2
Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
This motherboard uses
an LGA775 type of
Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale/Core
TM
2
Extreme
that carries th
e following features:
•
Accommodates Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale/Core
TM
2 Extreme
processors
•
Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1600(overclocking)/1333/1066 MHz
Chipset
•
Supports DDR3 1600(overclocking)/1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM with
Dual-channel architecture
•
Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
•
Up to 2 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
Memory
Audio
•
RealTek ALC883 7.1ch High Definition audio CODEC
The P45 Northbridge (NB) and ICH10R Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
P45 (NB)
•
Supports 36-bit host bus addressing, allowing the
CPU to access the entire 64 GB of the memory ad-
dress space
•
2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to
ICH10 (1 GB/s each direction)
•
Two PCI Express x16 slots,
intended for Graphics
Interface, are fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
Specification Revision
2.0
•
Supports 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR2 and 512-Mb, 1-Gb,
and 2-Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for x8 and x16
devices
ICH10R (SB)
•
Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer
functions
•
Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, revi-
sion 1.1
•
Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification
•
Compliant with SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
•
Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
twelve USB 2.0 ports
•
Supports Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology, providing
both AHCI and RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration
Onboard LAN
•
Gigabit LAN, Athlos L1 PCIe GigaLAN controller