User`s manual
- 10 -Hardware Installation
1-2 Product Specications
CPU
Support for an Intel
®
Core
™
i7 series processor/Intel
®
Core
™
i5 series processor
in the LGA1156 package
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
L3 cache varies with CPU
Chipset
Intel
®
P55 Express Chipset
Memory
6 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
(Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
Support for Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) memory modules
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
Audio
Realtek ALC889A codec
High Denition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for Dolby
®
Home Theater
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In
LAN
2 x RTL8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Support for Teaming
Support for Smart Dual LAN
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1)
(Note 2)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1)
(Note 3)
(The PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX8_1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4_1)
(Note 4)
2 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Multi-Graphics
Support for ATI CrossFireX
™
/NVIDIA SLI technology
Technology (The PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX8_1 slots only.)
Storage Interface
Chipset:
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3,
SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10
GIGABYTE SATA2 chip:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
- 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (GSATA2_2, GSATA2_3) supporting up to
2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
2 x JMB362 chips:
- 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors (eSATA/USB Combo) on the back panel sup-
porting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD
- 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