User`s manual

Hardware Installation - 10 -
1-2 Product Specications
CPU

Support for an Intel
®
Core
™
i7 series processor in the LGA1366 package
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)

L3 cache varies with CPU
QPI

4.8GT/s, 6.4GT/s
Chipset

 North Bridge: Intel
®
X58 Express Chipset


 South Bridge: Intel
®
ICH10R
Memory

6 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 GB of system memory
(Note 1)

Dual/3 channel memory architecture

Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules

Support for non-ECC memory modules

 SupportforExtremeMemoryProle(XMP)memorymodules


 (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and
memory modules.)
Audio
   
Realtek ALC889 codec

HighDenitionAudio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel

Support for Dolby
®
Home Theater
    
Support for S/PDIF In/Out

Support for CD In
LAN

1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2)
(Note 2)

2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2)
(Note 3)
(The PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2, PCIEX8_1 and PCIEX8_2 slots conform to PCI
Express 2.0 standard.)

2 x PCI Express x1 slots

1 x PCI slot
Multi-Graphics

Support for 2-Way/3-Way ATI CrossFireX
™
/NVIDIA SLI technology
Technology
Storage Interface

South Bridge:
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0~SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA
3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

Marvell 9128 chip:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to
2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, and RAID 1

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_8, GSATA2_9) supporting up to
2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD