Manufacturer's Description

The ASRock G41M-GS has the LGA 775, making it compatible with Intel Core 2 Extreme, Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual Core, Celeron Dual Core and Celeron. This board will also support the Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors, so gives a great amount of choice. The Chipset on this board is the Intel G41 and ICH7. The board will support FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz CPUs. On the memory front, this board supports Dual Channel DDR2 1066/800/667/533, has 2 DIMM slots and a maximum capacity of up to 8 GB.

In terms of Graphics, it has the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500, the Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10 and a maximum shared memory of an impressive 1759 MB. As well as this, it has 5.1 CH Windows Vista Premium Level HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec). This combination allows for vibrant visuals and stunning sound. In terms of the spec, it has PCI Express x16 slot, PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s, 4 SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors and will support ASRock Instant Boot and Instant Flash. It will also support Smart BIOS, ASRock OC Tuner and Intelligent Energy Saver.

EuP is important, and this board is EuP Ready as well as being Windows Vista Premium 2008 Logo Ready. On the I/O Panel you will find, 1 Serial Port: COM1, 1 VGA Port, 4 Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports and 1 RJ-45 LAN Port with LED.