DFI 662-TMG/G motherboard review-The Conroe supported SIS integrated budge solution

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The lower left hand corner:
South bridge is SIS 966, built-in with four SATA ports
and integrated with RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD functions.
Just a pity this M/B does not support SATA II, but is still equipped with two
IDE channels.







The upper right hand corner
Two single channel DRAM slots, support DDRII 533/667







CPU surrounded area:
3-phase PWM power design
with good quality Solid Aluminum electrolytic capacitors.








I/O components
Realtek ALC655 6 channels audio chip
SIS 196 Gigabit network controller

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DFI 662-TMG/G BIOS Introduction
Frequency/Voltage Control page







CPU clock setting range 266~533Mhz









DRAM frequency ratio











CPU VID Offset setting
0.025~0.375V

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DDRII Voltage range
1.8~2.5V








Chip Set Voltage setting







DRAM Clock/Timing Control







Test Environment
CPU:INTEL Core 2 Extreme X6800
MB: DFI 662-TMG/G
DRAM:Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C3
VGA:ELSA 6800Ultra
HD:Seagate 7200.7 80GB
POWER:AcBel 550W
Cooler:Tower112

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X6800 OC 300X11=>3300Mhz
SIS chipset could also reach FSB 300 stable?








DFI 662-TMG/G
Strength:
1. Under 85 U.S. dollars Conroe supported M/B
2. One PCI-E 16X for expansion card
3. Two IDE ATA133 channels
4. The heat generation is very acceptable for Northbridge during normal
system operation.
5. The Voltage/Frequency setting is considered as feature rich for All in one
M/B products.
6. Front Side Bus could reach 300Mhz stable.
7. Well performed on USB high speed data transmission.


Weakness:
1. does not support SATA II
2. No DVI
3. The temperature of Southbridge is slightly higher, suggest to add a heat
sink for better heat absorption.
4. The VGA performance is just enough for daily usage.
5. No dual channel for memory.




After the post of first review, some people think the price is slightly too high,
perhaps it is because the price of SIS 661 M/B was just about 50~60 US
dollars. SIS 662 is a whole new product, even though the improvement is not
so large, it is still quite normal to have higher price in this IT industry.

As we said previously,
it will be a very economic PC solution to fit with Intel E4300 CPU or Pentium D
805/PD915, plus add-on graphics card, this solution will offer outstanding
performance.



Obviously there are still so many improvements SIS could do to refine this
product, and as far as we concern, focus on All-in-one market segment will
not be a cure for its long term survival.