The Intel® Desktop Board D945GCZ delivers new levels of performance and flexibility to the Digital Office and Digital Home. Based on the Intel® 945G Express Chipset, this board supports dual-core processing, Intel® EM64T^φ, and advanced Intel® GMA950 on-board or PCI Express Graphics.

The Intel® Desktop Board D945GCZ is Microsoft Windows Vista* Premium Ready. The Intel® 945G Express Chipset fully supports the visually stunning Windows Aero* user interface with amazing transition effects and realistic animations.

Intel® Desktop Board D945GCZ Features

Features	Benefits
Form Factor	microBTX (10.40 inches by 10.50 inches [264.16 mm by 266.70 mm])
Processor	Support for an Intel® Pentium® D Processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 MHz system bus Support for an Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor in an LGA775 socket with a 800 MHz system bus Support for an Intel® Celeron® D Processor in an LGA775 socket with a 533 MHz system bus View complete list of supported processors
Memory	Four 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets Support for DDR2 667, DDR2 533, or DDR2 400 MHz DIMMs Support for up to 4 GB of system memory
Chipset	Intel® 945G Chipset
I/O Control	Legacy I/O controller for diskette drive, serial, parallel, and PS/2 ports
Audio	Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem using one of the following configurations: 8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and one S/PDIF optical digital audio output using the Sigmatel 9223 audio codec 6-channel (5.1) audio subsystem with three analog audio outputs using the Sigmatel 9220 audio codec
Video	Intel® GMA950 onboard graphics subsystem
LAN Support	The board provides one of the following: Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82573E/82573V/82574V Gigabit Ethernet Controller 10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562GX/82562GZ Platform LAN Connect (PLC) device
Peripheral Interfaces	Eight USB 2.0 ports One serial port One parallel port Four Serial ATA interfaces One parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support One diskette drive interface PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports
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.