Computer Hardware



Intel Desktop Board DX48BT2



Features and benefits
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
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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

Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium ready With a PC built with Intel® Core™2 Duo or Intel® Core™2 Quad processors, and the Intel® Desktop Board, you can experience a more responsive and manageable environment of Microsoft Windows Vista* including a new visual sophistication of the Microsoft Windows Aero* interface.
Related products
Processors

* Intel® Core™2 Extreme processor
* Intel® Core™2 Quad processor
* Intel® Core™2 Duo processor
* Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor

Chipsets

* Intel® X48 Express Chipset