Intel BLKDX79SI, Technical Product Specification

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1 Product Description
1.1 Overview
1.1.1 Feature Summary
Table 2 summarizes the major features of the board.
Table 2. Feature Summary
Form Factor
ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])
Processor
• Intel
®
Core™ i7 and Intel
®
Xeon
®
processors in an LGA 2011 socket:
― Two PCI Express 3.0 x16 graphics interfaces
― One PCI Express 3.0 x16 graphics interface (x8 electrical)
― Four DDR3 memory channels (Quad Channel total of 8 DIMMs)
Memory
• Eight 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
arranged as four channels
• Support for DDR3 2400 MHz, 2133 MHz, 1866 MHz, 1600 MHz, 1333 MHz, and
1066 MHz DIMMs
• Support for 1 Gb, 2 Gb, and 4 Gb memory technology
• Support for up to 64 GB of system memory with eight DIMMs using 4 Gb
memory technology
• Support for non-ECC and ECC memory
• Support for 1.35 V low voltage JEDEC memory
• Support for XMP memory
• Support for manual memory over clocking (voltage, clock, ratio)
Chipset
Intel
®
X79 Express Chipset consisting of the Intel
®
X79 Platform Controller
Hub (PCH)
Audio Intel
®
High Definition Audio subsystem using the Realtek* ALC892 audio codec
Legacy I/O Control Nuvoton* legacy I/O controller for Consumer Infrared (CIR)
Peripheral
Interfaces
• Two USB 3.0 ports are implemented with stacked back panel connectors (blue)
• Two front panel USB 3.0 ports are implemented through one internal connector
(blue)
• Fourteen USB 2.0 ports:
― Six ports are implemented with stacked back panel connectors (black)
― Eight front panel ports implemented through four internal headers
• Two Serial ATA (SATA) 6.0 Gb/s interfaces through the Intel X79 Express
Chipset with Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology RAID support (blue)
• Four internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s interfaces through the Intel X79 Express Chipset
with Intel Rapid Storage Technology RAID support (black)
• Two IEEE 1394a ports:
― One port via a back panel connector
― One port via a front-panel header (blue)
Wireless Module
• Separate module that provides both Bluetooth* and WiFi is included
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