First P43 motherboard images

With the coming of Intel's P45 chipset next month, the company will also introduce the P43 chipset. This chipset will be placed in the lower-mid-range market and comes close to the P45's features. The P43 chipset will cost approximately 34 US Dollar, compared to the P45's 40 Dollar.

On zol.com.cn's website the first images have appeared of a P43 based motherboard. The motherboard, named P43T, offers support for 65 and 45nm Intel processors, using socket LGA775 and with a maximum frontside bus of 1333MHz. DDR2 memory can be used with speeds up to 1066MHz. The board features two PCI-Express 2.0 slots, with one running at 4x.  Though the P43 chipset does not officially support CrossFire, this functionality could be implemented by the manufacturers. The board als has 7.1 channel audio, one Gigabit Ethernet connector and six SATA II ports. 

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