This board provides one PCIe 2x16 as well as two conventional PCI slots. These connections also support optical drives, such as Blu-ray disc, DVD, and CD, including writers.Expand your desktop computer via three expansion slots. For storage purposes, you can connect up to four of either mechanical hard drives or solid-state drives. The SATA interface is SATA II, which means that each of the four ports can handle up to 3 GB/second. It also features one Parallel ATA IDE with UDMA 33 and ATA-66/100 support for legacy connections. If you already have one 2 GB memory stick, for instance, you could purchase one 4 GB stick for a total of 6 GB of memory.Attach storage to your desktop computer with four serial ATA interfaces. Each slot can support up to 4 GB of RAM, which allows for 8 GB of total system memory. These Dual Inline Memory Module sockets support DDR2 at either 667 or 800 MHz. The form factor is microATX, and it measures 9.6 by 8.6 inches.The DG41RQ desktop mainboard features two DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets. This BIOS features Plug and Play, ACPI, and SMBIOS. Control your motherboard and processor with an Intel BIOS. The processors supported by this socket include the Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, Pentium Dual-Core, and Celeron Sequence 400. Your choice of CPU attaches to the motherboard via the LGA775 socket.

This chipset includes the Intel 82G41 graphics and memory and the Intel 82801GB I/O controller hubs. Alternatively, you could opt for the retail edition for your own custom PC build.Intel has based this desktop mainboard on the Intel G41 Express Chipset. Numerous manufacturers have used these boards in their prebuilt systems, and users can purchase these OEM boards as replacements. This board is available in both retail and OEM versions. All motherboards and other hardware in the Essential Series are designed to be versatile across a wide range of desktop PC applications. The DG41RQ motherboard is part of the Essential Series from the Intel Corporation.

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