Hardware Installation - 10 -
1-2 Product Specications
CPU Support for Intel
®
Core
™
i7 processors/Intel
®
Core
™
i5 processors/
Intel
®
Core
™
i3 processors/Intel
®
Pentium
®
processors/Intel
®
Celeron
®
processors
in the LGA1155 package
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
L3 cache varies with CPU
Chipset Intel
®
Z68 Express Chipset
Memory 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
* Due to 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 4 GB.
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
SupportforExtremeMemoryProle(XMP)memorymodules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory
modules.)
Onboard
Graphics
Integrated Graphics Processor:
- 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200
Audio Realtek/VIA HD audio codec
HighDenitionAudio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
* Tocongure7.1-channelaudio,youhavetouseanHDfrontpanelaudiomoduleand
enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN 1 x Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed,
be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX1_2 and PCIEX1_3 slots. When
the PCIEX1_2 slot or the PCIEX1_3 slot is populated, the PCIEX4 slot will operate
at up to x1 mode.
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
2 x PCI slots
Multi-Graphics
Technology
Support for AMD CrossFireX
™
technology
* The PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x4 mode when AMD CrossFireX
™
is enabled.