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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
• Accommodates new 2
nd
Generation Intel
®
Core
TM
Family/ Pentium/ Celeron
processors
• Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
• One PCI Express x16 Gen2 port supporting up to 5 GB/s direction peak
bandwidth
“Hyper-Threading” technology enables the operating system into thinking
it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both
on separate “logical” processors within the same physical processor.
The motherboard uses an LGA1155 type of socket that carries the following
features:
Processor
Chipset
The Intel
®
H67 Chipset is a single-chip with proven reliability and performance.
• Supports one PCI Express x1 Gen2 slot
• Integrated four SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports and two SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
• Twelve USB 2.0 ports supported
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support
• Integrated Graphics Support with PAVP 1.5
• Intel
®
High Definition Audio Controller
• Supports DDR3 1333/1066 DDR3 SDRAM with Dual-channel architec-
ture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB
Memory
Audio
• 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• Meets Microsoft WLP3.x (Windows Logo Program) audio
requirements
• DACs with 97dB SNR(A-weighting), ADCs with 90dB SNR (A-
weighting)
• All ADCs and DACs supports 44.1k/48k/96k/192kHz sample rate
• 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 32k/44.1k/48k/88.2k/96k/192kHz
sample rate
• Content Protection for Full Rate loss-less DVD Audio, Blue-Ray
DVD and HD-DVD audio content playback (with selected versions
of Win-DVD/PowerDVD/TMT)
• Direct Sound 3D. compatible
• ITE IT8893 Bridge supports two PCI slots expansion
• Etron USB 3.0 Controller supports two USB 3.0 ports at the back panel
(Compatible with USB 2.0)
Extra Chips (Optional)