Chaintech SUMMIT SKT600 Motherboard

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Nicholas Hart
Kurtis
Chaintech
Jul. 29, 2004

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Test Setup

Chaintech SKT600 (Latest drivers and BIOS from http://www.chaintech.com.tw)
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ (1466MHZ)
ATI Radeon 9800XT Catalyst 4.6
Corsair TwinX XMS 4000 2x 256MB at default timings in Dual Channel mode (only on NF2U board; not supported by SKT600)
2x Western Digital Raptor 36GB SATA in RAID 0
Stock AMD HeatSink
MadDog Entertainer DVD
Antec 450w PS

PCMark 04

PCMark uses typical desktop applications to gauge productivity performance.

PCMark 04

System Benchmark

Chaintech SKT600

LanParty NFII Ultra Rev B

2607

2709

(PCMarks)

3301

The SKT600 lags a bit behind in PCMark.

Aquamark 03

With the tagline "The Reality Benchmark', Aquamark 3 tests DirectX 9, 8 and 7 functions that modern games use to give an idea of how well a system will perform.

Aquamark 03
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Graphics

CPU

Chaintech SKT600

LanParty NFII Ultra Rev B

4551

4752

Aquamarks

10000

Graphics

CPU

Chaintech SKT600

LanParty NFII Ultra Rev B

3951

4934

Aquamarks

10000

Aquamark 03

TriScore

Chaintech SKT600

LanParty NFII Ultra Rev B

28880

32077

Aquamarks

50000

The wide margin in CPU score between the two systems still bothers me, but Graphics scores look about right.

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Page 1: Introduction
Page 2: Board Layout and Features
Page 3: Bundle and Extras
Page 4: BIOS
Page 5: Test Setup / Benchmarking
Page 6: Benchmarks: PCMark04 / Aquamark 03
Page 7: Benchmarks: Aida32 / Sandra 04
Page 8: Benchmarks: SpecViewPerf 7.1 / ScienceMark 2.0
Page 9: Benchmarks: Winbench 99 / UT2k3
Page 10: Overclocking / Conclusion

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9 User Comments

1 - Posted by EmoMakesMeCry on July 30, 2004 - 1:39 am

i don't think i've ever seen anyone use a chaintech mobo.

2 - Posted by autodafe20 on August 1, 2004 - 4:43 am

I've never ran across a Chaintech either. From the review I think I'll stick with MSI if any of my friends needs a low end comp.

3 - Posted by Kurtis on August 1, 2004 - 11:21 am

This board only costs $40... Not sure why you guys are acting like it sucks. Its a badass board for $40. Chaintech does have higher-end motherboards just like other manufacturers, this is just their low-end one.

4 - Posted by autodafe20 on August 1, 2004 - 1:28 pm

It's not that it sucks, it's just nothing out of the ordinary for a low end board. I'm used to MSI's and the few I've used have been rock stable.

5 - Posted by playahata123789 on August 4, 2004 - 6:25 am

i really wouldn't go with this board, if possible. a close contender is the shuttle an35n ultra

6 - Posted by Guest on December 1, 2004 - 1:44 pm

I received a Post Code error 75 immediately on boot up. I tried clearing the CMOS and any attempts to enter the BIOS by pressing the delete key failed. I had to enable jumper J6 from its factory default setting of pin 1-2 to pin 2-3 in order to get pass the POST error. However, there is nothing in the documentation that said you have to enable this jumper in order for the MOBO to POST. Otherwise, it is not a bad MOBO for the price.

7 - Posted by Guest on July 6, 2005 - 3:03 am

Got the same error here on the boot up sequence. After setting this jumper everything has worked flawlessly. No crashes what so ever after a few months of constant running games, programs you name it. Not a bad mobo at all for its price.

8 - Posted by Trollius on December 6, 2007 - 3:54 pm

I have locked for a Manual for this Motherboard, but no.
Is there anyone who can help mee

9 - Posted by Kurtis on December 6, 2007 - 4:41 pm

I think you're out of luck, that motherboard is so old and Chaintech's site loads so mind-bogglingly slow... The only thing I'd suggest is emailing Chaintech's support and asking if they have a PDF of the manual.

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