Intel® Desktop Board D946GZTS

OVERVIEW

The Intel® Desktop Board D946GZTS delivers an integrated graphics solution in the Essential Series 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 SDRAM, Intel® High Definition Audio and up to eight USB 2.0 ports.The Intel® Desktop Board D946GZTS 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 benefits
Form Factor
microBTX (10.40 inches by 10.50 inches [246.16 millimeters by 226.70 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
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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
Four Serial ATA interfaces
One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support
One serial port
One parallel port
One diskette drive interface
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.