Intel® Desktop Board D946GZIS

The Intel® Desktop Board D946GZIS delivers an integrated graphics solution in the Essential Series by combining exceptional value with quality and reliability and supports Intel® Core™2 Duo, Intel® Pentium® D, Intel® Pentium® 4, and Intel® Celeron® D processors with 1066/800/533 MHz system bus in the LGA775 package. This board features a PCI Express* x16 connector, integrated 10/100 LAN, dual-channel DDR2 memory, Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) and up to eight USB 2.0 ports.

The Intel® Desktop Board D946GZIS is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium Ready. The Intel® 946GZ Express Chipset fully supports the visually stunning Windows Aero* user interface with amazing transition effects and realistic animations.

Features and benefit:

Form Factor:
>microATX (9.60 inches by 9.60 inches [243.84 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters]).

Processor:
>Support for an Intel® Core™2 Duo processor in an LGA775 socket with a 1066 or 800 MHz system bus,
>Support for an Intel® Pentium® D processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 or 533 MHz system bus,
>Support for an Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 or 533 MHz system bus,
>Support for an Intel® Celeron® D processor in an LGA775 socket with a 533 MHz system bus, View all supported processors.

Memory:
>Two 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets,
>Support for DDR2 667 MHz and DDR2 533 MHz DIMMs,
>Support for up to 4 GBΣ of system memory.

Chipset:
>Intel® 946PL/GZ Express Chipset.

Audio:
>6-channel (5.1) audio subsystem using the SigmaTel* STAC9227 audio codec.

Video:
>Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 (Intel® GMA 3000) onboard graphics subsystem.

I/O Control:
>Legacy I/O controller for diskette drive,
>serial,
>parallel,
>and PS/2* ports.

LAN Support:
>10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562G Platform LAN Connect (PLC) device.

Peripheral Interfaces:
>Eight USB 2.0 ports,
>One serial port,
>One parallel port,
>Four Serial ATA interfaces,
>One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33,
>ATA-66/100 support,
>One diskette drive interface.

Instantly Available PC Technology:
>Support for PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.3,
>Support for PCI Express* Revision 1.0a,
>Suspend to RAM support,
>Wake on PCI, RS-232, front panel,
>PS/2 devices, and USB ports.

Expansion Capabilities:
>Two PCI Conventional bus connectors,
>One PCI Express x1 bus add-in card connector,
>One PCI Express x16 bus add-in card connector.

Microsoft Vista* Premium Ready:
>With a PC built with Intel® Core™2 Duo or Intel® Core™2 Quad processors,
>and the Intel® Desktop Board,
>you can experience a more responsive and manageable environment of Microsoft Windows Vista* including a new visual sophistication of the Windows Aero* interface..