| Form factor | ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters]) |
| Processor | |
| Memory | - Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
- Support for DDR3 1333 MHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, or DDR3 800 MHz DIMMs
- Support for up to 8 GB of system memory
- Support for ECC and non-ECC memory
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| Chipset | |
| Audio | Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:
- 8-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater Audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical) using the Sigmatel* 9274D audio codec
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| ATI* CrossFire* multi-GPU platform support | - ATI CrossFire technology enables two ATI graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
- Full support of next generation ATI Crossfire
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| I/O control | I/O controller for Consumer IR |
| LAN support | Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet Controller |
| Peripheral interfaces | - Twelve USB* 2.0 ports (8 external ports, 2 internal headers)
- Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 2 eSATA port with RAID support supplied by a Marvell* controller
- Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
- Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
- One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support (2 devices supported)
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| Expansion capabilities | - Two PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to both PCI Conventional bus add-in card connectors)
- One primary PCI Express* 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
- One secondary PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
- One PCI Express* 1.0a x16 (electrical x4) bus add-in card connector
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| Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium ready | With a PC built with Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Core 2 Quad processors, and the Intel® Desktop Board, you can experience a more responsive and manageable environment of Microsoft Windows Vista including a new visual sophistication of the Microsoft Windows Aero* interface. |
