Gigabyte GA-EP43C-DS3 - Product Specifications

GA-EP43C-DS3 Motherboard - 10 -
1-2 Product Specifications
CPU  Support for an Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Extreme processor/
Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Quad processor/Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Duo processor/
Intel
®
Pentium
®
Dual-Core processor/Intel
®
Celeron
®
processor
in the LGA 775 package
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
 L2 cache varies with CPU
Front Side Bus  1600(O.C.)/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
Chipset  North Bridge: Intel
®
P43 Express Chipset
 South Bridge: Intel
®
ICH10
Memory DDR3:
 2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB of system memory
 Dual channel memory architecture
 Support for DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
DDR2:
 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
(Note 1)
 Dual channel memory architecture
 Support for DDR2 1066/800/667 MHz memory modules
(Note: Mixed mode, populating DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules simulta-
neously is not supported. Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory
support list.)
Audio  Realtek ALC888 codec
 High Definition Audio
 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
 Support for S/PDIF In/Out
 Support for CD In
LAN  1 x Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots  1 x PCI Express x16 slot
 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
 3 x PCI slots
Storage Interface  South Bridge:
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
 JMicron 368 chip:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
 iTE IT8718 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
IEEE 1394  T.I. TSB43AB23 chip
 Up to 3 IEEE 1394a ports (2 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket
connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)