Socket This motherboard features a Socket 775 design. The Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) style socket makes it easy to install and upgrade your processor.
Chipset The P6N SLI Platinum motherboard is based on the NVIDIA nForce 650i Northbridge chipset and the NVIDIA nForce 430i Southbridge chipset. It supports Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Extreme, Pentium D, Pentium XE, Pentium 4 EE, Pentium 4 LGA775 and Celeron D Processors, with Hyper-Threading Technology and 533/800/1066/1333 Front Side Bus support.
Memory Expansion The P6N SLI Platinum provides 4 DIMM sockets using Dual Channel 240-pin DDR2 with a total capacity of up to 4GB-32bit (8GB-64bit) . You can install DDR2 533/667/800MHz Memory.
IEEE 1394a interface IEEE 1394a interface provides high speed digital interface for audio/video appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals & other PC portable devices.
PCI Express Support The P6N SLI Platinum fully supports PCI Express, the latest I/O interconnect technology that speeds up the PCI bus. PCI Express features point-to-point serial interconnections between devices and allows higher clockspeeds by carrying data in packets. This high-speed interface is software compatible with existing PCI specifications.
IDE The P6N SLI Platinum includes built in IDE facilities that support Ultra DMA 66/100/133.
Audio The P6N SLI Platinum comes with a Realtek ALC888 HD audio codec which supports high quality 8-channel audio.
Serial ATA RAID Support The P6N SLI Platinum supports the Serial ATA technology through the Serial ATA interfaces. Doubles bus bandwidth which provides blazingly high disk performance, up to 3.0Gb/s, with RAID 0, 1, and 5 solutions. External SATA connector supports RAID 0 solutions.