The Transcend TS-ASL3
Transcend has been around since 1988. They are best known for their quality
memory products. Their memory products cover the entire digital spectrum,
including high-end workstations, servers, desktops, notebooks and PDA’s, printers,
digital cameras, fax machines and even Game Consoles.
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Features
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The
Mainboard
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- 815E Intel Chipset
- ATA/100 Compatible
- 6 PCI Slots
- 1 CNR (Communication
and Networking Riser) Slot
- Supports 4 USB
ports (Optional)
- Supports Intel
PIII/ Celeron Series based processors
- AIMM (AGP Inline
Memory Module) support - Optional
- Advanced Tweak
Utilities (Overclocking)
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The 815E Chipset
The 815 chipset was announced in early
July 2000 at Computex 2000. The 815 platforms came to the market to give the
expensive, Rambus enabled, 820 platforms a break. That’s how we the consumers
see it anyway. Intel had a very different point of view when they finally
released this RDRAM killer. Intel stated a few times that the 815 chip-set
would be a low cost solution, and to prove that, they included an integrated
low cost video solution and limited its memory expansion to today’s minimum
specifications (512mb)
The 815 platforms offer everything a VIA133A,
i810E, BX chip-sets combined all together has to offer, and much more. The
Solano 815 chip-set was available under two different phases at first and
just a few months back a third version showed up.
First and second are the 815 and the 815E. What differs both is their
South Bridge. The most advanced version with the E is using a newer I/O Controller
Hub, also known as ICH. The newer ICH stepping name is ICH2. The ICH2 offers
several newer improvements over ICH such as the use of four USB ports, CNR
support and support of the newer ATA100 standard. The I/O controller hub2
can be found in newer Intel platforms such as the i840 and i820 with the new
E stepping. The ICH version in the other hand offers similar features to today’s
recent available platforms such as the 810 chipset. The older ICH supports
the standard features as ATA/66, two USB ports. A reasonable money difference
between both versions could be noticed. It will be up to you, the user, to
decide which will fit your needs. Features such as ATA/100 might not always
be worth the money, but features like four USB ports could definitely come
in handy these days. The third version of the 815 is 815EP Chipset. This one
is an identical solution to the 815E but does not features the integrated
video adapter, making it a better choice for the users that will be using
their own 3D Graphics card.
