ECS X58B-A2 User Manual

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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
• Accommodates Intel
®
Core
TM
i7 processor
• Intel
®
QuickPath Interconnect (Intel
®
QPI) of 4.8 GT/s to 6.4 GT/s support-
ing different routing lengths
The motherboard uses an LGA1366 type of Intel
®
Core
TM
i7 processor that
carries the following features:
Processor
The X58 Northbridge (NB) and ICH10R Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on
an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
Chipset
ICH10R
(SB)
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer func-
tions
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, revision
1.1
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specificaiton
• Compliant with SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to twelve
USB 2.0 ports
• Supports Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology, providing both
AHCI and RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration
• Supports DDR3 1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM with Triple-channel ar-
chitecture
• Accommodates six unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 24 GB
• Supports 1 Gb, 2 Gb and 4 Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for x8 and x16
devices (It is not recommended to use 512 Mb DDR3 memory device on
this motherboard)
Memory
X58 (NB)
• One full width Intel
®
QPI (QuickPath Interconnect) link inter-
face
• Packetized protocol with 18 data/protocol bits and 2 CRC
bits per link per direction, 4.8 GT/s to 6.4 GT/s suporting
different routing lengths
• Support for 64-byte cacheline size
• Two x16 PCI Express Gen2 ports each supporting up to 8
GB/s direction peak bandwidth
• An additional x4 PCI Express Gen2 port configuration to 2
x2 interface
Audio
• Compliant with Intel High Definition Audio Codec
• 7.1 channel audio CODEC
Onboard LAN
• Realtek Giga LAN Controller

ECS X58B-A2 Specifications

General

Brand	ECS
Model	X58B-A2
Category	Motherboard
Language	English