CPU |
- Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor/Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package
(Note) This motherboard is designed with VRD11.1 power phase, and cannot be compatible with VRD10 designed CPU.
- L2 cache varies with CPU
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Front Side Bus |
- 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
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Chipset |
- North Bridge: Intel® P45 Express Chipset
- South Bridge: Intel® ICH10R
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Memory |
- 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
- Dual channel memory architecture
- Support for DDR2 1333+/1066/800/667 MHz memory modules
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Audio |
- Realtek ALC889A codec
- High Definition Audio
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for Dolby Home Theater
- Support for S/PDIF In/Out
- Support for CD In
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LAN |
- 4 x Realtek 8111C chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
- Support for Teaming
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Expansion Slots |
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8
(The PCIEx16 and PCIEx8 slots support ATI CrossFireX technology and conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
- 2 x PCI Express x4 slots
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 2 x PCI slots
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Storage Interface |
South Bridge:
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
- 2 x SiI5723 chips (Smart Backup): -4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GS0-Source, GS1, GS2-Source, GS3) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices - Support for Smart Backup (RAID 1)
iTE IT8720 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
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IEEE 1394a |
- T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
- Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports
(via the IEEE 1394a brackets connected to the internal IEEE 1394a headers)
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USB |
- Integrated in the South Bridge
- Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
(8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
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Internal I/O Connectors |
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector
- 1 x IDE connector
- 10 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
- 1 x CPU fan header
- 2 x system fan headers
- 1 x power fan header
- 1 x front panel header
- 1 x front panel audio header
- 1 x CD In connector
- 1 x S/PDIF In header
- 1 x S/PDIF Out header
- 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
- 3 x IEEE 1394a headers
- 1 x serial port header
- 1 x chassis intrusion header
- 1 x power LED header
- 1 x power switch
- 1 x reset switch
- 1 x clearing CMOS switch
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Back Panel Connectors |
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 x PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
- 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
- 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 4 x RJ-45 ports
- 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)
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I/O Controller |
- iTE IT8720 chip
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H/W Monitoring |
- System voltage detection
- CPU/System temperature detection
- CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
- CPU overheating warning
- CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
- CPU/System fan speed control
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BIOS |
- 2 x 8 Mbit flash
- Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
- Support for DualBIOS™
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
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Unique Features |
- Support for @BIOS
- Support for Q-Flash
- Support for Quad BIOS
- Support for Download Center
- Support for Xpress Install
- Support for Xpress Recovery2
- Support for EasyTune
- Support for Dynamic Energy Saver Advanced
- Support for Ultra TPM
- Support for Time Repair
- Support for Q-Share
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Bundle Software |
- Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
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Operating System |
- Support for Microsoft/ Windows/ Vista/XP
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Form Factor |
- ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm
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