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ONDA Releases First DDR4+DDR5 Socket LGA1700 Motherboard—But it's Single-Channel

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Chinese motherboard maker ONDA released the first Intel Socket LGA1700 motherboard that features both DDR4 and DDR5 memory support—something we learned quite early on that Intel either isn't allowing or is "discouraging" motherboard vendors to do. The ONDA H610M+ is based on the entry-level Intel H610 chipset, and is an otherwise basic-looking motherboard. The memory sub-system is interesting.

While the board supports both DDR5 and DDR4, there's only one of each slots, so you're limited to single-channel, and like every motherboard from the past that supported multiple memory types; you can't use the DDR5 and DDR4 slots at the same time. The board runs DDR4 at a maximum frequency of DDR4-3200, and the DDR5 slot at DDR5-4800 (max). That's not all, the board is quite possibly the only H610 chipset-based motherboard with a Gen 5 PCI-Express x16 slot (every other H610 board we've come across has Gen 4, to keep costs low). PCIe Gen 5 is allowed for the H610 platform. Another interesting bit is the M.2 E-key slot, so you can drop in a WLAN module. It's likely that this board will only be available in the Chinese market.



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Perfect board for upgrading old low-power Workstations or Industrial PCs.
I don't understand the hate. Single Channel's biggest performance hit is on IGP usage, it has a full fat PCIe x16 5.0 slot for that. For most of the other applications, while not optimal, it's sufficient.
Any mention of Bifurcation support? That would even more strongly indicate this board is meant for Industrial and Specialized-Appliance PCs.

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From ONDA:

INTEL 12TH GENERATION CORE PROCESSOR (LGA1700 INTERFACE) GREAT VALUE PARTNER! THE NEW DDR5 HIGH-FREQUENCY MEMORY WITH PCIE 5.0 BRINGS A COMPREHENSIVE IMPROVEMENT IN PERFORMANCE! 8-PHASE DIGITAL POWER SUPPLY, ALL SOLID CAPACITORS, GREATLY IMPROVE THE STABILITY AND DURABILITY OF THE MOTHERBOARD. M.2 WIFI, HDMI+VGA OUTPUT AND OTHER RICH INTERFACES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF USERS. THE INTRODUCTION OF "PECVD" PROTECTION PROCESS TECHNOLOGY, COMPARED WITH OTHER MOTHERBOARDS HAVE HIGHER SPLASH-PROOF, DUST-PROOF, MOISTURE-PROOF, ANTI-SALT SPRAY, ANTI-AGING, CORROSION RESISTANCE AND OTHER CAPABILITIES, SO THAT THE MOTHERBOARD USE MORE DURABLE, LONGER LIFE!
Yup, 110%, this is an Industrial PC motherboard. The iridescence in the pics is probably a heavy conformal coating of some sort.*
Didn't see any mention of PCIe bifurcation though.
*"Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition" is one hellova conformal coating; probably a form of siloxane.
 
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*"Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition" is one hellova conformal coating; probably a form of siloxane.

Indeed, It immediately caught my eye(rainbow effect). I have seen it only on highest grade electronics. It is an expensive PCB treatment.
 
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3x SATA, 2x rear USB 2.0, 2x rear USB 3.0.. yeah, this isn't for the high end gamer's build.
 
*"Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition" is one hellova conformal coating; probably a form of siloxane.
And here I thought someone had spilt petrol on the board...

Onda = The Evil in Swedish...
 
This POS shouldn't exist. What are they thinking? Honestly.

The only thing this is good for is CPU mining.

Completely cripple RAM bandwidth, for what? To add a DDR5 option? Incredibly stupid, and a massive oversight.

100% should just be Dual Channel DDR4, industrial board or not. This isn't really even up for debate. 2xDDR4 is faster than 1xDDR5 in any scenario.

Again, massive oversight.
 
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Hi,
Funny but 16 or 32 gb is all anyone really needs.
It would be really silly if there were a 4 or 8gb limit but I missed what is the max single stick that can be used.
 
Hi,
Funny but 16 or 32 gb is all anyone really needs.
It would be really silly if there were a 4 or 8gb limit but I missed what is the max single stick that can be used.
I'm pretty sure that it depends of the CPUs memory controller and your budget that how large module you can afford.
 
Hi,
Last I read ddr5 even a single stick uses dual channel
 
Hi,
Last I read ddr5 even a single stick uses dual channel
Internally, yeah as it's divided into two 32-bit channels. But the connection between CPU and RAM is still 64-bit like it's have been since the SDR days.
 
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