Ultra Durable 3 Technology with copper cooled quality for lower working temperature
Supports newest NEC SuperSpeed USB 3.0 with superfast transfer rates of up to 5 Gbps
3X USB power delivery for greater compatibility and extra power for USB devices
Provides newest Marvell SE9128 high speed SATA3 storage interface with superfast 6Gbps link speed
Supports the newest Intel Core i 7 processors in socket LGA1366 with QPI 6.4 GT/s
Revolution energy saving design with DES Advanced featuring hardware based Dynamic 6-Gear switching
Supports 3 channel DDR3 2100+ memory
Scalable ability to both 3 way CrossFireX and 3 way SLI support for ultimate graphics performance
Advanced 24+2+2 power phase design with VRD 11.1 support
New Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2 design provides unequalled heat conductivity
Unique hardware control IC to provide more precision voltage control
100% 50,000 hour lifespan Japanese solid capacitors design
Onboard Debug LED display simplifies motherboard troubleshooting
Patented DualBIOS with dual hardware BIOS protection
2 Gigabit Ethernet LAN with Teaming functionality
Supports Dolby Home Theater audio to create a stunning surround sound listening experience
Power/reset/Clr CMOS onboard button for easily operation on the workbench
Blu-ray playback outputs supported by high quality 18dB SNR ALC889 HD audio
Compatible with Window 7 to deliver the best operation experience
Meet European Union EuP(Energy-using Products) requirement
Specifications
CPU
Support for an Intel® Core™ i7 series processor in the LGA1366 package
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
L3 cache varies with CPU
QPI
4.8GT/s, 6.4GT/s
Chipset
North Bridge: Intel® X58 Express Chipset
South Bridge: Intel® ICH10R
Memory
6 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 GB of system memory(Note 1)
Dual/3 channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
Audio
Realtek ALC889 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for Dolby® Home Theater
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In
LAN
2 x RTL8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Support for Teaming
Support Smart Dual LAN
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2) (Note 2)
2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2) (Note 3) (The PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2, PCIEX8_1 and PCIEX8_2 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
1 x PCI slot
Multi-Graphics Technology
Support for 2-Way/3-Way ATI CrossFireX™/NVIDIA SLI technology
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Marvell 9128 chip:
2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, and RAID 1
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_8, GSATA2_9) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
JMicron JMB362 chip:
2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors (eSATA/USB Combo) on the back panel sup- porting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD
iTE IT8720 chip:
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
USB
Integrated in the South Bridge
Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 on the back panel, including 2 eSATA/USB Combo, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
