1.3Special features

1.3.1Product highlights

Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad /

Core™2 Duo Processor Support

This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and enthusiastic gamers with 1600 / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The Intel® Core™ 2 series processor is one of the most powerful CPUs in the world. This motherboard also supports Intel® CPUs in the new 45nm manufacturing process. See page 2-5 for details.

Intel® P45 Chipset

The Intel® P45 Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support dual-channel DDR2 800/667 MHz memory architecture, 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB (Front Side Bus), PCIe 2.0, and multi-core CPUs. It especially includes Intel® Fast Memory Access technology that significantly optimizes the use of available memory bandwidth and reduces the latency of the memory accesses.

PCIe 2.0

This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 device for twice the current speed and bandwidth. This enhances system performance while still providing backward compatibility to PCIe 1.0 devices. See page 2-19 for details.

Dual-Channel DDR2 1200 memory support

The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of

1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest operating system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up to 19.2 GB/s. See page 2-11 for details.

Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology

This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage specification, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves. See page 2-27 for details.

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction