Another day, another X38 motherboard announcement! Today, its ABIT doing the honours by introducing their first Intel X38 Express chipset offering - the DDR2 based IX38 QuadGT Speedster. The motherboard supports the latest 65nm and next generation 45 nm Core 2 Extreme/Quad/Duo processors with up to 1600 FSB and a total of 8 GB high-end DDR2 1066 MHz RAM to offer sufficient expandability for all your needs.

Other features include all Solid State Capacitors, new generation Digital PWM offering most precise and consistent voltage supply for reduced power consumption, onboard on/off and reset switches allow for testing your system before integrating it into your case, external Clear CMOS button to return to default settings after a failed overclock.

The copper based dual-heatpipe heat sink with extra slim fins and an additional cooling Extendor maximizes heat dissipation by linking the North Bridge high-fin heat-sink via a heatpipe to on extra high-fin heat-sink.

Standard features include PCI-E 2.0 CrossFire Dual Graphics Technology support, 1 x additional PCI-E 2.0 X16 slot, Gigabit Ethernet, 6 x SATA 3Gb/s RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD, 7.1-Channel HD with optical S/P DIF In/Out, Up to 12 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports, 2 x eSATA connectors on the back panel.

Now word yet on pricing and availability. Check out the product page for more info.

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