Introduction Of P55 Express Chipset Motherboardss Features Of Motherboards - Intel P55 User Manual

Chapter 1
Introduction of P55 Express Chipset Motherboards
1-1 Features of Motherboard
The P55 Express chipset based motherboard series are based on Intel P55 Express
chipset technology which supports the innovative Intel LGA 1156 socket Core™ i7
Quad Processor and Core™ i5 Quad Processor
The P55 Express chipset based motherboard series deliver the revolutionary levels of
performance enabling vivid, high-definition experiences and multi-tasking
responsiveness from state-of-the-art Intel quad-core technologies, AMD CrossFire
technology through the high bandwidth of 4 dual-channel DDRIII 1333/1066 MHz
system memories which are expandable to 16 GB capacity and the new generation of
PCI Express interface for the latest graphics AMD cards. The P55 Express chipset
motherboard series are absolutely the ultimate solution for game enthusiasts and
applications, and it also meets the demanding usage of computing of gaming,
multimedia entertainment and business applications.
The motherboard provides six serial ATA2 interfaces of 3.0 Gb / s data transfer rate
for six serial ATA devices which supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 functions.
The P55 Express chipset Based motherboard provides Gigabit LAN function by using
Gigabit LAN chip which support 10M / 100M / 1Gbps data transfer rate. Embedded
8-channel ALC883 HD CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro ® standards
that offer you with the home cinema quality and absolutely software compatibility.
The P55 Express chipset based motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0 x16
graphics slots with PE2 and PE5 being PCI Express 2.0 x16by8 lane slot. These two
graphics slots are fully compatible with the latest AMD CrossFireX Technology to
guarantee the fully operational Multi-GPUs graphics function and avoid the possible
installation error. Two PCI Express x1 I/O slots and two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the
rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals. Otherwise, the motherboard supports one
PCI-Express x4lane slot. When the switch card installed on the PE5, the bandwidth of
PE2 will be doubled.
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0
functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these
motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware
monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your
non-stop business computing.
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Some special features--- CPU Smart Fan/ CPU Vcore X-shift/OC-CON G.P.I.
Function/3D Audio/DIY Clear/Power on Button/Reset Button in this motherboard
is designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But
please be caution that the over-clocking may cause the failure in system reliability.
This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of
the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with
variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and make sure
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