CPU LGA 775 socket for:
- Intel® CoreTM2 Quad, Intel® CoreTM2 Extreme, Intel® CoreTM2 Duo, Intel® Pentium® D or Intel® Pentium® 4
Supports Intel Enhanced Memory 64 Technology (EMT64T)
Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports 1333*/1066/800MHz system bus speed
*Available only on CPUs that support 1333MHz FSB

Chipset
Intel® chipset
- Northbridge: Intel® P35 Express chipset (with Intel® Fast Memory Access technology)
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH9R

Expansion Slots
1 PCI Express x16 slot
2 PCI Express x1 slots
3 PCI slots

BIOS
Award BIOS
8Mbit flash memory

System Memory
Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
Supports DDR2 1066MHz (O.C 1200MHz)
Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
Supports up to 8GB system memory
Delivers up to 12.8Gb/s bandwidth, (up to 17GB/s bandwith at 1066MHz)
Supports unbuffered x8 and x16 DIMMs

Audio
Realtek ALC885 High Definition audio CODEC
8-channel audio output
DAC SNR/ADC SNR of 106dB/101dB
Full-rate lossless content protection technology
Optical S/PDIF-out and coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out interfaces

Hardware Monitor
Monitors CPU/system/Northbridge temperature and overheat alarm
Monitors Vcore/Vdimm/Vnb/VCC5/12V/V5sb/Vbat voltages
Monitors the speed of the cooling fans
CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature and fan during system boot-up

- automatic shutdown upon system overheat
Power Management
Ultimate 4-phase digital PWM with 12 MOSFETs
ACPI and OS Directed Power Management
ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function
Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
Wake-On-LAN
Wake-On-Ring
RTC timer to power-on the system
AC power failure recovery

LAN
Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN
Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T),

802.3u (100BASE-TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards
IDE
JMicron JMB368 PCI Express to PATA host controller
Supports up to 2 UltraDMA 33/66/100Mbps IDE devices

Serial ATA with RAID
6 SATA ports
SATA speed up to 3Gb/s
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5

Rear Panel I/O Ports
1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port
1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port
1 optical S/PDIF-out port
1 coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out port
6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 RJ45 LAN port
Center/subwoofer, rear R/L and side R/L jacks
Line-in, line-out (front R/L) and mic-in jacks

I/O Connectors
3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2.0 ports
1 connector for an external COM port
1 front audio connector for line-out and mic-in jacks
1 CD-in internal audio connector
1 connector for IrDA interface
6 Serial ATA ports
1 40-pin IDE connector
1 floppy connector
1 24-pin ATX power connector
1 8-pin 12V power connector
1 front panel connector
3 fan connectors

PCB
4 layers, ATX form factor
24.4cm (9.6") x 30.5cm (12")