Intel Desktop Board DX58SO

The Intel Desktop Board DX58SO is designed to unleash the power of the all new Intel Core i7 processors with support for up to eight threads of raw CPU processing power, triple channel DDR3 memory and full support for ATI CrossfireXtechnology. Today?s PC games like Far Cry 2and Call of Duty: World at Warneed a computing platform that delivers maximum multi-threaded CPU support and eye-popping graphics support. The DX58SO delivers the power you need for today and the future.

• Intel Core? i7 processor
• Intel Core i7 processor Extreme Edition
• Support for a Intel Core? i7 processor in an LGA1366 socket

• Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• Support for DDR3 1600 MHz?, DDR3 1333 MHz?, DDR3 1066 MHz
• Support for up to 8 GB? of system memory

• Intel X58 Express Chipset

• Intel High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:
• 8-channel (7.1) Dolby Home TheaterAudio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical) using the Sigmatel9274D audio codec

• ATI Cross Firemulti-GPU platform support ATI CrossFire technology enables two ATIgraphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
• Full support of next-generation ATI CrossFire*

• Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem

• 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 Marvellcontroller
• Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
• Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)

• One PCI Conventionalbus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector)
• One primary PCI Express2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
• One secondary PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
• One PCI Express1.0a x16 (electrical x4) bus add-in card connector

• Form factor ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])