IDE & SATA
The FB61 supports 2 IDE connectors & 2 Serial ATA connectors. The IDE interface supports up to UDMA 100 and the SATA host controllers up to 1.2Gb/s (150/MB/s) data transfer rates. The C3 uses only Serial ATA drives so extremely high disk performance is possible when working on project with many linear audio and video tracks.
8x AGP & PCI
The FB61 integrates one 32-bit 8x AGP 3.0 slot. 8x AGP means access to high performance video cards. The C3 has built-in video on the motherboard and therefore comes with no video card. However, you can add dual head AGP cards anytime you need. The PCI slot is your passport to a universe of audio interfaces. PCI offers audio hardware with the highest dynamic range available. There is one 32-bit PCI slot on the FB61 motherboard which complies with PCI 2.3 specifications.
CHIPSETS
The FB61 is built around Intel 865G north bridge and ICH5 south bridge. The motherboard features integrated 128-bit Twin Bank memory controller, two 64-bit memory controllers and an 800MHz front side bus. A Realtek 8100C Ethernet controller provides networking connectivity. A VIA VT6307 IEEE 1394 controller brings 400 MB/s FireWire high speed serial bus to the front and back of the C3.
AUDIO CODEC
The FB61 employs Realtek's ALC650 AC'97 audio CODEC which offers 5.1 channel outputs. There is also Optical Digital Inputs and Outputs. While this is a perfectly decent audio output for monitoring, to do serious music production you would probably want to invest in a PCI, USB or FireWire audio interface. These interfaces offer higher sound quality and better latency performance.
SPECIFICATIONS
| CPU Support |
| Intel® Pentium® 4 in the 478-pin package with 400/533/800 MHz FSB |
| Chipsets |
| [North] Intel® 865G |
| [South] ICH5-R |
| Form Factor |
| Shuttle Form Factor |
| Memory |
| 2 x 184 pin DDR SDRAM Socket |
| Support DDR400 Dual channel DDR DIMM slots up to 2GB capacity |
| Video: |
| 16MB integrated Video |
| Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 (integrated) |
| DVMT memory architecture |
| Audio |
| Realtek ALC 650 6-channel audio |
| AC '97 v2.2 (supports 5.1 channel) compliant CODEC on board |
| Support Digital SPDIF In/Out |
| MIC in, headphone out, Surround audio outputs |
| IEEE 1394 FireWire® |
| VIA VT6307 [2 ports: 1 on front, 1 on back] |
| Complies with 1394 OHCI specification revision 1.0 and 1.1 |
| Supports 400Mb/s, 200Mb/s, 100Mb/s data transfer rate |
| USB 2.0 |
| 8 ports: 2 on front, 2 on back - 4 additional internal ports |
| Supports up to 480Mb/s data transfer rate |
| Ethernet |
| On board Realtek 8100C support 10 and 100 Mb/s operation |
| Supports Wake-On-LAN function |
| Serial ATA |
| Intel ICH5-R built in support 2 Serial ATA ports |
| AGP Slots |
| 1 AGP V3.0, 1.5V, 4X/8X mode Slot |
| Support external AGP V2.0 compliant VGA device |
| Support 2X, 4X, 8X AGP data transfer |
| Expansion Slot |
| 1 x PCI slot |
| PCI 2.3 compliant, 32-bit BUS Master Slots |
| 133 Mbytes / sec maximum throughput |
| Power Management |
| APM 1.2 compliant, ACPI 1.0 compliant |
| 250 W PFC |
| Legacy Ports |
| 1 PS/2 keyboard port |
| 1 PS/2 mouse port |
| 1 Serial port |
| 1 Parallel port |
| Dimensions, Weights |
| 300 x 200 x 185 x mm [L x W x H] |
| Gross weight: 9.1 kg [20 lbs] |
