CPU
• Supports Socket 775 for Intel® Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, P4, P4EE, Pentium D, Pentium XE processors.
• Supports FSB 1333/1066/800/533MHz. (FSB 1333MHz supports on E6x50 processors only)
• Supports EIST technology.
• Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading technology.

Chipset
• NVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI SPP (C55XE) Chipset
• NVIDIA® nForce 590i SLI MCP (MCP55XE) Chipset

Memory
• Supports dual channel DDR2 533/667/800, using four 240-pin/1.8V DDR2 DIMMs.
• Supports a maximum memory size up to 16GB
 

Slots 
• Four PCI Express x16 slots (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• One PCI Express x1 slot (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Two 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)

LAN
- Supports dual 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet ports by Realtek® RTL8211B

Audio
• Chip integrated by Creative ® Tina3
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.

Internal I/O Connectors
- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / Systemx3 FAN connectors
- 1 x MSI D-Bracket 2 Connector
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- IrDA infrared module header
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 7 x serial ATA connectors
- 1 x serial port connector
- SPDIF-out connector for HDMI
- 2 x ATA133 HD connectors
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- Clear CMOS button

• Back panel I/O 
• - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
  - 1 x PS/2 Mouse
  - 1 x eSATA port
  - 1 x Optical SPDIF put / 1 x Coaxial SPDIF out
  - 1 x 5 in 1 Audio jack
  - 1 x IEEE1394 port
  - 4 x USB 2.0 ports
  - 2 x RJ45 LAN Jack
   
• Onboard IDE
  • An IDE controller on the NVIDIA® nForce430i chipset provides IDE
    HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes.
  - Can connect up to 4 IDE devices.

Serial ATA
• nForce 590i SLI MCP supports 5 SATA II ports (SATA 1 to 5).
- Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s.
- 2 SATAII ports with RAID 0 or 1 by Sil4723
- 1 eSATA port by Sil3531 (back panel) 

NV Raid 
• Supports up to 5 SATA and 4 ATA133 Hard Drives
- RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 or JBOD is supported
- Supports up to 8 drives for RAID function.

• 
  IEEE 1394
• • VIA® VT 6308P chipset
  - Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps

RoHS
RoHS Compliancy

Form Factor
ATX form factor 305 x 245mm

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The NVIDIA nForce® 600i Series is for gamers and PC enthusiasts who want more from their PC. The fastest platform for Intel processors is designed for extreme overclocking and is packed with innovative features including:

 * Available on CPUs supporting 1333MHz FSB

**Note: NVIDIA LinkBoost™ technology has been removed as a feature from NVIDIA nForce® 680i SLI
 

NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI media and communications processors (MCPs) are designed for extreme overclocking. With true dual x16 PCIe for NVIDIA SLI technology for up to 2x the graphics performance, the nForce 680i SLI is the foundation for the definitive enthusiast platform.

NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI MCPs are designed for gamers. With NVIDIA SLI technology, which provides twice the graphics performance of a single graphics card, and overclocking, the NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI MCP delivers a high-performance gaming experience.

NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra MCPs deliver the performance digital media enthusiasts demand. Easily store and back up large volumes of priceless digital media with NVIDIA MediaShield storage technology. Overclock your system with easy-to-use tools to let you process digital media files faster. NVIDIA FirstPacket technology prioritizes your online gaming traffic and VoIP calls.

For more information regarding NVidia's nForce 600 series chipset ... please visit nVidia's website.