The P45 Express (codenamed Eaglelake) is a mainstream desktop computer chipset from Intel released in Q2 2008. The first mainboards featuring the P45 chipset were shown at CeBIT 2008.

The P45 Express chipset supports Intel's LGA 775 socket and Core 2 Duo and Quad processors. It is a 65 nm chipset, compared to the earlier generation chipsets (P35, X38, X48) which were 90nm.

Features

• 1333/1066/800MT/s front-side bus (FSB), most motherboard manufacturers claim support up to 1600 MT/s.

• PCI Express 2.0, 1 ×16 or 2 ×8 in CrossFire configuration.

Dual-channel DDR2 memory

• up to 16 GiB addressable memory; officially up to 800MHz, most motherboard manufacturers claim support up to 1200MHz

Dual-channel DDR3 memory

• up to 8 GiB addressable memory; officially up 1066MHz, most motherboard manufacturers claim support up to 1333MHz

• ICH10 / ICH10R southbridge

• Supports 45nm processors

See also

• List of Intel chipsets

References

External links

• P45 Express Chipset

• 82P45 Memory Controller Hub

• Intel P45 Express Chipset Overview