Intel DH67GD Motherboard Introduction

The Intel DH67GD motherboard was created manly for media related purposes. It provides a great performance for its price, and when equipped with an Intel core i5-2500K it really does deliver. The Intel DH67GD isn’t exactly a luxury to look at but the MicroATX board makes up for it with quick encoding abilities and also the ability to draw out power at very low voltage levels making stability one of its primary objectives. This board is a great deal for price VS performance.

Specifications

Form factor                                                             MicroATX

AA# (Altered Assembly)                                      G10206-XXX

BIOS ID string                                                         BLH6710H.86A

Processor

At product launch, this desktop board supports:

• Intel® Core™ i7 processor series in an LGA1155 socket
• Intel® Core™ i5 processor series in an LGA1155 socket
• Intel® Core™ i3 processor series in an LGA1155 socket

Memory

• Four 240-pin, DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• Support for DDR3 1333 / 1066 MHz DIMMs
• Support up to 32 GB of system memory

Chipset

• Intel® H67 Express Chipset
• Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) for RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10

Graphics

DVI-I, HDMI*, and DisplayPort* connectors for processors with Intel® HD Graphics

Audio

Intel® High Definition Audio (Intel® HD Audio) subsystem in the following configuration:

• 10-channel (7.1+ 2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem using the Realtek* ALC892 audio codec
• Five analog audio ports and one optical S/PDIF out port
• Internal S/PDIF header and front panel audio header

LAN support

Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82579V Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Peripheral interfaces

• Two Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s ports; three Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, with one port compatible with eSATA extension; one eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port
• Two USB 3.0 ports; fourteen USB 2.0 ports, six back panel ports, and eight additional ports via four internal headers
• Two IEEE 1394a ports, one back panel port, and one via internal header

Expansion capabilities

• One PCI Express* 2.0 x 16 discrete graphics card connector
• Two PCI Express 2.0 x 1 connectors
• One PCI Conventional bus connector