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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
• Accommodates 2
nd
Generation Intel
®
Core
TM
Family & Unlock proces-
sors
• Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
• Supports two PCI Express x16 Gen2 slots
“Hyper-Threading” technology enables the operating system into thinking
it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both
on separate “logical” processors within the same physical processor.
The motherboard uses an LGA1155 type of socket that carries the following
features:
Processor
Chipset
The Intel
®
P67 Chipset is a single-chip with proven reliability and performance.
• Supports one PCI Express x1 Gen2 slot
• Integrated four SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports and two SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
• Fourteen USB 2.0 ports supported
• Supports Intel
®
High Definition Audio (Intel
®
HD Audio)
• Supports Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology (Intel
®
RST)
• Integrated Clock Controller
• Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer functions
• Intel
®
High Definition Audio Controller
Etron EJ168 USB 3.0 Host Controller
• Two USB 3.0 ports and one USB 3.0 header for two USB 3.0 ports
Marvell 88SE9128B1 SATA RAID Processor
• Supports two SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports and two eSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
ITE IT8893E PCI Express to PCI Bridge
• Supports two PCI 3.0 slots
• Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600(OC)/1333/1066 DDR3
SDRAM with Dual-channel architecture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB
Memory
Audio:Realtek ALC892 HD Audio CODEC
• 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• Meets Microsoft WLP3.x (Windows Logo Program) audio
requirements
• DACs with 97dB SNR(A-weighting), ADCs with 90dB SNR (A-
weighting)
• All ADCs and DACs supports 44.1k/48k/96k/192kHz sample rate
• 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 32k/44.1k/48k/88.2k/96k/192kHz
sample rate