Asrock G41C-GS User Manual

G41C-GS

Intel® G41+ ICH7 Chipsets

Product Brief

-Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz CPUs

-Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1333 (OC) + DDR2 800

-Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500, Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10, Max. shared memory 1759MB

-PCIE Gigabit LAN

-EuP Ready

-Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash, OC DNA, ASRock OC Tuner (Up to 143% CPU frequency increase)

-Supports Intelligent Energy Saver (Up to 20% CPU Power Saving)

-Free Bundle : CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial

The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.

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Detail Specification
Platform	- Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 7.8-in, 24.4 cm x 19.8 cm
CPU	- LGA 775 for Intel® CoreTM 2 Extreme / CoreTM 2 Quad /
	CoreTM 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core
	/ Celeron®, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and
	Dual Core Wolfdale processors
	- Supports FSB1333/1066/800/533 MHz
	- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
	- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
	- Supports EM64T CPU
Chipset	- Northbridge: Intel® G41
	- Southbridge: Intel® ICH7
Memory	- Dual Channel DDR3/DDR2 memory technology
	- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots
	- Supports DDR3 1333(OC)/1066/800 non-ECC,
	un-buffered memory
	- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB
	- 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots
	- Supports DDR2 800/667/533 non-ECC, un-buffered
	memory
	- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB
Expansion Slot	- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot
	- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
	- 2 x PCI slots
Graphics	- Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500
	- Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10
	- Max. shared memory 1759MB
	- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536
	@ 75Hz
Audio	- 5.1 CH HD Audio (VIA® VT1705 Audio Codec)
LAN	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
	- Realtek RTL8111DL
	- Supports Wake-On-LAN
Rear Panel I/O	I/O Panel
	- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port
	- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
	- 1 x Serial Port: COM1
	- 1 x VGA Port
	- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
	- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and
	SPEED LED)
	- HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Connector	- 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No support for RAID
	and "Hot Plug" functions)
	- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
	- 1 x Floppy connector
	- 1 x Print port header
	- CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector
	- 24 pin ATX power connector
	- 4 pin 12V power connector
	- Front panel audio connector
	- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
BIOS Feature	- 8Mb AMI Legal BIOS
	- Supports "Plug and Play"
	- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
	- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
	- VCCM, NB, VTT, GTLRef Voltage Multi-adjustment
Support CD	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version),
	ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM
	and Trial ; Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial)
Unique Feature	- ASRock OC Tuner
	- Intelligent Energy Saver
	- Instant Boot
	- ASRock Instant Flash
	- ASRock OC DNA
	- Hybrid Booster:
	- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
	- ASRock U-COP
	- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Hardware Monitor	- CPU Temperature Sensing
	- Chassis Temperature Sensing
	- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
	- CPU Quiet Fan
	- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
OS	- Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit
	/ XP / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications	- FCC, CE
	- EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)
Accessories	- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
	- 2 x SATA Data Cables (Optional)

G41C-GS

Intel® G41+ ICH7 Chipsets

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DDR2 / DDR3

Combo Design

DDR2 800 / DDR3 1333 (OC)

DDR2 vs DDR3 Memory Performance Comparison

G41C-GS

With DDR3, memory bandwidth

boost up more than 12.8%

5.74

5.09

24.48

23.33