INTAL DX58so BOARD

Manufacturer:     Intel
Product:     Intel DX58SO Motherboard
Date:     Fri, May 01, 2009
Form factor     ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by

243.84 millimeters])
Processor     Click View supported processors for the most current

list of compatible processors.
At product launch, this desktop board supports:

    * Support for a Intel® Core™ i7 processor in an LGA1366 socket

Memory   

    * Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
    * Support for DDR3 1600 MHz, DDR3 1333 MHzς, DDR3 1066 MHz
    * Support for up to 16 GB of system memory

Chipset   

    * Intel® X58 Express Chipset

Audio     Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following

configuration:

    * 10-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 Realtek* ALC889 audio codec

Video   

    * Nvidia SLI* and ATI CrossFire* multi-GPU platform support enables

two graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance

and visual quality
    * Full support of next-generation ATI CrossFire* and Nvidia SLI*

LAN support     Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem
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)

Expansion capabilities   

    * One PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to

PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector)
    * 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
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