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9
1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the features of Intel
®
Desktop Board DX58SO. Table 1
summarizes the major features of the Desktop Board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
ATX (304.80 millimeters [12.00 inches] x 243.84 millimeters
[9.60 inches])
Processor Support for an Intel
®
processor in the LGA1366 package
Main Memory • Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)
sockets arranged in three channels
• Support for DDR3 1333+ MHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, and DDR3 800 MHz
DIMMs
• Support for non-ECC memory
• Support for up to 16 GB of system memory
Chipset Intel
®
X58 Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel X58 Express Chipset I/O Controller Hub (IOH)
• Intel
®
I/O Controller Hub (ICH10R) supporting Intel
®
Matrix Storage
Technology
Graphics Support for multiple PCI Express* graphics cards including linked cards
using Nvidia* SLI* technology and ATI CrossFireX* technology
Audio • Independent multi-streaming 8-channel (7.1) audio and 2-channel
audio subsystem, featuring:
― Intel
®
High Definition Audio interface
― RealTek* ALC889 codec
• HD Audio Link header
• HD Audio front panel header
• Onboard 3-pin S/PDIF connector
Expansion
Capabilities • Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 ports
• One PCI Express 2.0 x4 port
• Two PCI Express 1.1 x1 ports
• One PCI* bus connector
Legacy I/O Support Legacy I/O Controller that provides Consumer Infrared (CIR) support
Peripheral
Interfaces • Up to 12 USB 2.0 ports:
― Eight ports routed to the back panel
― Four ports routed to two USB headers
• Up to two IEEE 1394a ports:
― One port routed to the back panel
― One port routed to an IEEE 1394a header
• Six Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH10R
• Two external SATA (eSATA) channels via a discrete controller
RAID • Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA
continued