1.4Special featuresLatest processor technology

The P4B-MX motherboard supports the latest Intel Pentium 4 478/ Northwood Processor, also known as P4, via a 478-pin surface mount ZIF socket. The Pentium 4 processor utilizes the advanced 0.18 micron processor core in FC-PGA2 package for a 2.0GHz frequency, while the Northwood processor uses the 0.13 micron processor core with 512KB L2 cache for up to a speedy 2.4GHz frequency. The P4 offers optimized performance for audio, video, and Internet applications.

Onboard LAN

The motherboard incorporates the Intel 82562ET, a highly integrated Platform LAN Connect (PLC) device that combines 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX capabilities. This controller also provides the LAN enabling solution for the integrated networking connectivity in Intel I/O Controller Hub 2 (ICH2) based platforms, allowing enhanced bus mastering capabilities for high-speed data transfers over the PCI bus. The bus mastering capabilities permit processing of high-level commands and performing multiple operations, thereby offloading communications tasks from the CPU.

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