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
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
Reviews Intel Desktop Board DP45SG Extreme Gaming Motherboard (Core 2 Duo Ready, Dual PCI Express, DDR-3 1333, Sound, GB LAN)