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Intel® Desktop Board DZ68DB

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Intel® Desktop Board DZ68DB

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The Intel® Desktop Board DZ68DB is an Intel® Z68 Express chipset based desktop product in ATX form factor. Intel® Smart Response Technology supported by the Intel® Z68 Express Chipset combines the performance benefits of a Solid-State Drive with the storage capacity of a traditional HDD in a single drive volume. The Intel Desktop Board DZ68DB also supports Intel® HD Graphics with the Lucidlogix* Virtu* GPU Virtualization software which combines best-in-class media processing features of the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family with the 3D gaming performance of graphics add-in cards. Other premium features include SATA 6 Gb/s, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports for highest speed connections to USB peripherals, and High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) with 7.1 surround audio with multi-streaming capability.

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Product information

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Features and configurations

Form factor ATX
AA# ( Altered Assembly ) G27985-xxx
BIOS ID string DBZ6810H.86A with Intel® Fast Boot Technology
Processor

At product launch, this desktop board supports:

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Memory
  • Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
  • Support for DDR3 1333 /1066 MHz DIMMs
  • Support up to 32 GBς¹ of system memory
Chipset
  1. Intel® Z68 Express Chipset
Graphics DVI-I, DisplayPort* and HDMI*
Audio Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio)ς² subsystem in the following configuration:

  • 10-channel (7.1+ 2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem using the Realtek ALC892* audio codec
  • Five analog audio ports and one optical S/PDIF out port
  • Internal S/PDIF header and front panel audio header
LAN support Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82579V Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Peripheral interfaces
  • Two Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s ports, Three SATA 3.0 Gb/s and one External SATA (eSATA) 3.0 Gb/s ports
  • Two USB 3.0 ports
  • Fourteen USB 2.0 ports, Six back panel ports and eight additional ports via four internal headers
Expansion capabilities
  • One PCI Express* 2.0 x 16 discrete graphics card connector
  • Two PCI Express 2.0 x 1 connectors
  • One PCI Conventional bus connector