IX38 MAX is based on Intel X38+ICH9R chipset. It supports the highest 1333FSB processors e.g. IntelIntel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme series. It has 4 DIMM slots supporting 4 x DDR3-1066/1333. Max capacity is 8GB. The difference between this and IX38 Quad is that IX38 Quad supports DDR2 while this supports DDR3.; x1 |0 _( _2 T3 F
4 q0 w4 b D& x! o- V0 xThis board supports 3 full length PCI-E x16(2x16+1x4), 1 PCIex1, 2 PCI. The ICH9R supports 5 SATAII ports with RAID 0/1/10/5. The on board Jmicron JMB363 supports 1 IDE and 2eSATA with RAID 0/1. Other features include Gbe, 12 USB ports, 7.1 ch HDA, and 1394. $ P9 e, t* T8 f3 T5 M: I" p& ^ 4 e' R8 ]% r1 j4 J* l
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