Intel D5400XS

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Last updated: February 5th 2008

Motherboards Review

Price at launch	£250.00
Manufacturer's Description	The ground-breaking Intel® Dual Socket Extreme Desktop Platform is the first dual socket desktop board from Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation. With dual CPU capability that provides up to 8 core processing, the Intel® Desktop Board D5400XS delivers unmatched performance for advanced digital media creation and editing.
Description	Desktop board
Features	Intel® 5400 Express Chipset, Nvidia SLI and ATI CrossFire multi-GPU platform support, Microsoft Windows Vista Ready
Additional Information	Support for 45nm Intel® Core®2 Extreme processors in an LGA771 socket with a 1600 MHz system bus, Support for both 45nm & 65nm Intel® Xeon® processors in an LGA771 socket with a 1600, 1333, or 1066 MHz system bus, Support for FBDIMM DDR2 800MHz, 667 MHz, DIMMs, Support for up to 8 GB of system memory, Support for ECC and non-ECC memory, Connections: Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header), Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 2 eSATA port with RAID support supplied by a Marvell* controller, One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support (2 devices supported)
Compatible Processors	Intel Core 2 Extreme, Pentium Xeon
Connectivity	Gigabit Ethernet, IR Input
Motherboard Type	Extended ATX
No of PCI Express x16 slots	4
Number of PCI Slots	2
Number Of USB Ports On Motherboard	4
Onboard Sound Properties	Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration: 8-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater Audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical)