The Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 is a high-performance ATX motherboard. It is energy-efficient. The Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6 has the LGA 775 Socket for Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad/Extreme and Intel Pentium and Celeron Processors. It has a CPU power module with Ferrite Core Chokes, Lower RDS (on) MOSFETs and Lower ESR Solid Capacitors. It also supports ATI CrossFireX with Dual PCIe 2.0 x16 graphics. It uses DDR2 Dual-channel 1200MHz RAM, up to 8GB over four DIMM slots.