Support for an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor/ Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor/Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor/ Intel® Pentium® processor/Intel® Celeron® processor in the LGA775 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
L2 cache varies with CPU
Front Side Bus
1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
Chipset
North Bridge: Intel® G41 Express Chipset
South Bridge: Intel® ICH7
Memory
2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 4 GB of system memory(Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 1333(O.C.)/1066/800 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory modules.)
Audio
Realtek ALC888 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel(Note 2)
Support for S/PDIF Out
Support for CD In
LAN
1 x Realtek RTL8111C/D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
3 x PCI slots
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices
iTE IT8718 chip:
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
USB
South Bridge:
Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)