Northern Micro Spirit Q370-AS, User Manual

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Product Highlights
LGA1151 socket for Intel 8th Generation Core i7® / Core i5® /
Core i3® / Pentium®/ Celeron® Processors
This motherboard supports Intel® 8th Generation and 6th
generation Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® processors in the
LGA1151 package, with integrated graphics, memory and PCI
Express controllers to support onboard graphics output with
dedicated chipsets, dual-channel (2-DIMM) DDR4 memory and 16
PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes for great performance.
Intel Q370 Chipset
The Intel® Q370 is a single-chipset design that supports 8th
Generation Intel Core™ LGA1151 processors. It provides improved
performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing
increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, the Q370 chipset
provides a maximum of four USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports, four USB 3.1
Gen 1 ports, six SATA 6Gbps ports, and 32Gbps M.2 and PCIe 3.0
lane-speed support, for faster data retrieval. Intel Q370 also
supports integrated-graphics, so you'll enjoy the very latest in
graphics performance.
Dual-Channel DDR4 2666MHz support
The motherboard supports DDR4 memory that features data
transfer rates of 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz to meet the higher
bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia ,
and Internet applications. The dual-channel DDR4 architecture
enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost system
performance.
Native SATA 6.0 Gb/s support
The Intel® Q370 Express Chipset natively supports next-
generation Serial ATA ( SATA ) storage interface . This motherboard
delivers up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates. Additionally, get
enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of
current bus systems.
Complete USB 3.1 Integration
ASUS facilitates strategic USB 3.1 accessibility for both the front