Intel® Desktop Board DG43NB

The Intel® Desktop Board DG43NB delivers new levels of performance and enhanced multimedia enjoyment in the ATX form factor supporting Intel® Core™2 Quad and Intel® Core™2 Duo processors.The board also offers exciting premium features such as Intel® HD Video, Intel® High Definition Audio, integrated 10/100/1000 Network connection, ample USB ports and IEEE 1394a for consumers to enjoy a great digital entertainment experience.The Intel Desktop Board DG43NB is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium Ready and the Intel® 4 Series Chipset fully supports the visually stunning Windows Aero* user interface with amazing transition effects and realistic animations.

Features and benefits

• Form factor
  ATX (11.60 inches by 9.60 inches [294.64 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])
  


• Processor
  View supported processors for the most current list of compatible processors.
  At product launch, this desktop board supports:
  Support for an Intel® Core™2 Quad processor in an LGA775 socket
  Support for an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor in an LGA775 socket
  Support for an Intel® Pentium® processor in an LGA775 socket
  Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor in an LGA775 socket
  Support for an Intel® Celeron® processor 400 sequence in an LGA775 socket
  


• Memory
  Two 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
  Support for DDR2 800 or DDR2 667 MHz DIMMs
  Support for up to 4 GBΣ of system memory
  


• Chipset
  Intel® G43 Express Chipset
  


• Audio
  Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:
  6-channel (5.1) audio subsystem using the Realtek* ALC888VC audio codec
  


• Video
  Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 on board graphics subsystem
  I/O control
  Legacy I/O controller for serial header, and PS/2* ports
  


• LAN support
  Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82567V Boazman Gigabit Ethernet Controller
  


• Peripheral interfaces
  Up to 12 USB 2.0 ports
  Six Serial ATA IDE interfaces
  Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
  One serial port via header
  One parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support
  PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
  


• Expansion capabilities
  One PCI Express* 2.0 x16 bus add-in card connector
  Three PCI Express* x1 bus add-in card connectors
  Three PCI Conventional* bus connectors