Windows Vista Premium promises to deliver a streamlined computing experience designed to fundamentally change how users view, find and organize their digital information. With GA-945GCM-S2C and P965/G965/946/945 solutions all enabling support for Vista Premium, GIGABYTE offers a fresh and unique desktop experience that will be more informative, intuitive and completely new.
Features:
Support Intel Core 2 Extreme/ Core 2 Duo FSB 1066 Processor.
Dual Channel DDR2 667 for advanced system performance.
Processor:
- Support for an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor/ Intel Core 2 Duo processor/Intel Pentium D processor/ Intel Pentium 4 processor/ Intel Celeron processor in the LGA 775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.).
- Support for Intel Hyper-Threading Technology.
- L2 cache varies with CPU.
Front Side Bus:
(1333)/1066/800/533 MHz FSB.
Chipset:
- North Bridge: Intel 945GC Express Chipset.
- South Bridge: Intel ICH7.
Memory:
- 2 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB of system memory.
- Dual channel memory architecture.
- Support for DDR2 667/533/400 MHz memory modules (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.).
Onboard Graphics:
Integrated in the North Bridge.
Audio:
- Realtek ALC662 codec.
- High Definition Audio.
- 2/4/5.1-channel.
- Support for S/PDIF Out.
- Support for CD In.
LAN: RTL 8101E chip (10/100 Mbit).
Expansion Slots:
- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot.
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot.
- 2 x PCI slots.
Storage Interface:
South Bridge:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices.
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices.
iTE IT8718 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive.
USB:
- Integrated in the South Bridge.
- Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers).
Internal I/O Connectors:
- 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector.
- 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector.
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector.
- 1 x IDE connector.
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors.
- 1 x CPU fan header.
- 1 x system fan header.
- 1 x front panel header.
- 1 x front panel audio header.
- 1 x CD In connector.
- 1 x S/PDIF Out header.
- 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers.
- 1 x chassis intrusion header.
- 1 x power LED header.
Rear Panel I/O:
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard port.
- 1 x PS/2 mouse port.
- 1 x parallel port.
- 1 x serial port.
- 1 x D-Sub port.
- 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports.
- 1 x RJ-45 port.
- 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone).
I/O: iTE IT8718 chip.
BIOS:
- 1 x 4 Mbit flash.
- Use of licensed AWARD BIOS.
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 1.0b.
Bundle Software: Norton Internet Security (OEM version).
Operating System: Support for Microsoft Windows Vista/XP/2000.
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for operating system support information.).
Form Factor: Micro ATX form factor; 24.4cm x 19.3cm.
This item is RoHS compliant. to find out more about RoHS, please Click here for more information.
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. (Alice-120507)
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) Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.
(5) Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
(6) Due to most hardware/software vendors no longer offer support for Win9X/ME. If some vendors still has Win9X/ME drivers available, we will publish on website. (7) GA-945GCM-S2C can support up to FSB1333MHz by overclocking.