Digital media is no problem on the Intel® Desktop Board DP55WG, designed for the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor in the LGA1156 socket. Extra over-clocking hardware like the post code LED and Back-to-BIOS switch will help you to reach new levels of over-clocking performance never before seen on a media series board. The new S/PDIF input and output ports and support for ATI* Crossfire and NVIDIA* SLI technology gives you the best audio and video options available.
Features and benefits
| Form factor |
ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters]) |
| Processor |
View supported processors for the most current list of compatible processors. At product launch, this desktop board supports:
- Intel® Core™ i7-800 processor series in an LGA1156 socket
- Intel® Core™ i5-700 processor series in an LGA1156 socket
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| Memory |
- Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
- Support for DDR3 1600+Σ1/1333/1066 MHz DIMMs
- Support for up to 16 GBΣ2 of system memory
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| Chipset |
- Intel® P55 Express Chipset
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| Audio |
Intel® High Definition AudioΣ3 subsystem in the following configuration:
- 10-channel (7.1+ 2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two optical S/PDIF digital audio for input and output using the Realtek * ALC889 audio codec
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| Video |
Nvidia SLI and ATI CrossFire technology support enables two graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality |
| LAN support |
Intel® PRO 10/100/1000 Network Connection (82578DC) |
| Peripheral interfaces |
- Fourteen USB 2.0 ports (8 external ports, 4 internal headers)
- Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
- 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 primary PCI Express 2.0 x 16 bus add-in card connector
- One PCI Express* 2.0 x8 bus add-in card connector, bifurcated from the primary PCI Express 2.0 x16
- One PCI Express 2.0 x4 connector
- Two PCI Express 2.0 x 1 connectors
- Two PCI Conventional bus connectors
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