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 CPU Socket  CPU area  NB  Ultra Durable Starting from the CPU area, the board has plenty of clearance for after-market cooling solutions as there is little impediment around the CPU Socket. There are low-height solid capacitors surrounding the CPU socket but they will not interfere with cooler installation. The Southbridge is covered by a small heatsink with a heat pipe leading to the Northbridge and another leading to the back MOSFET area of the board.  Heat pipe  DIMM  Back of PCB  Expansion slots In terms of expansion slots the board has two PCI Express Generation 2.0 x16 slots and a PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot. The EX58-UD4P supports either 3-way SLI or Crossfire and there is plenty of spacing between the three slots to install three 2-slot video cards. Here is also a PCI Express x1 slot, a PCI Express x4 slot, and two PCI slots for maximum device expansion on the board. Each PCI Express x16 slot has a push lock that works well.  PCI express x16 locks  MOSFET heatsink  8-pin power  24-pin power The board has six DIMM Slots that support up to 24GB of DDR3 memory running at up to 2100MHz. Intel Core i7 CPUs have the memory controller on the CPU, so memory support is dependent on the CPU. There are eight SATA ports on the board, allowing for maximum drive expansion on this board. The SATA ports are angled, allowing for long video cards to be installed on the board without blocking a SATA port. A FDD controller is on the top left hand portion to the board. A single IDE port rounds out the drive expansion.  ITE chip  FDD  FP IO and IDE  SysFan The 24-pin power connector is on the bottom right hand side of the board. The 8-pion power connector is on the top right hand side of the board with proper placement to allow easy access to the PSU without having to reroute the cable as on some boards. The FP IO is on the left hand bottom corner with each connector labeled. Two USB and 2 Firewire headers lay to the left of the FP IO.  TI  Firewire  USB headers  6 SATA The Firewire is controlled by a Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 chip with up to 3 IEEE-1394a ports supported by the chip. An iTE IT8720 chip supports the floppy disk controller. Onboard audio is provided by a Realtek ALC889a CODEC. This venerable audio CODEC supports Intel’s High Definition Audio standard and Dolby Home Theater. The motherboard uses an Intel ICH10R Southbridge and a Gigabyte SATA2 chip to control the SATA ports.  2 SATA  Southbridge  Realtek 8111B  Sysfan2 The rear IO on the board includes a PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, a coaxial S/PDIF Out connector, an optical S/PDIF Out connector, an IEEE-1394a Firewire port, a Clear CMOS switch, 8 USB 2.0 ports, a RJ-45 jack controlled by a Realtek 8110D PHY, and 6 audio jacks for the onboard audio. The placement of the Clear CMOS switch allows the user to clear it without opening the case.  Power button  ALC889A  ITE IT8628 chip  IO Contents: 
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