Specifications

42 Matrox Mura MPX Series – System Builder’s Guide
ASUS
®
P9X79-E WS
Power supply bracket
 iStarUSA –
 Redundant power supply – Use the bracket included
with the power supply.
 Regular power supply – Use the standard bracket
included with the chassis.
 Advantech – Use the standard bracket included with the
chassis.
Fan
 iStarUSA – 120 CFM fan (front fan assembly). Fan to be
ordered separately from the list of approved vendors. For
more information on approved fans and fan vendors, see
“Approved fans for iStarUSA® chassis”, page 62.
 Advantech – Included with chassis.
Available PCIe expansion slots
 3 PCIe ×16 3.0/2.0 slots (dual ×16 or ×16, ×8, ×8)
 1 PCIe ×16 3.0/2.0 slot at ×8 mode
 2 PCIe ×16 3.0/2.0 slots at ×1 mode
Expansion slot configuration
 If you’re installing one card, insert the Mura card in the slot
labeled
PCIe×16_1 .
 If you’re installing two cards, insert the Mura cards in the
slots labeled
PCIe×16_1 and PCIe×16_4 .
 If you’re installing three cards, insert the Mura cards in the
slots labeled
PCIe×16_1 , PCIe×16_2 , and PCIe×16_4 .
Performance considerations
 1-2 cards Æ ×16
 3 cards Æ 1 ×16 + 2 ×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 6
Motherboard ASUS
®
P9X79-E WS
Chipset Intel
®
X79
Processor Intel® Core
™
i7-3820 processor, 3.6 GHz
Heatsink (for CPU) LGA 2011 fan heatsink for the CPU
System BIOS version 1103 X64
System memory 4 GB DDR3