Intel P55KG Kingsberg - Discrete LGA1156 Motherboard

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At product launch, this desktop board supports:

• Intel¿¿ Core¿¿¿ i7-800 processor series in an LGA1156 socket
• Intel¿¿ Core¿¿¿ i5-700 processor series in an LGA1156 socket

• Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• Support for DDR3 1600+¹/1333/1066 MHz DIMMs
• Support for up to 16 GB¿¿ of system memory

• Intel¿¿ P55 Express Chipset

Intel¿¿ High Definition Audio¿¿¿² subsystem in the following configuration:

• 10-channel (7.1+ 2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two optical S/PDIF digital audio for input and output using the Realtek* ALC889 audio codec

• Thirteen USB 2.0 ports (eight external ports, one onboard, two internal headers)
• Eight Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports including two eSATA ports
• Two IEEE-1394a ports (one external port, one internal header)
• Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)
• Integrated Bluetooth Technology Module

• One primary PCI Express* 2.0 x16 bus add-in card connector
• One PCI Express* 2.0 x8 bus add-in card connector, bifurcated from the primary PCI Express 2.0 x16
• One PCI Express* 2.0 x4 connector
• Two PCI Express* 2.0 x1 connectors
• Two PCI Conventional bus connectors