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Intel® Desktop Board DP55WG

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Intel® Desktop Board DP55WG

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Digital media is no problem on the Intel® Desktop Board DP55WG, designed for the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor in the LGA1156 socket. Extra over-clocking hardware like the post code LED and “Back to BIOS” switch will help you to reach new levels of over-clocking performance never before seen on a media series board. The new S/PDIF input and output ports and support for ATI* Crossfire and NVIDIA* SLI technology gives you the best audio and video options available.

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Product information

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Features and benefits

Form factor ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])
AA number (Altered Assembly) E57269-XXX
BIOS ID string KGIBX10J.86A
Processor

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At product launch, this desktop board supports:

Memory
  • Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
  • Support for DDR3 1600+¹/1333/1066 MHz DIMMs
  • Support for up to 16 GB² of system memory
Chipset
  1. Intel® P55 Express Chipset
Audio

Intel® High Definition Audio³ subsystem in the following configuration:

  • 10-channel (7.1+ 2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two optical S/PDIF digital audio for input and output using the Realtek * ALC889 audio codec
Video Nvidia SLI* and ATI CrossFire* technology support enables two graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
LAN support Intel® PRO 10/100/1000 Network Connection (82578DC)
Peripheral interfaces
  • Fourteen USB 2.0 ports (8 external ports, 3 internal headers)
  • Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
  • Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
  • Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
Expansion capabilities
  • One primary PCI Express* 2.0 x 16 bus add-in card connector
  • One PCI Express* 2.0 x8 bus add-in card connector, bifurcated from the primary PCI Express 2.0 x16
  • One PCI Express* 2.0 x4 connector
  • Two PCI Express* 2.0 x 1 connectors
  • Two PCI Conventional bus connectors

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