Intel Desktop Board DX38BT, LGA775, Intel X38 Express Chipset

Features and benefits

Form factor	ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])
Processor	Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel Core2 Quad processors in an LGA775 socket with a 1333 or 1066 MHz system bus Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel Core2 Extreme processors in an LGA775 socket with a 1333 or 1066 MHz system bus Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel Core2 Duo processors in an LGA775 socket with a 1333 or 1066 MHz system bus Support for an Intel Pentium processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 MHz system bus View all supported processors
Memory	Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets Support for DDR3 1333 MHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, or DDR3 800 MHz DIMMs Support for up to 8 GBĽŇ of system memory Support for ECC and non-ECC memory
Chipset	Intel X38 Express Chipset
Audio	Intel High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration: 8-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 Sigmatel* 9274D audio codec
ATI CrossFire* multi-GPU platform support	ATI CrossFire technology enables two ATI* graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality Full support of next generation ATI Crossfire
I/O control	I/O controller for Consumer IR
LAN support	Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet Controller
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) One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support (2 devices supported)
Expansion capabilities	Two PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to both PCI Conventional bus add-in card connectors) 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
Microsoft Windows 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* including a new visual sophistication of the Microsoft Windows Aero* interface.