Technical Product Specification

1 Product Description

1.1 Overview

1.1.1 Feature Summary

Table 1 summarizes the major features of the board.

Table 1. Feature Summary

Form Factor

ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])

Processor

• Intel

Core™ i7, Intel

Core™ i5, and Intel

Core™ i3 processors with up to

95 W TDP in an LGA1155 socket:

― Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 graphics interfaces (one operates in x8 mode

when second slot is populated)

― Two DDR3 memory channels

Memory

• Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets

• Support for DDR3 +1600 MHz, DDR3 1333 MHz, and DDR3 1066 MHz DIMMs

• Support for 1 Gb, 2 Gb, and 4 Gb memory technology

• Support for up to 32 GB of system memory with four DIMMs using 4 Gb

memory technology

• Support for non-ECC memory

• Support for 1.35 V low and 1.25 V ultra low voltage JEDEC memory

• Support for XMP memory

Chipset

Intel

Z68 Express Chipset consisting of the Intel

Z68 Platform Controller

Hub (PCH)

Audio

• 8-channel (7.1 + 2) Intel High Definition Audio via the Realtek ALC892 audio

codec including:

― Front panel audio header with support for Intel HD Audio and AC ’97 Audio

― Five analog audio jacks on the back panel

― Onboard S/PDIF out header and back panel optical S/PDIF out connector

8-channel (7.1) Intel HD Audio via the HDMI and Display port interfaces

Graphics

• Integrated graphics support for processors with Intel HD Graphics:

― High Definition Multimedia Interface* (HDMI*)

― DVI-I

― DisplayPort*

• Discrete graphics support for PCI Express 2.0 x16 add-in graphics card

Legacy I/O Control Nuvoton* legacy I/O controller for Consumer Infrared (CIR)

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