Intel® Desktop Boards DX58SO

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

Form factor ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])
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

• Memory

Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
Support for DDR3 1600 MHzς, DDR3 1333 MHzς, DDR3 1066 MHz
Support for up to 16 GBς of system memory

• Chipset

Intel® X58 Express 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

• Peripheral interfaces

Twelve USB 2.0 ports (8 external ports, 2 internal headers)
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 PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector)
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

Processors
Intel® Core™ i7 processor Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition

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

Form factor ATX (11.60 inches by 9.60 inches [294.64 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])
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:

8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and one optical S/PDIF digital audio output using the IDT 92HD73E audio codec

• Video: Dual PCI Express* (PCIe) 2.0x16 slots with ATI Crossfire* technology support

Full support of Next Generation ATI Crossfire

• 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)

Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 1 eSATA back port with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support
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

Two PCI* Express 2.0 x1 and three PCI expansion slots

• 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