User`s manual

- 10 -Hardware Installation
1-2 Product Specications
CPU
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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
Chipset
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 Intel
®
P55 Express Chipset
Memory

4 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 Prole (XMP) memory modules
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 (Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest memory support list.)
Audio
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Realtek ALC889 codec

High Denition Audio

2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
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Support for Dolby
®
Home Theater
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Support for S/PDIF In/Out
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Support for CD In
LAN

2 x Realtek RTL8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
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Support for Teaming
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Support for Smart Dual LAN
Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2)
(Note 2)

2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2)
(Note 3)

1 x PCI Express x1 slot
(The PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2, PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2, and PCIEX1 slots con-
form to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

2 x PCI slots
Multi-Graphics

Support for 2-Way/3-Way ATI CrossFireX
™
/NVIDIA SLI technology
Technology
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

Marvell 9128 chip:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_8, GSATA3_9) 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_6, GSATA2_7) supporting up to 2
SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD