1. Support for an Intel^® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel^® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel^® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel^® Pentium^® processor Extreme Edition/Intel^® Pentium^® D processor/ Intel^® Pentium^® 4 processor Extreme Edition/Intel^® Pentium^® 4 processor/ Intel^® Celeron^® processor in the LGA 775 package
   (Go to GIGABYTE’s website for the latest CPU support list.)
2. L2 cache varies with CPU
3. 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

1. North Bridge: Intel^® X48 Chipset
2. South Bridge: Intel^® ICH9R

1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 8 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR3 1900/1600/1333/1066/800/MHz, XMP memory modules.

Please refer “Memory Support List” for memory support information.

1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for DTS (dts NEO:PC)
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In

1. Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

1. 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (The PCIE_16_1 slot supports x16; the PCIE_16_2 supports x16.)
2. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots (share with the PCIE_16_2 slot)
3. 2 x PCI slots

1. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATAII0, SATAII1, SATAII2, SATAII3, SATAII4, SATAII5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
2. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:

1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATAIIA, GSATAIIB) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD

iTE IT8718 chip:

1. 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive

1. T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
2. Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394 bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394 header)

1. Integrated in the South Bridge
2. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)

1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
3. 1 x 4-pin PCIe 12V power connector
4. 1 x floppy disk drive connector
5. 1 x IDE connector
6. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
7. 1 x CPU fan header
8. 2 x system fan headers
9. 1 x power fan header
10. 1 x North Bridge fan header
11. 1 x front panel header
12. 1 x front panel audio header
13. 1 x CD In connector
14. 1 x S/PDIF In header
15. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
16. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
17. 1 x IEEE 1394a header
18. 1 x parallel port header
19. 1 x serial port header
20. 1 x power LED header
21. 1 x chassis intrusion header

1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
3. 1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
4. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
5. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
6. 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
7. 2 x RJ-45 port
8. 6 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out/Rear Speaker Out/Side Speaker Out/Line In/Line Out/Microphone)

1. iTE IT8718 chip

1. System voltage detection
2. CPU/System temperature detection
3. CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
4. CPU overheating warning
5. CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
6. CPU fan speed control

1. Supports QuadBIOS
2. 2 x 8 Mbit flash ROM
3. Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
4. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b.

1. Support for Dynamic Energy Saver
2. Support for @BIOS
3. Support for Download Center
4. Support for Q-Flash
5. Support for EasyTune
6. Support for Xpress Install
7. Support for Xpress Recovery2

1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm