Specifications

Matrox Mura MPX Series – System Builder’s Guide 41
ASUS
®
P9X79 Pro
Available PCIe expansion slots
 4 PCIe ×16 3.0/2.0 slots (dual ×16 or ×16/×8/×8, or quad ×8)
 2 PCIe ×1 2.0 slots
Expansion slot configuration
 If you’re installing one card, insert the Mura card in the slot
labeled
PCIe 3.0/2.0 ×16_1 .
 If you’re installing two cards, insert the Mura cards in the
slots labeled
PCIe 3.0/2.0 ×16_1 and PCIe 3.0/2.0 ×16_3 .
 If you’re installing up to four cards, insert the third and fourth
Mura cards in the slots labeled
PCIe 3.0/2.0 ×16_2 and PCIe 2.0
×16_4
.
Performance considerations
 1-2 cards Æ ×16
 3 cards Æ 1 ×16 + 2 ×8
 4 cards Æ ×8
Notes
 iStarUSA – The chassis and power supply must be ordered
from iStarUSA.
 The fan must be ordered from a separate fan vendor. For
more information on approved fans and fan vendors, see
“Approved fans for iStarUSA® chassis”, page 62.
 For two-card configurations, a longer ribbon cable (for
framelock) is required (P/N: F16279-00). For more
information, contact your Matrox representative.
Supported Mura cards 3
Motherboard ASUS
®
P9X79 Pro
Chipset Intel
®
X79
Processor Intel® Core
™
i7-3930K processor, 3.2 GHz
Heatsink (for CPU) LGA 2011 fan heatsink for the CPU
System BIOS version 1104 X64 dated 04/10/2012
System memory 16 GB DDR3
Chassis
 iStarUSA Kit 1 + Kit 2
 iStarUSA Kit 1 – 400 chassis with black doors and 2x
80mm fans (P/N: D-400-2F80)
 iStarUSA Kit 2 – Custom fan bracket (P/N: DD-
FANGUARD-12-MAT01)
 Advantech (P/N: C-MAT1A-ACP4010-01)
Power supply
 iStarUSA –
 800W iStarUSA redundant power supply with mounting
bracket for D-400 (P/N: IS-800R3NP)
OR
 750W iStarUSA single regular power supply (P/N: TC-
750PD1)
 Advantech – Use the 700W power supply included with the
chassis.