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Product Application:

X38 Express Chipset Motherboard
Product Provided by: Gigabyte

Available at:

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Estimated Online Price:

$208.00

Availability:

Now

Review by:

Michael

Edited by:

Scott

Review date:

7/7/08
 

 

Specifications:
 Processor Support:

Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2  Quad processor/Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium® processor Extreme Edition/Intel® Pentium® D processor/ Intel® Pentium® 4 processor Extreme Edition/Intel® Pentium® 4 processor/ Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA 775 package
Front Side Bus: 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB

 Chipset:

North Bridge: Intel® X38 Chipset  
South Bridge: Intel ICH9R

Memory Support:

4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets in dual channel architecture
supporting up to 8 GB of system memory

Support for DDR2 1200/1066/800/667MHz, ECC, non ECC memory modules.

BIOS

Supports QuadBIOS -- 2 x 8 Mbit flash ROM
Use of licensed AWARD BIOS
PNP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.06b

Audio:

Realtek ALC889A codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for DTS (dts NEO:PC)
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD/auxiliary input

Internal Connectors:

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x 4-pin PCIe 12V power connector
1 x floppy disk drive connector
1 x IDE connector
8 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
 
2 x system fan headers
 
1 x power fan header
 
1 x North Bridge fan header
 
1 x front panel header
 
1 x front panel audio header
 
1 x CD In connector
 
1 x S/PDIF In header
 
1 x S/PDIF Out header
 
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x IEEE 1394a header
 
1 x parallel port header
 
1 x serial port header
 
1 x power LED header
 
1x Chassis Intrusion header

Rear Panel Connectors:

1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x IEEE 1394a ports
2 x RJ-45 port
6 x Audio Jacks (Center/Subwoofer/Rear/Side/Line-Out/
      Line-In/Microphone)

LAN: Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots:

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (The PCIE_16_1 slot supports x16; the PCIE_16_2 supports x16.)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots (share with the PCIE_16_2 slot)
2 x PCI 1.1 slots

Storage Interface:

South Bridge:
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
ICH9R features RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices

iTE IT8718 chip:
1x Floppy Disk Drive Connector supporting 1 floppy drive

Hardware Monitoring:

System voltage detection
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
CPU overheating warning
CPU/System/Power fan fail warning
CPU fan speed control

USB Interface: USB support integrated into the South Bridge
Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports
- 8 on the back panel
- 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers
Form Factor: ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

 

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