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Hardware Installation
1-2 Product Speciications
CPU
Support for Intel
®
Core
™
i7 processors/Intel
®
Core
™
i5 processors/
Intel
®
Core
™
i3 processors/Intel
®
Pentium
®
processors/Intel
®
Celeron
®
processors
in the LGA1150 package
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
L3 cache varies with CPU
Chipset
Intel
®
Z97 Express Chipset
Memory
4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
* Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical
memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of
the physical memory installed.
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 1600/1333 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
Support for Extreme Memory Proile (XMP) memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory
modules.)
Onboard
Graphics
Integrated Graphics Processor:
- 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
- 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200@60Hz
* The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter.
- 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz or
2560x1600@60Hz
* Support for HDMI 1.4a version.
- 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz or
3840x2160@60Hz
* Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version.
-
Support for up to 3 displays at the same time
-
Maximum shared memory of 1 GB
Audio
Realtek
®
ALC1150 codec
TI Burr Brown
®
OPA2134 operational ampliier
Support for Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3
High Deinition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN
Qualcomm
®
Atheros Killer E2201 LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1~2)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be
sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics
cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2
slots.
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1~2)
* The PCIEX8_1 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 slot and the PCIEX8_2
slot with PCIEX16_2. The PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2 slot will operate at up to x8 mode
when the PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2 is populated.
(The PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(The PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)