Pulse-pounding gaming and high powered multimedia experiences require the ultimate in performance from your processor and motherboard. Intel Desktop Board DX48BT2 is designed to unleash the power of Intel Core 2 Extreme processors. With support for 1600 MHz front side bus, fast DDR3 memory and overclocking, Intel Desktop Board DX48BT2 delivers the gaming performance you deserve.
Intel Desktop Board DX48BT2 supports Dolby Home Theatre and Microsoft Windows Vista Premium WHQL certified.
Features & Specifications:
Form factor: ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters]).
Processor:
- Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel Core 2 Quad processors in an LGA775 socket with a 1600, 1333 or 1066 MHz system bus
- Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel Core 2 Extreme processors in an LGA775 socket with a 1600, 1333 or 1066 MHz system bus
- Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel Core 2 Duo processors in an LGA775 socket with a 1333 or 1066 MHz system bus
- Support for an Intel Pentium dual-core processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 MHz system bus
Memory:
- Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
- Support for DDR3 1600 MHz, DDR3 1333 MHz, DDR3 1066 MHz, or DDR3 800 MHz DIMMs
- Support for up to 8 GB of system memory
- Support for ECC and non-ECC memory
Chipset: Intel X48 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
Limited Warranty: One-year from invoice date with Directron.com for equal replacement/repair. 3-year from invoice date with Manufacturer. 30-day money back from receiving date with 15% restocking fee for non-defective returns. No refund or credit after 7 days. Customer is responsible for returning manufacturer defective products unless test is paid before shipping. (duck051408)
Notes: (1) How to install? Click here. (2) All retail boxed motherboards are opened for receiving purposes. (3) We highly recommendtesting When purchasing a motherboard and a CPU together.
(4) AA number, D85848-202