Feature - ECS X58B-A Manual

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Feature

Processor
The motherboard uses an LGA1366 type of Intel
carries the following features:
• Accommodates Intel
• Intel ® QuickPath Interconnect (Intel
ing different routing lengths
Chipset
The X58 Northbridge (NB) and ICH10R Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on
an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
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ICH10R •
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Memory
• Supports DDR3 1333/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM with Triple-channel ar-
chitecture
• Accommodates six unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 24 GB
• Supports 1 Gb, 2 Gb and 4 Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for x8 and x16
devices (It is not recommended to use 512 Mb DDR3 memory device on
this motherboard)
Audio
• Compliant with Intel High Definition Audio Codec
• 7.1 channel audio CODEC
Onboard LAN
• Dual Realtek Giga LAN Controller
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Core i7 processor
® QPI) of 4.8 GT/s to 6.4 GT/s support-
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One full width Intel QPI (QuickPath Interconnect) link inter-
face
Packetized protocol with 18 data/protocol bits and 2 CRC
bits per link per direction, 4.8 GT/s to 6.4 GT/s suporting
different routing lengths
Support for 64-byte cacheline size
Two x16 PCI Express Gen2 ports each supporting up to 8
GB/s direction peak bandwidth
An additional x4 PCI Express Gen2 port configuration to 2
x2 interface
Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer func-
tions
Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, revision
1.1
Compliant with PCI v2.3 specificaiton
Compliant with SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to twelve
USB 2.0 ports
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Supports Intel Matrix Storage Technology, providing both
AHCI and RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration
Introducing the Motherboard
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Core i7 processor that