
The Intel® Desktop Board DX58SO is designed to unleash the power of the all new Intel® Core™ i7 processors with support for up to eight threads of raw CPU processing power, triple channel DDR3 memory and full support for ATI CrossfireX* and NVIDIA SLI* technology. Today’s PC games like Far Cry 2* need a computing platform that delivers maximum multi-threaded CPU support and eye-popping graphics support
- Features and benefits
Processor Click View supported processors for the most current list of compatible processors.
At product launch, this desktop board supports:
Support for a Intel® Core™ i7 processor in an LGA1366 socket
Support for DDR3 1600 MHzς, DDR3 1333 MHzς, DDR3 1066 MHz
Support for up to 16 GBς of system memory
Audio Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:
10-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater* Audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical) using the Realtek* ALC889 audio codec
Support for a Intel® Core™ i7 processor in an LGA1366 socket
- Memory
Support for DDR3 1600 MHzς, DDR3 1333 MHzς, DDR3 1066 MHz
Support for up to 16 GBς of system memory
- Chipset
Audio Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:
10-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater* Audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical) using the Realtek* ALC889 audio codec
- Video
Nvidia SLI* and ATI CrossFire* multi-GPU platform support enables two graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
Full support of next-generation ATI CrossFire* and Nvidia SLI*
- LAN support
Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem
Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 2 eSATA port with RAID support supplied by a Marvell* controller
Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
One primary PCI Express* 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
One secondary PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
- Peripheral interfaces
Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 2 eSATA port with RAID support supplied by a Marvell* controller
Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
- Expansion capabilities
One primary PCI Express* 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
One secondary PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
One PCI Express* 1.0a x16 (electrical x4) bus add-in card connector

Welcome to the extreme performance platform brought to you by Intel® Desktop Board DP45SG, supporting the Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor with up to 1333 FSB. Built in the full size ATX, this board comes with dual PCI Express* (PCIe) 2.0 x16 graphics connectors, DDR-3 1333 support and overclocking capabilities. Intel® Desktop Board DP45SG will take your gaming experience to a higher level.
Intel Desktop Board DP45SG supports Dolby Home Theater* and is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium WHQL certified.
- Features and benefits
Processor
View supported processors for the most current list of compatible processors.
At product launch, this desktop board supports:
Support for an Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor in an LGA775 socket
Support for an Intel® Core™2 Quad processor in an LGA775 socket
Support for an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor in an LGA775 socket
Support for an Intel® Pentium® processor in an LGA775 socket
Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor in an LGA775 socket
Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor 400 sequence in an LGA775 socket
Memory
Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
Support for DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz DIMMs
Support for up to 8 GBΣ of system memory
- Chipset: Intel® P45 Express Chipset
- Audio: Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:
- Video: Dual PCI Express* (PCIe) 2.0x16 slots with ATI Crossfire* technology support
- LAN Support: Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82567LF Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- Peripheral Interfaces: Up to 12 USB 2.0 ports (6 back ports and 6 via headers)
Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
One serial port via header
- Expansion Capabilities
- Processors
- Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor
- Intel® Core™2 Quad processor
- Intel® Core™2 Duo processor
- Intel® Pentium® processor
- Intel® Celeron® processor
- Intel® Celeron® processor 400 sequence

