Intel DG43NB Motherboard / CPU Bundle - Intel G43, Socket 775, Gbit LAN, Intel Core 2 Duo E7400 Processor, 2.80GHz

A Closer Look

Features

• Support for the Intel® Core™2. Features quad or dual-core processing and a fast 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB.
• Intel® G43 Express Chipset with ICH10R: Features PCI Express* 2.0, which delivers up to 16 GB/s, double that of PCI Express 1.0.
• Two DIMM sockets designed to support up to 4 GB of DDR 800/667 MHz memory.
• Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 internal, 1 via header) and 12 USB 2.0 ports (6 external, 6 via headers): Provides for the most flexible back panel connectivity options.
• Dual PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots: Improved graphics bandwidth up to 16 GB/s in 1 x 16 configuration.
• 3 PCI Express x1 slots and 3 PCI expansion slots: Flexibility to support PCI Express and legacy PCI devices.
• 6 SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including:
• Intel® Gigabit Ethernet LAN: Features onboard 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet LAN connectivity.
• ATX (9.6” x 12”) Form Factor: ATX board supports more fully featured tower designs.

Features

• Dual-Core Processing
  Two independent processor cores in one physical package run at the same frequency, and share up to 6 MB of L2 cache as well as up to a 1333 MHz1 Front Side Bus, for truly parallel computing.
  Intel® Wide Dynamic Execution
  Improves execution speed and efficiency, delivering more instructions per clock cycle. Each core can complete up to four full instructions simultaneously.
  
• Intel® Smart Memory Access
  Optimizes the use of the data bandwidth from the memory subsystem to accelerate out-of-order execution. A newly designed prediction mechanism reduces the time in-flight instructions have to wait for data. New pre-fetch algorithms move data from system memory into fast L2 cache in advance of execution. These functions keep the pipeline full, improving instruction throughput and performance. 45nm versions further improve this feature, with more efficient methods of loading and storing data in main memory.
• Intel® Advanced Smart Cache
  The shared L2 cache is dynamically allocated to each processor core based on workload. This efficient, dual-core optimized implementation increases the probability that each core can access data from fast L2 cache, significantly reducing latency to frequently used data and improving performance.
• Intel® Advanced Digital Media Boost
  Accelerates the execution of Streaming SIMD Extension (SSE) instructions to significantly improve the performance on a broad range of applications, including video, audio, image processing and multimedia, encryption, financial, engineering and scientific applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are now issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle effectively doubling their speed of execution on a per clock basis over previous generation processors. 45nm versions include a new Super SHuffle Engine, which improves existing SSE instructions while enabling significant gains on the latest SSE4 instruction set. SSE4-optimized applications, such as video editing and encoding in high-definition resolution, will see additional performance improvements.
• Intel® Advanced Digital
  Accelerates the execution of Streaming SIMD Extension (SSE) instructions to significantly improve the performance on a broad range of applications, including video, audio, and image processing, and multimedia, encryption, financial, engineering, and scientific applications. The 128-bit SSE instructions are now issued at a throughput rate of one per clock cycle effectively doubling their speed of execution on a per clock basis over previous generation processors. 45nm versions include a new Super Shuffle Engine, which improves existing SSE instructions while enabling significant gains on the latest SSE4 instruction set. SSE4-optimized applications, such as video editing and encoding in high-definition resolution, will see additional performance improvements.
• Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT)
  Intel® VT allows one hardware platform to function as multiple “virtual” platforms. For businesses, Intel VT offers improved manageability, limiting downtime and maintaining worker productivity by isolating computing activities into separate partitions
• Intel® Trusted Execution Technology (Intel® TXT)
  Intel® TXT provides hardware-based mechanisms to help protect against software-based attacks and help protect the confidentiality and integrity of data stored or created on the system. It does this by enabling a trusted environment where applications can run within their own space, protected from all other software on the system.
• Intel® 64 Architecture
  Enables the processor to access larger amounts of memory. With appropriate 64-bit supporting hardware and software, platforms based on an Intel processor supporting Intel 64 architecture can allow the use of extended virtual and physical memory.
• Execute Disable Bit
  Provides enhanced virus protection when deployed with a supported operating system. The Execute Disable Bit allows memory to be marked as executable or non-executable, allowing the processor to raise an error to the operating system if malicious code attempts to run in non-executable memory, thereby preventing the code from infecting the system.