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

·  Delivers up to 12.8Gb/s bandwidth

·  Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface

·  Supports up to 8GB system memory

·  Supports unbuffered x8 and x16 DIMMs

  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 

  BIOS

·  Award BIOS

·  8Mbit flash memory

  Audio

·  Bernstein audio module

    - Realtek ALC885 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC

    - Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks

    - Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks

    - 2 coaxial RCA S/PDIF-in/out jacks

    - 1 optical S/PDIF connector

    - 1 CD-in connector

    - 1 front audio connector

·  DAC SNR/ADC SNR of 106dB/101dB

·  Full-rate lossless content protection technology 

  LAN

·  Marvell 88E8052 and Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN controllers

·  Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards 

  IEEE 1394

·  VIA VT6307

·  Supports two 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports

  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

  Storage

·  Intel ICH9R chip 

    - Intel Matrix Storage technology

    - Supports up to 6 SATA devices

    - SATA speed up to 3Gb/s

    - RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5

·  JMicron JMB363 PCI Express to SATA and PATA host controller

    - Supports up to 2 UltraDMA 100Mbps IDE devices

    - Supports 2 SATA devices

    - SATA speed up to 3Gb/s

    - RAID 0 and RAID 1

  I/O Connectors

·  3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0 ports

·  1 connector for an external COM port

·  1 connector for an IEEE 1394 port

·  1 connector for the Bernstein audio module

·  1 front audio connector (on the Bernstein audio module)

·  1 CD-in connector (on the Bernstein audio module)

·  1 S/PDIF connector (on the Bernstein audio module)

·  1 IrDA connector 

·  1 CIR connector

·  8 Serial ATA connectors

·  1 40-pin IDE connector 

·  1 floppy connector 

·  1 24-pin ATX power connector

·  1 8-pin 12V power connector

·  2 4-pin 5V/12V power connectors (FDD type)

·  1 front panel connector

·  6 fan connectors

·  1 diagnostic LED

·  EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)

  Rear Panel I/O Ports

·  1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port

·  1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port

·  1 IEEE 1394 port

·  6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

·  2 RJ45 LAN ports

  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 and Wake-On-Ring

·  RTC timer to power-on the system

·  AC power failure recovery

  PCB

·  6 layers, ATX form factor

·  24.4cm (9.6") x 30.5cm (12")