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At product launch, this desktop board supports:

• Support for an Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor in an LGA775 socket
• Support for an Intel® Core™2 Quad processor in an LGA775 socket
• Support for an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor in an LGA775 socket
• Support for an Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor in an LGA775 socket
• Support for an Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core processor in an LGA775 socket
• Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor 400 sequence in an LGA775 socket

• Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• Support for DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz DIMMs
• Support for up to 16 GB of system memory

Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:

• 8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and one optical S/PDIF digital audio output using the IDT 92HD73E audio codec

• 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

• Up to 12 USB 2.0 ports (6 back ports and 6 via headers)
• Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 1 eSATA back port with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support
• Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
• Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
• One serial port via header

• Two PCI Express* x1 bus add-in card connectors
• Three PCI Express* x1 bus add-in card connectors

• Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor
• Intel® Core™2 Quad processor
• Intel® Core™2 Duo processor
• Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor
• Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core processor
• Intel® Celeron® processor 400 sequence

• Intel® P45 Express Chipset