Form Factor

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

Processor

• Support for an Intel® Core2 Quad processor in an LGA775 socket with a 1066 MHz system bus
• Support for an Intel® Core2 Duo processor in an LGA775 socket with a 1333/1066/800 MHz system bus
• Support for an Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 MHz system bus
• Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 MHz system bus

Memory

• Four 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• Support for DDR2 800 MHz, or DDR2 667 MHz DIMMs
• Support for up to 8 GB of system memory

Chipset

• Intel® P35 Express Chipset

Audio

Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD 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 Sigmatel STAC9271D* audio codec

Video

Video support provided via PCI Express* graphics via add-in card

I/O Control

Legacy I/O controller for serial port via header

LAN Support

Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Peripheral Interfaces

• Twelve USB 2.0 ports
• Six Serial ATA 3 ports, including 1 eSATA port with RAID support
• Two IEEE-1394a interfaces (1 external port, 1 internal header)
• Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
• One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100/133 support (2 devices supported)
• One serial port via header

Expansion Capabilities

• Two PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors
• Three PCI Express* x1 bus add-in card connector
• One PCI Express x16 bus add-in card connector

Microsoft Vista* Premium Ready

With a PC built with Intel Core 2 Duo or Intel Core 2 Quad processors, and the Intel® Desktop Board, you can experience a more responsive and manageable environment of Microsoft Windows Vista*.