CPU  

� Supports Intel® Core 2 Extreme/
Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo based processors in 
LGA775 package.
� Supports Intel® Yorkfield, 
Wolfdale in the LGA775 package.
Â? Supports FSB 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset 
� Intel® X48 Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/1066/1333/1600MHz.
- Supports dual channel, DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600, DDR2 667/800.

� Intel® ICH9R Chipset 
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 12 ports.
- 4 SATAII with 2 eSATA* ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10. 
- Integrated AHCI controller.
*eSATA function would be fully supported by VISTA ( In Box driver with AHCI driver). eSATA function would not be fully supported without AHCI driver under WinXP.
Main Memory
Â? Supports Intel XMP
Â? Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 SDRAM, 8GB Max
Â? Supports two unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 667/800 SDRAM, 4GB Max
- DDR2 and DDR3 can not be installed at the same time
- Memory Turbo Card must be installed with either DDR2 or DDR3
Slots 

Â? Two mazarine PCI Express x16 slots (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant; supports CrossFire Technology) 
Â? Two PCI Express x1 slots. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
Â? Three 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots. 
- Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.
On-Board IDE/SATA 

� One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in Marvell® 88SE6111.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.

Â? SATAII controller integrated in ICH9R chipest
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports four SATAII ports and two eSATA ports by ICH9R.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by ICH9R.

MSI Reminds You...
Â? The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.  

Audio 

� Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC888
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec.

LAN 

Â? Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111B.

IEEE1394 

� VIA® VT6308P chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.

Internal I/O Connectors 

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 
- CPU / System x 5 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x SPDIF-out pinheader 
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 1 x serial port pinheader
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 4 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port (optional)
- 1 x TPM module connector (optional)