Intel D875PBZ Sound

Does the Intel D875PBZ have onboard sound? Intel's website says its optional. No idea what that means; i've only seen 1 version of it.

If there are different versions, does this version have it?

phpguru

No, that version does not have OBS. Take a look at a pic of the back ATX panel - no sound ports.

You do know that Intel boards have little to no overclocking options, right?

Yes, I'm getting the P4P800DX. This is for a friend who runs stock and doesn't really use the power of the cpu. Btw, some mobos have strictly bracket outputs, which is why i thought there was a chance this mobo had OBS.

phpguru

phpguru said:

Btw, some mobos have strictly bracket outputs, which is why i thought there was a chance this mobo had OBS.

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Then maybe it does, but I've always seen boards with at least both rear-panel and bracket ports.

Browsing Newegg, some of the Intel 865 boards have OBS, but it appears none of their 875s do.

JKeefe said:

You do know that Intel boards have little to no overclocking options, right?

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Yeah, Intel boards are pretty light in overclocking options. But they're better than they used to be - I've been playing with an Intel D865GBF board and it has a few basic overclocking features....

Onboard graphics core OC from 266 to 333MHz.
Force memory speed to run at user-selected 266/333/400 speed.
Force user-selected memory timings (non SPD).

Also, some Intel boards feature a burn-in mode that can OC the FSB speed by 3-5% (I forget the exact amount). Big w00t.