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Intel Launches 3 New Motherboards

28 Apr, 2008, 2:04 pm IST | by Jayesh Mansukhani | Motherboards

Intel has launched three new motherboards – the Intel Desktop Board DX48BT2 Extreme Series (formerly codenamed ‘Bone Trail 2’), the Intel Desktop Board DG35EC Classic Series (formerly codenamed ‘Eva Cove’), and the Intel Desktop Board D945GCLF Essential Series (formerly codenamed ‘Little Falls’).


According to Intel, the DX48BT2 Extreme Series board is designed for extreme gaming performance, and therefore unleashes the fastest native 1600 MHz front side bus and memory support. This helps it in providing powerful performance and extreme overclockability. This board supports Intel Core2 Extreme processors featuring quad or dual-core processing and a faster 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB and is built with the Intel X48 Express Chipset with ICH9R. There are two DIMM sockets designed to support up to 4 GB of DDR3 1600 MHz memory or an option of four DIMM sockets designed to support up to 8 GB of DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz memory. The board has 2 IEEE 1394a ports and 12 USB 2.0 ports, dual full-speed PCIe 2.0 slots + x4/x16 PCIe slot and 2 PCI expansion slots, and 6 SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports. Further included in the DX48BT2 board are Intel Matrix Storage Technology, and the Dolby Home Theater.

For mainstream users, the Intel Desktop Board DG35EC Classic Series board is built with performing integrated graphics supported on Intel architecture. Based on GMA X3500 integrated graphics, the board supports a range of processors including Intel Core 2 Quad and Intel Core 2 Duo processors. The integrated graphics and connectors meet a variety of digital needs including 1080p video playback for movie clips, media streams and the latest generation of HD videocameras, without the need for an add-in video card.

The final product release is aimed at a new category of computers called Nettops - a new family of affordable desktop computing devices purpose-built for Internet-centric usage models. The Intel Desktop Board D945GCLF integrates a microprocessor, chipset, motherboard, and heat sink into a single unit. The Intel Desktop Board D945GCLF will use the new Intel Atom Processor and will be available towards the second-half of the year.

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