursday 16 August 2007] 
ASRock recently launched its 2Core1333-2.66G and 2Core1333DVI-2.66G motherboards bundled with Intel dual-core processors that support a 1333MHz FSB (front side bus) and 2.6GHz overclocked core frequency, according to sources at ASRock. The two motherboards adopt the Intel 945GC A2 chipset, which features support for Intel dual-core Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium D, Pentium Dual Core, Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D processors and supports a FSB of up to 1333MHz (Intel officially only supports up to 800MHz), and dual-channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB and an integrated Intel GMA950 graphics engine, noted the sources. The ASRock 2Core1333DVI-2.66G will be bundled with a DVI Graphics-HDCP card for DVI output. | ASRock motherboards bundled with Intel CPU specifications | | Model | 2Core1333-2.66G | 2Core1333DVI-2.66G | | CPU support | Bundled with selected dual-core CPUs operating at FSB1333 / 2.66GHz Supports Intel dual-core Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium D, Pentium Dual Core, Pentium 4, Celeron and Celeron D processor with FSB up to 1333MHz | | Memory | Dual-channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB 4 DIMM slots | Dual-channel DDR2 memory up to 4GB 2 DIMM slots | | Chipsets | Northbridge: Intel 945GC A2 Southbridge: ICH7 | | VGA | Intel integrated GMA950 graphics engine | Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, August 2007 
ASRock 2Core1333DVI-2.66G bundled with Intel CPU Photo: Company 
ASRock 2Core1333-2.66G bundled with Intel CPU Photo: Company
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