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 CrossfireX* technology. Today’s PC games like Far Cry 2* and Call of Duty: World at War* need a computing platform that delivers maximum multi-threaded CPU support and eye-popping graphics support.
Features and benefits
| Form factor | ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters]) |
| Processor | Click View supported processors for the most current list of compatible processors.
At product launch, this desktop board supports: - Support for a Intel® Core™ i7 processor in an LGA1366 socket
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| Memory | - Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
- Support for DDR3 1600 MHzς, DDR3 1333 MHzς, DDR3 1066 MHz
- Support for up to 16 GBς of system memory
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| Chipset | - Intel® X58 Express Chipset
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| Audio | Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration: - 8-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater* Audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical) using the Sigmatel* 9274D audio codec
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| Video | - ATI CrossFire* multi-GPU platform support ATI CrossFire technology enables two ATI* graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
- Full support of next-generation ATI CrossFire*
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| LAN support | Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem |
| Peripheral interfaces | - 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 Marvell* controller
- Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
- Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
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| Expansion capabilities | - One PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector)
- One primary PCI Express* 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
- One secondary PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
- One PCI Express* 1.0a x16 (electrical x4) bus add-in card connector
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