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Chapter 1: Product introductionChapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1: Product introductionChapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.11.3.1
1.3.11.3.1
1.3.1
Product highlightsProduct highlights
Product highlightsProduct highlights
Product highlights
Latest processor technology Latest processor technology
Latest processor technology Latest processor technology
Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4/Celeron
®
/Pentium
®
D/
Pentium
®
Processor Extreme Edition in the 775-land package with 1066/
800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). The motherboard also supports the
Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology and is fully compatible with Intel
®
05B/
05A and 04B/04A processors. See page 2-7 for details.
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Intel
®
Dual-Core Technology CPU support Dual-Core Technology CPU support
Dual-Core Technology CPU support Dual-Core Technology CPU support
Dual-Core Technology CPU support
The motherboard supports dual-core processors containing two physical
CPU cores with dedicated L2 caches to meet demands for more powerful
processing. See page 2-7 for details.
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Intel
®
975X Express/ICH7R chipset 975X Express/ICH7R chipset
975X Express/ICH7R chipset 975X Express/ICH7R chipset
975X Express/ICH7R chipset
The Intel
®
975X Express Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH7R I/O
controller hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The Intel
®
975X Express is the latest chipset designed to support Dual PCI Express
graphics, along with the maximum 8 GB dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
MHz, 1066/800/533 FSB, and dual-core CPU. The MCH also supports the
Intel
®
Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT) that boosts system performance.
The Intel
®
ICH7R Southbridge integrates four Serial ATA I/II connectors
enabled through the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s RAID controller to ensure data
security and enable powerful multi-task processing.
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Intel
®®
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®
Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT) Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT)
Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT) Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT)
Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT)
The Intel
®
MPT increases system-level and standard operating performance
by optimizing memory access between CPU and system memory.
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Intel
®®
®®
®
EM64T EM64T
EM64T EM64T
EM64T
The motherboard supports Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 CPUs with the Intel
®
EM64T
(Extended Memory 64 Technology). The Intel
®
EM64T feature allows your
computer to run on 64-bit operating systems and access larger amounts of
system memory for faster and more efficient computing. See the Appendix
for details.