This micro-ATX board is based on Intel's G41 and ICH7 chipsets to support single and multi-core LGA 775 CPU's including Quad-core, Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual-Core and Celeron processors with a front side bus of 1066 MHz which can be accelerated to 1333 MHz through overclocking. A total of up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM can be installed in the two 240-pin slots with full dual channel support.
The onboard Intel GMA X4500 video chipset includes support for DirectX and D-Sub outputs. Additional graphics processing horsepower can be achieved with a PCI-Express x16 card with the slot being able to mount a double-wide card. An additional PCIe x1 and a pair of PCI slots add extra options for expanding your system.
Get six channels of theater-quality sound from the Realtek audio chipset. Transfer data from other networked computers at broadband speeds with the Gigabit Ethernet LAN or connect up to four 3Gb/s SATA 2 devices for high-speed data transfer rates. Up to eight USB 2.0 ports offer nearly unlimited possibilities for peripherals.