I am going to build a gaming rig. I have about a 850 budget. (Australian dollars)
I was talking with dad and one thing he said is that I should make sure my mother board is 'upgradeable'. So I was wondering if you think I would be able to update this motherboard in a few years time?
Intel DP67BAB3 Motherboard
The Intel Desktop Board DP67BA is an Intel P67 Express chipset based desktop product in ATX form factor. Delivers the exceptional computational performance of 2nd Generation Intel Core family of processors. The DP67BA board features built-in flexibility to maximize performance by tuning the processor and the memory frequencies. Other premium features include SATA 6 Gb/s ports to support the latest in SSD technologies, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports for highest speed connections to USB peripherals, and High Definition Audio (Intel HD Audio) with 7.1 surround audio with multi-streaming capability.
Features and configurations
Form factor ATX
AA# (Altered Assembly) G10219-xxx
BIOS ID string BAP6710H.86A
Processor At product launch, this desktop board supports:
Intel Core i7-2000 processor series in an LGA1155 socket
Intel Core i5-2000 processor series in an LGA1155 socket
Intel Core i3-2000 processor series in an LGA1155 socket
View all compatible Intel processor numbers
Memory
Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
Support for DDR3 1333 /1066 MHz DIMMs
Support for up to 32 GB of system memory
Chipset
Intel P67 Express Chipset (B3 Stepping)
Intel Rapid Storage Technology for RAID 0,1,5 and 10
Graphics Discrete graphics support for PCI Express 2.0 x16 add-in graphics card
Audio Intel High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:
10-channel (7.1+ 2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem with three analog audio outputs using the Realtek* ALC888 audio codec
" Five analog audio ports and one optical S/PDIF out port
" Internal S/PDIF header and front panel audio header
LAN support Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel 8259V Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Peripheral interfaces
Two Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
Three Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, with one port compatible with eSATA extension
One eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port
Two USB 3.0 ports
Fourteen USB 2.0 ports, six back panel ports and eight additional ports via four internal headers
Two IEEE 1394a ports (one external and one internal header)
Expansion capabilities
One PCI Express* 2.0 x 16 bus add-in card connector
Three PCI Conventional bus connector
Two PCI Express 2.0 x 1 connectors
I was talking with dad and one thing he said is that I should make sure my mother board is 'upgradeable'. So I was wondering if you think I would be able to update this motherboard in a few years time?
Intel DP67BAB3 Motherboard
The Intel Desktop Board DP67BA is an Intel P67 Express chipset based desktop product in ATX form factor. Delivers the exceptional computational performance of 2nd Generation Intel Core family of processors. The DP67BA board features built-in flexibility to maximize performance by tuning the processor and the memory frequencies. Other premium features include SATA 6 Gb/s ports to support the latest in SSD technologies, SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports for highest speed connections to USB peripherals, and High Definition Audio (Intel HD Audio) with 7.1 surround audio with multi-streaming capability.
Features and configurations
Form factor ATX
AA# (Altered Assembly) G10219-xxx
BIOS ID string BAP6710H.86A
Processor At product launch, this desktop board supports:
Intel Core i7-2000 processor series in an LGA1155 socket
Intel Core i5-2000 processor series in an LGA1155 socket
Intel Core i3-2000 processor series in an LGA1155 socket
View all compatible Intel processor numbers
Memory
Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
Support for DDR3 1333 /1066 MHz DIMMs
Support for up to 32 GB of system memory
Chipset
Intel P67 Express Chipset (B3 Stepping)
Intel Rapid Storage Technology for RAID 0,1,5 and 10
Graphics Discrete graphics support for PCI Express 2.0 x16 add-in graphics card
Audio Intel High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:
10-channel (7.1+ 2 independent multi-streaming) audio subsystem with three analog audio outputs using the Realtek* ALC888 audio codec
" Five analog audio ports and one optical S/PDIF out port
" Internal S/PDIF header and front panel audio header
LAN support Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel 8259V Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Peripheral interfaces
Two Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
Three Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, with one port compatible with eSATA extension
One eSATA 3.0 Gb/s port
Two USB 3.0 ports
Fourteen USB 2.0 ports, six back panel ports and eight additional ports via four internal headers
Two IEEE 1394a ports (one external and one internal header)
Expansion capabilities
One PCI Express* 2.0 x 16 bus add-in card connector
Three PCI Conventional bus connector
Two PCI Express 2.0 x 1 connectors
