b. Intel® Desktop Board DP45SG

Welcome to the extreme performance platform brought to you by Intel® Desktop Board DP45SG, supporting the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor with up to 1333 FSB. Built in the full size ATX, this board comes with dual PCI Express* (PCIe) 2.0 x16 graphics connectors, DDR-3 1333 support and overclocking capabilities. Intel® Desktop Board DP45SG will take your gaming experience to a higher level. Intel Desktop Board DP45SG supports Dolby Home Theater* and is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium WHQL certified.

Features and benefits:

Processor:

At product launch, this desktop board supports:

• Support for an Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor in an LGA775 socket .
• Support for an Intel® Core™2 Quad processor in an LGA775 socket .
• Support for an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor in an LGA775 socket .
• Support for an Intel® Pentium® processor in an LGA775 socket .
• Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor in an LGA775 socket .
• Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor 400 sequence in an LGA775 socket .

Memory:

• Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets .
• Support for DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz DIMMs .
• Support for up to 8 GBΣ of system memory .

Chipset:

• Intel® P45 Express Chipset.

Audio:

Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:

• 8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and one optical S/PDIF digital audio output using the IDT 92HD73E audio codec .

Video:

• Dual PCI Express* (PCIe) 2.0x16 slots with ATI Crossfire* technology support .
• Full support of Next Generation ATI Crossfire .

LAN Support:

• Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82567LF Gigabit Ethernet Controller.