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. 2 s4 B3 @: w I( m5 \0 _( H5 H% `% N/ M* c4 K6 S( w
This 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. ) I/ h+ o# t2 \ 0 z h( ?# n; F' p
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