A performance motherboard that will not break the bank!

CPU
# LGA 775 socket for: – Intel® CoreTM2 Quad, Intel® CoreTM2 Extreme, Intel® CoreTM2 Duo, Intel® Pentium® D or Intel® Pentium® 4
# Supports Intel Enhanced Memory 64 Technology (EMT64T)
# Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
# Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
# Supports 1333*/1066/800MHz system bus speed *Available only on CPUs that support 1333MHz FSB
Chipset
# Intel® chipset – Northbridge: Intel® P35 Express chipset (with Intel® Fast Memory Access technology) – Southbridge: Intel® ICH9R
Memory
# Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
# Supports DDR2 667/800 MHz
# Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
# Supports up to 8GB system memory
# Delivers up to 12.8Gb/s bandwidth
# Supports unbuffered x8 and x16 DIMMs
BIOS
# Award BIOS
# 8Mbit flash memory
Power Management
# ACPI and OS Directed Power Management
# ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
# Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
# Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
# Wake-On-LAN
# Wake-On-Ring
# RTC timer to power-on the system
# AC power failure recovery
Hardware Monitor
# Monitors CPU/system/Northbridge temperature and overheat alarm
# Monitors Vcore/Vdimm/Vnb/VCC5/12V/V5sb/Vbat voltages
# Monitors the speed of the cooling fans
# CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature and fan during system boot-up – automatic shutdown upon system overheat
Audio
# Realtek ALC885 High Definition audio CODEC
# 8-channel audio output
# DAC SNR/ADC SNR of 106dB/101dB
# Full-rate lossless content protection technology
# Optical S/PDIF-out and coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out interfaces
LAN
# Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN
# Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards
IDE
# JMicron JMB368 PCI Express to PATA host controller
# Supports up to 2 UltraDMA 33/66/100Mbps IDE devices
Serial ATA with RAID
# 6 SATA ports
# SATA speed up to 3Gb/s
# RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5
Rear Panel I/O Ports
# 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
# 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
# 1 optical S/PDIF-out port
# 1 coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out port
# 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
# 1 RJ45 LAN port
# Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks
# Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks
I/O Connectors
# 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0 ports
# 1 connector for an external COM port
# 1 front audio connector for line-out and mic-in jacks
# 1 CD-in internal audio connector
# 1 connector for IrDA interface
# 6 Serial ATA ports
# 1 40-pin IDE connector
# 1 floppy connector
# 1 24-pin ATX power connector
# 1 8-pin 12V power connector
# 1 front panel connector
# 3 fan connectors
Expansion Slots
# 3 PCI Express x16 slots (PCIE1 at x16, PCIE3 at x4 or x1 and PCIE4 at x1)
# 1 PCI Express x1 slot
# 3 PCI slots
PCB
# 4 layers, ATX form factor
# 24.4cm (9.6″) x 30.5cm (12″)
All specifications above are subject to change without prior notice.
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