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Intel
®
Core™2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™2 Duo
Processor Support
This motherboard supports the latest Intel
®
Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2
Duo processors in the LGA775 package. It is excellent for multi-tasking, multi-media and
enthusiastic gamers with 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz FSB. The Intel
®
Core™ 2 series processor is
one of the most powerful CPUs in the world. This motherboard also supports Intel
®
CPUs in
the new 45nm manufacturing process.
Intel
®
Q45 Express Chipset
The Intel
®
Q45 Express Chipset is the latest chipset designed to support Intel
®
new 45nm
CPU, 16GB of dual-channel DDR2 800/667 architecture, 1333/1066/800 FSB (Front Side
Bus), PCI Express 1.0/2.0 graphics and multi-core CPU.
Intel
®
vPro™ Technology
The IntelIntel
®
vPro
™
Technology allows IT organizations to remotely manage corporate PCs,
even when they are powered off or with non-functional operating systems. It features the
Intel
®
Active Management Technology and offers IT organizations a lighter-weight form of
virtualization to audit all Intel
®
AMT-based platforms in a network environment. PCs with Intel
®
vPro
™
Technology allow IT departments to remotely retrieve assets and hardware/software
inventories, contain security threats, resolve system problems, and increase the uptime of
desktops with lower maintenance costs. To enable the Intel
®
vPro
™
Technology, rst enable
the related vPro
™
Technology settings.
DDR2 memory supportory support
The motherboard supports DDR2 memory that features data transfer rates of 800/667 MHz to
meet the higher bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet
applications. The dual-channel DDR2 architecture doubles the bandwidth of your system
memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with peak bandwidths of up
to 12.8 GB/s. Furthermore, this motherboard does not restrict the memory size across two
channels. Users may install different memory size DIMMs into the two channels and enjoy
dual-channel and single-channel functions at the same time. This new feature optimizes the
use of available memory size. See page 1-13 for details.
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology
This motherboard supports the hard drives based on the Serial ATA (SATA) 3Gb/s storage
specication, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed
data retrieval and saves. Easily backup photos, videos and other entertainment contents to
external devices. See page 1-31 for details.
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