Asus P5WDG2 WS Professional - Special Features; Product Highlights

1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
The motherboard comes with a 775-pin surface mount Land Grid Array
(LGA) socket designed for the Intel
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Pentium
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4/Celeron
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/Pentium
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D/Pentium
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Processor Extreme Edition in the 775-land package with
1066/800/533 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB). The motherboard also supports
the Intel
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Hyper-Threading Technology and is fully compatible with Intel
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05B/05A and 04B/04A processors. See page 2-7 for details.
Intel
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65nm Dual-Core CPU support
This motherboard supports Intel
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Pentium
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D/Pentium
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4/Celeron
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dual-core processors built on the 65-nanometer (nm) process technology
with copper interconnect. Dual-core processors contain two physical
CPU cores with dedicated L2 caches to meet demands for more powerful
processing. Intel
®
’s 65nm process is the most advanced chip manufacturing
technology, delivering breakthrough performance, enhanced media
experience, and low power consumption. Intel
®
65nm dual-core processors
utilize the latest package technologies for a thinner, lighter design without
compromising performance. This motherboard also supports Intel
®
next
generation Core™2 Duo CPU. This motherboard supports the latest
Intel
®
Core™2 processors in LGA775 package. With new Intel
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Core™
microarchitecture technology and 1066/800 MHz FSB, Intel
®
Core™2
processor is one of the most powerful and enrgy-efcient CPUs in the
world.
Intel
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975X Express/ICH7R chipset
The Intel
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975X Express Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH7R I/O
controller hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. The Intel
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975X Express is the latest chipset designed to support Dual PCI Express
graphics, along with the maximum 8 GB dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533
MHz, 1066/800/533 FSB, and dual-core CPU. The MCH also supports the
Intel
®
Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT) that boosts system performance.
The Intel
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ICH7R Southbridge integrates four Serial ATA I/II connectors
enabled through the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s RAID controller to ensure data
security and enable powerful multi-task processing.