The Tyan S2668 Tiger i7505

We won’t go into too much detail about the E7505 chipset – however if you want to know more, check out our brief in depth article found here. Here are the specifications of the Tyan S2668 Tiger i7505 Motherboard:

Processor Support:
Supports up to two Intel XEON 603/604 processors with FSB support of 400/533 MHz

Chipset:
Intel E7505 Northbridge
Intel ICH4 Southbridge
Winbond W83627 LPC I/O Chip

Memory:
Four 184 pin DDR slots supporting up to 4GB of unbuffered DDR266/200 dual channel memory.
Supports ECC and Non ECC memory modules

Expansion Slots:
1 – AGP 8X Pro50 Slot
5 – 32 bit 33MHz PCI slots

Integrated I/O:
Floppy Connector
Two USB 2.0 ports
CD-In/Aux-In connectors
2 x 5 pin header for front panel audio connectors
One IrDA connector
Power/IDE LED connectors
Six 3 pin headers for CPU and case fans
Two IDE channels supporting up to four EIDE devices up to ATA/100 support

Optional Serial ATA RAID support:
(NOT included in the board reviewed here)

Integrated LAN Controller:
One Intel Ethernet Controller – 82540 EM Gb or 82551QM 10/100 LAN controller

Integrated Audio:
Realtek ALC650
6 Channel AC’97 audio
Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in audio jacks
CD-In/Aux-In Connectors

Form Factor:
ATX form factor measuring 12” by 9.6”
EPS 12V power connector (24 pin and 8 pin connectors)
4 pin AUX power connector
RJ-45 LAN connector with LEDs
1 – Parallel Port
2 – Serial Ports
4 – USB Ports
PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard ports
Audio Line-In, Line-Out, Mic-In Jacks

As you can see from above, this board is packed with features. Having four USB 2.0 ports in the rear I/O panel is a great feature; especially compared against the Supermicro X5DAL-TG2 where you need to install the connectors to get to the four on-board USB ports. Otherwise you’d be stuck with only two ports in the rear. However as with many of the other E7505 boards out there, you will not see a FireWire connector here. That’s unfortunate since you will have to shell out some cash for a FireWire/IEEE 1394 card. There is also no SCSI support in this model – if you want SCSI, be prepared for the larger sibling – the S2665.

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