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Maximus III Formula specications summary
CPU Supports the Intel
®
Core™i7 and Intel
®
Core™i5
Processor in the LGA1156 package
Supports Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology
* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list
Chipset Intel
®
P55 Express Chipset
Memory Dual channel memory architecture
4 x DIMM, max. 16GB, DDR3 2133(O.C.)/
non-ECC, un-buffered memory modulesnon-ECC, un-buffered memory modules
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical
characteristics of individual CPUs.characteristics of individual CPUs.
* Supports Intel
®
* Please refer to www.asus.com or user manual for the
Expansion Slots 3 x PCIe x16 slot
- 2 x PCIe 2.0 (red) support single at x16 or dual at x82 x PCIe 2.0 (red) support single at x16 or dual at x8
modemode
- 1 x PCIe 1.0 (white) supports at x4 mode1 x PCIe 1.0 (white) supports at x4 mode
2 x PCIe x1
2 x PCI 2.2
Multi-GPU Technology Supports NVIDIA
®
SLI™ Technology / ATI
®
CrossFireX™
TechnologyTechnology
Storage Intel
®
P55 Express Chipset built-in:
- 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
- Intel Matrix Storage Technology supports RAID 0, 1,
5 and 10
JMicron
®
322 controller and 2 x JMicron
®
363 controllers:
- 2 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (red) supporting Hardware
RAID 0 and 1 (SPD_HDD1 + SPD_HDD2)
- 1 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
- 2 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (white) -SATA_ODD1 +
SATA_ODD2
LAN Realtek
®
RTL8110SC Gigabit LAN controller
GameFirst
SupremeFX X-Fi discrete audio card
- EAXEAX
®
Advanced™ HD 4.0
- X-Fi CMSSX-Fi CMSS
®
-3D
- Creative ALchemyCreative ALchemy
- Supports 1 x S/PDIF out headerSupports 1 x S/PDIF out header
- Supports Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on rearSupports Coaxial/Optical S/PDIF out ports on rear
- Blu-ray support
IEEE 1394a 2 x 1394a ports (1 port at back I/O, 1 port onboard)
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