EXTREME Overclocking  - Chaintech 9CJS Zenith 875P Motherboard Review - Page: 1
Home | Reviews | Forums | Downloads | $ EXTREME Deals $ | RealTime Pricing | Free Magazines | Gear | Folding Stats Newsletter | Contact Us

Chaintech 9CJS Zenith

Company: Chaintech
Product: 9CJS Zenith
Street Price: ~$280 USD
Date Reviewed: May 5, 2003
Reviewed By: Joey C. aka Chong345
Overall Rating: (9/10)

Introduction:

A couple weeks ago we saw the reviews of Intel's latest chipset, the i875P. Most were astonished by the new features and performance gains of the i875P, and now motherboard manufacturers have started producing retail versions of their boards featuring the new chipset. Today we look at the Chaintech 9CJS Zenith. This board is packed with features and supports dual channel memory as well as a 800 MHz Front Side Bus for the new Pentium 4s.

Chaintech is not the largest motherboard manufacturer, but they are definitely making their presence felt by producing motherboards with nice overclocking options and many features that other motherboards lack. Read on to see what they were able to come up with when designing the 9CJS Zenith. Also before we proceed with the review we would like to note that the board used in this review was an engineering sample so some changes might be made before the board is sold for retail.

 

Specifications:

Feature Highlights

Form Factor
  • ATX (244mm x 305mm)
CPU
  • Supports Intel Socket 478 CPU with Hyper-Threading Technology
  • Supports Intel Pentium4/Celeron system bus at 400/533/800MHz
Chipset
  • Intel 875P + ICH5R, supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Main Memory
  • Four 184-pin DDR DIMMs up to 4GB
  • Supports Dual-Channel DDR266/333/400 ECC/non-ECC memory and Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT)
Expansion Slots
  • One 1.5V AGP slot for 8X/4X AGP
  • Five 32-Bit PCI slots (v2.2 compliant)
  • One CMR (Chaintech Multimedia Riser) for Chaintech Multimedia Card (CMC 7.1)
Audio Subsystem
  • On-board 7.1-Channel audio
  • 24-bit resolution audio format support
  • Sampling rates up to 96KHz
  • Multi-channel AC-link supported alternatively
  • Supports SPDIF Out
Video Subsystem
  • Video 4X/8X AGP
UltraDMA IDE Ports
  • Supports PIO Mode 4 up to 16.6 Mbps, Multi-Word DMA Mode 2 and Ultra DMA mode 5 up to 100MB/s with Bus Mastering
  • Bus-Mastering software drivers for all common multitasking operating systems
Embedded USB Controller
  • Three EHCI USB 2.0 Controllers support total 8 USB 2.0/1.1 Ports
  • Support USB 2.0 High-Speed Device @480 Mb/s Transfer Rates
  • Optional USB adapters for additional USB2.0/1.1 ports
On Board Super I/O Controller
  • ITE 8712 LPC I/O with system monitors hardware
  • Two UARTs support serial ports and IR function (up to 115.2Kbps) for HPSIR and ASKIR
  • One SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port
  • One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB
Embedded system monitoring
  • 8 external voltage inputs
  • 2 temperatures sensing for CPU and system
  • 3 Fan speed (CPU, system and Case) monitoring
Boot-Block Flash ROM
  • Award system BIOS support PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI, & Multi-device booting features
Software
  • Driver CD (Chipset Autodetect) (WinDVD 7.1CH included)
    Value Pack 2002/2003
    APOGEE Overclocking

*Courtesy of Chaintech

 





EXTREME Overclocking Newsletter
Thousands of PC enthusiasts are already subscribed to the EXTREME Overclocking Newsletter, have you signed up yet?
Your Email Address:
Sponsored Links
Latest Reviews
Most Downloaded Files
Recently Added Files
CPU-Z 1.4912/12/08
Compare Prices On Top Brands!
Search:
For:

Intel Processors
Core i7/i5 - Nehalem
975 Extreme  960  950  920
870  860  750  670  661  660

Core 2 Quad - Yorkfield
Q9650  Q9550  Q9400  Q9300  Q8300  Q8200

Core 2 Duo - Wolfdale
E8600  E8500  E8400  E8200  E7300  E7200

AMD Processors
Phenom II X4
965 Black  955 Black  945  925

Phenom II X2
555  550

Athlon II X4
630  620

Athlon II X3
435  425

Athlon II X2
250  245

Video Cards
nVidia GeForce GTX 200 Series
GTX 295  GTX 285  GTX 280  GTX 260

nVidia GeForce 9 Series
9800 GX2  9800 GTX+  9800 GTX  9800 GT  9600 GT  9600 GSO

ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series
4870 X2  4870  4850  4830  4670  4650

Search By Brand
ASUS  BFG  Diamond  eVGA  Gigabyte  HIS  MSI  Palit  PowerColor  PNY  Sapphire  Visiontek  XFX

PC Memory
DDR3  DDR2  DDR

Motherboards
ASUS  Biostar  DFI  ECS  eVGA  Foxconn  Gigabyte  Intel  MSI  Shuttle  Supermicro  Tyan  XFX

Hard Drives
Seagate  Maxtor  Samsung  Fujitsu  Western Digital

  Technology Magazines FREE to Qualified Professionals.
eWeek MagazineeWeek is the essential technology information source for builders of e-business. Focuses on e-commerce, communications and Internet-based architecture. Oracle MagazineOracle Magazine contains technology-strategy articles, sample code, tips, Oracle and partner news, how-to articles for developers and DBAs, and more. Dr. Dobb's JournalDr. Dobb's Journal enables programmers to write the most efficient and sophisticated programs and help in daily programming quandaries. InformationWeekInformationWeek is the only newsweekly you'll need to stay on top of the latest developments in information technology.
  Other Popular Titles: PC Magazine, BusinessWeek, Baseline, Business Solutions, Software Magazine, InfoStor, Security Source , TelevisionWeek, more...
  EXTREME Deal Of The Day | More EXTREME Deals
Coupon Code for 20% off Sitewide at All Posters!

For May, AllPosters.com has a coupon code good for 20% off sitewide.

  • ALL POSTERS
  • Use code: 20OFFMAY for the discount, expiring 5/31/13.

Coupon Code for 40% off at Nautica.com, plus FREE Shipping on $50+ Purchases!

Nautica has a coupon for 40% off sitewide (excluding watches, fragrances, and "Catch of the Week" styles). They also have FREE shipping on $50+ purchases.

  • NAUTICA
  • Use code: SUNNY40 for the 40% discount, expiring 5/31/13.
Copyright © 2000-2011 EXTREME Overclocking. All rights reserved.
Disclaimer of Liability - Privacy Policy
Secret Forum