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Built with the workhorse Intel P965 Express and Intel ICH8R chipsets, the Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 motherboard is compatible with all Socket 775 processors on the market; Celeron D, Pentium 4/D/XE and Intel Core 2 Duo/Core 2 Quad. It supports all Socket 775 processors that operate on a 1066/800/533MHz FSB, and accomodates up to 8GB of DDR2-800/667/533 memory in a dual channel configuration. Standard equipment includes a PCI Express based Gigabit network connection (Marvell 8056), three IEEE 1394a Firewire ports, a 7.1 channel High Definition Azalia Dolby Digital Live certified audio controller and an additional Serial ATA II/IDE RAID (0,1,0+1) controller. There are eight 3GB/s SATA channels in total and one IDE channel. Six of those come via the ICH8R Southbridge, and two via Gigabyte's additional Serial ATA II controller. Expansion is possible via two PCI Express x16 slots for graphics cards, while high bandwidth devices install into any of the three PCI Express x1 slots. There are two 32-bit PCI slots for legacy devices. This card is built to be a future proof for users who wants to future proof their system.