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Digital entertainment

Music with Windows Media Center

Viewing and choosing your favorite songs from your Music Library using Windows Media Center, takes full advantage of your widescreen display. Displaying the cover art for each album and song you own you'll see a virtual wall of music, with all of your album covers filling the screen. Finding and playing your favorite tunes has never been this easy.

Pictures and home video with Windows Media Center

Your photos and home videos are your digital memories, and with every passing day, your life is filled with more and more of them. Windows Media Center provides the ultimate end-to-end experience when it comes to managing viewing, organizing, managing, and sharing those memories with friends and family.

TV and movies

No entertainment experience would be complete without television and movies. Windows Media Center provides a superb all-in-one entertainment experience so you can record and watch TV on your terms.

P5B motherboard supports the most powerful and energy efficient Intel Core2 processors. It features the Intel P965 chipset and supports DDR2 800MHz dual-channel memory architecture. With exclusive innovative tools AI NOS, AI Gear and AI Nap users can adjust operation speed according to their specific needs. The P5B is a cool and stable platform that delivers extreme performance, minimum noise and maximum power saving.
$155.00

Specs:
CPU - LGA775 socket for Intel Core2 Extreme / Core2 Duo / Pentium Extreme / Pentium D / Pentium 4 / Celeron D Processors
Chipset - Intel P965 / ICH8 with Intel Fast Memory Access Technology
Front Side Bus - 1066 / 800 / 533 MHz
Memory - 4 x DIMM, max. 8GB, DDR2 800 / 667 / 533 MHz-non-ECC, un-buffered memory, Dual channel memory architecture
Expansion Slots - 1 x PCI-E x16 , 3 x PCI-E x1 , 3 x PCI 2.2
Storage
Southbridge - 4 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
JMicron JMB363 PATA and SATA controller
-1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for up to 2 PATA devices
-1 x Internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port , 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
-Support SATA RAID 0, 1 and JBOD
LAN - Realtek PCI-E Gigabit LAN controller
Audio - ADI 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O , ASUS Noise Filter
USB - 10 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel)
Back Panel I/O Ports
-1 x PS/2 Keyboard , 1 x PS/2 Mouse , 1 x Parallel port
-1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) , 8-Channel Audio I/O
-1 x RJ45 port , 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 , 1 x External SATA
Internal I/O Connectors
-3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports
-1 x Floppy disk drive connector , 1 x IDE connector
-1 x COM connector , 5 x SATA connectors , Chassis Intrusion connector
-1 x CPU Fan connector , 2 x Chassis Fan connector , 1 x Power Fan connector
-Front panel audio connector , 1 x Azalia Digital Header , 1 x S/PDIF Out Header , CD audio in
-24-pin ATX Power connector , 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector , System Panel
BIOS - 8 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
Accessories
-UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable , FDD cable , SATA cables , SATA power cables
-I/O Shield , Users manual , USB2.0 port module , 2 in 1 Q-connector
Support CD - Drivers , ASUS PC Probe II , ASUS Update , AI Booster , Anti-virus software (OEM version)
Form Factor - ATX Form Factor, 12x 9.6 inches (30.5cm x 24.5cm)
Windows Vista compatible

MSI Motherboard 945GCM5-F V2
9.7 in.(L) x 8.9 in.(W); micro-ATX2 DIMMs w/ DDR2 533 upto 2GB1 PCI-E 16X; 1 PCI-E 1X; 2 PCI; 8 USB8 Ch. Audio; Gb LAN; SATA2; ATA100Integrated Intel GMA950 graphics controllerLive UpdateWindows Vista Premium compatible.
$75.00

Specs
CPU- Supports Socket 775 for Intel Core 2 Duo, P4 5XX, 6XX, Pentium D 8XX, 9XX and Celeron D processors.
Chipset- Intel 945GC & ICH7
FSB- Support FSB 533/800/1066/1333*MHz
Main Memory
- Supports 2 unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM
- Supports up to 2GB memory size
- Support Dual Channel DDR2 533/667 MHz and up(*DDR2 Memory Modules are not the same as DDR Memory Module, please check your memory vendor for more information)
Slots- One PCI Express 16X slot for PCI Express x16 graphic card
- One PCI Express 1X slot
- Three PCI 2.2 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots. (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface)
On-Board IDE - One Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controller integrated in ICH7
- Serial ATAII controller integrated in ICH7
On-Board Peripherals - 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
- 1 Serial port, 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 8 USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 4/** Front x 4)(** Front USB ports are supported by pin-out)
- 1 6-in-1 audio jack, 2 PS/2 connectors, RJ45 connector
Audio- High Definition link controller integrated in Intel ICH7 chip
- 8 channels audio codec Realtek ALC888 - Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec.
LAN- Realtek RTL8111B
- Supports 10/100/1000 Mb/s, Compliane with PCI 2.2, Supports ACPI Power Management.
BIOS- The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
- The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.
Dimensions- 9.7 in (L) x 8.9 in (W); micro-ATX form factor
Mounting- 6 mounting holes