Jetway HZ03 - 880G Micro-ATX Motherboard Review Print
JetWay JHZ03-LF Micro ATX AMD MotherboardLately PCWizKid has been able to review various AMD CPU's and today we take a look at the AMD Athlon II X4 640 CPU on the new Jetway HZ03 Micro-ATX Motherboard.  The Jetway HZ03 board aft first looks has a terrific layout with excellent heatsink cooling on board.  The colour co-ordination is blue and black and the board layout is also good.  The quality of the capacitors are excellent and the rear I/O ports are complete with all the main features.  The important aspect about the HZ03 is that this is a budget board that uses the new AMD 880G north bridge chipset and the older SB710 chipset. The new AMD 880G chipset is based on Radeon HD 4250 graphics engine, which is a slower version of the graphics engine used on AMD 890GX (Radeon HD 4290). This way 880G-based motherboards are cheaper than 890GX boards. AMD 880G chipset is normally paired with AMD SB710 south bridge chip which does not support natively the SATA 3 ports but SATA 2 instead.

In the table below we provide a comparison between AMD 880G and other chipsets with integrated graphics from AMD.

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Chipset

AMD 890GX

AMD 880G

AMD 785G

AMD 780G

AMD 760G

AMD 790GX

GPU Clock

700 MHz

560 MHz

500 MHz

500 MHz

350 MHz

700 MHz

Graphics Processors

40

40

40

40

40

40

Engine

HD 4290

HD 4250

HD 4200

HD 3200

3000

HD 3300

DirectX

10.1

10.1

10.1

10

10

10

PCI Express

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

South Bridge Chip

SB850

SB710

SB710

SB700

SB710

SB750

USB 2.0 Ports

14

12

12

12

12

12

SATA-300 Ports

None

6

6

6

6

6

SATA-600 Ports

6

None

None

None

None

None

RAID

0, 1, 5, 10

0, 1, 10

0, 1, 10

0, 1, 10

0, 1, 10

0, 1, 5, 10

ATA-133 Ports

1 (2 devices)

1 (2 devices)

1 (2 devices)

1 (2 devices)

1 (2 devices)

1 (2 devices)

Specifications

  1. CPU

Supports AMD Socket AM3:

  1. AMD AM3 Series processors
  1. Chipset
  1. AMD™ 880G Chipset + AMD™SB710 Chipset
  1. Hyper Transport Bus
  1. HT 3.0
  1. Memory
  1. Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
  2. 4 * 240-pin DDR3 DIMM slots
  3. Supports DDR3 1600/1333 MHz non-ECC ,un-buffered memory
  4. DDR3 Max.8GB
  1. Expansion Slots
  1. 1 * 32-bit PCI slot
  2. 2 * PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots by 8-LANE
  3. 1 * PCI Express x1 slot
  1. Storage

AMD™SB710 Southbridge Chipset :

  1. 6 * Serial ATA2 3Gb/s connectors
  2. Supports HDDs with RAID 0, 1,10 functions
  3. 1 * Ultra DMA 133 / 100 / 66 IDE connector
  1. Audio
  1. Realtek ALC883 HD Audio CODEC with 8-Channel
  1. Ethernet LAN
  1. Realtek RTL8111DL PCI Express Gigabit LAN
  1. USB
  1. Embedded 8 * USB 2.0/1.1
  1. Special Features
  1. Support G.P.I Technology
  2. Support  CPU Smart FAN & D.I.Y Switch x3& Debug Port
  3. Support 3D Audio Technology
  1. Rear Panel I / O
  1. 4 * USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  2. 1 * PS/2 mouse port
  3. 1 * PS/2 keyboard port
  4. 1 * VGA port & 1 * DVI port & 1 * HDMI port
  5. 1 * RJ-45 port
  6. 1 * Audio I / O ports
  7. 1 * SPDIF_OUT1 port & 1 * SPDIF_OUT2 port
  1. Internal I / O
  1. 2 * USB 2.0/1.1 headers for 4 *USB 2.0/1.1 ports
  2. CPU / Chassis Fan connectors
  3. 1 * 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector
  4. 1 * 24-pin ATX Power connector
  5. 1*front Audio header
  6. 1*COM header
  7. 1 * IDE connector
  8. 1 * HDMI_SPDIF header & 1 * IR header
  1. BIOS
  1. AMI 8MB DIP Flash ROM
  1. Form Factor
  1. Micro ATX Form Factor (245mm x 245mm)

Test System

- Athlon II X4 640 CPU
- 4GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX Memory
- Lian-Li Mini Q Case
- Cooler Master TX-3 CPU Cooler
- Cooler Master 550W Power Supply
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit

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Conclusion - PCWizKid's Product Score 7/10

The HZ03 from Jetway turns out to be an interesting little board with support and features for the budget PC.  Definitely while not a high end expensive board it has the support for the latest mainstream AM3 CPU's such as the Athlon II X4 640 we tested or the latest Phenom II's X4's making this a good choice if you want a basic board for an HTP or the office.  If you are looking to get more than SATA 2.0 and want the latest SATA 3 or maybe firewire, this board does not have that.  However it was very nice to see a solid construction and high quality durable components on this budget board.  While the BIOS features were capable of allowing overclocking, the options could be improved for more advanced users seeking to tweak their system even further.  Overall Jetway has made a good product for the price point of under $80 USD.

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