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Introducing the Motherboard
• Intel X58 & ICH10R
• North Bridge: Intel X58
• South Bridge: Intel ICH10R
• LGA1366 socket for latest Intel ® Core TM i7 processor
• Intel
®
QuickPath Interconnect (Intel
®
QPI) of 4.8 GT/s to 6.4
GT/s supporting different routing lengths
• Triple-channel DDR3 memory architecture
• 6 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets support up to 24 GB
• Supports DDR3 1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM
• 2 x PCI Express Gen2 x16 slots
• 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
• 1 x PCI Express x4 slot
• 1 x PCI slot
• Supported by Intel ICH10R
• 6 x Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controllers
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10
• Support by JMicron
®
JMB362
• 2 x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s devices
• Realtek ALC 888S supports 7.1 channel HD audio
• Dual Realtek 8111C PCIE GigaLAN Controller
• 1 x ECS QoolTech
TM
II Heat Pipe
• 1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connector
• 1 x CLR_CMOS button
• 2 x eSATA ports
• 1 x 1394a port
• 6 x USB ports
• 2 x RJ45 LAN connectors
• 1 x Audio port (1 Line in, 4 x Line out, 1 Optical SPDIF Out)
• 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector, 8-pin 12V connec-
tor & ATX4P connector
• 6 x Serial ATA connectors
• 3 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 6 USB ports
• 1 x Clear CMOS header
• 1 x Front panel header
• 1 x PWR & RST button
• 1 x Front panel 1394a header
• 1 x COM header
• 1 x SPDIF out header
• 1 x Front panel audio header
• 1 x CD_in header
• CPU_FAN/SYS_FAN/PWR_FAN/NB_FAN connectors
Chipset
Memory
Expansion
Slots
Storage
Audio
Giga LAN
Heat Pipe
Rear Panel I/O
Internal I/O
Connectors &
Headers
• AMI BIOS with 16Mb SPI ROM
• Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI
• Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification
System BIOS
Form Factor • ATX Size, 305mm x 244mm
CPU
Specifications