- Support for an Intel® Core™ i7 series processor/Intel® Core™ i5 series processor /Intel® Core™ i3 series processor in the LGA1156 package (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
- L3 cache varies with CPU
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North Bridge:
- Intel® P55 Express Chipset
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- 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
- Dual channel memory architecture
- DDR3 2200/1600/1333/1066/800 MHz
- Support for non-ECC memory modules
- Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
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- Realtek ALC889A codec
- Support for SPDIF In/Out
- Support for CD In
- 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
- Support for Dolby® Home Theater
- High Definition Audio
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- 1 x RTL8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
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- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
(The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
- 1 x PCI Express x 4 slot
- 1 x PCI
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- Support for ATI CrossFireX™/NVIDIA SLI technology (The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots only.)
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Intel® P55 Express Chipset:
- 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s connector (eSATA/USB Combo) on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 3Gb/s device
- 5 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3, SATA2_4) supporting up to 5 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_0, GSATA2_1) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
iTE IT8720 chip:
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
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- Up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (10 on the back panel, including 1 eSATA/USB Combo, 4 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
- Integrated in the Chipset
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- Up to 2 IEEE 1394a ports (1 on the back panel, 1 via the IEEE 1394a bracket connected to the internal IEEE 1394a header)
- T.I. TSB43AB23
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- 7 x SATA 3Gb/s
- 1 x clearing CMOS jumper
- 1 x reset switch
- 1 x power switch
- 1 x IEEE 1394a
- 1 x front audio header
- 2 x system fan headers
- 1 x SPDIF in
- 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- 1 x power fan connector
- 1 x IDE
- 1 x front panel connector
- 1 x CPU fan connector
- 1 x floppy disk drive connector
- 1 x SPDIF out
- 1 x 24-pin ATX power connector
- 1 x CD in
- 2 x USB 2.0/1.1
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- 9 x USB 2.0/1.1
- 1 x eSATA/USB Combo connector
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse port
- 1 x SPDIF out (optical)
- 1 x SPDIF out (coaxial)
- 1 x IEEE 1394a
- 6 x audio ports (Line In / Line Out / MIC In / Surround Speaker Out(Rear Speaker Out) / Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out / Side Speaker Out)
- 1 x RJ45 LAN
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- iTE IT8720
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- CPU/System fan speed control
- CPU/System/Power fan failure warning
- CPU/System/Power fan speed detection
- CPU overheating warning
- System voltage detection
- CPU/System temperature detection
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- 2 x 16 Mbit flash ROM
- PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
- Supports DualBIOS™
- Award BIOS
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- Support for Smart 6™
- Support for Dynamic Energy Saver™ 2
- Support for Q-Share
- Xpress™ BIOS Rescue
- @BIOS™
- Supports EasyTune
- Xpress™ Recovery 2
- Xpress™ Install
- Download Center
- Q-Flash™
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- Norton Internet Security (OEM version)
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- Support for Microsoft® Windows 7/Vista/XP
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- Micro ATX, 244mm x 244mm
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- Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.
- Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
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* Advertised performance is based on maximum theoretical interface values from respective Chipset vendors or organization who defined the interface specification. Actual performance may vary by system configuration.
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* Due to standard PC architecture, a certain amount of memory is reserved for system usage and therefore the actual memory size is less than the stated amount.