Specifications

Matrox Mura MPX Series – System Builder’s Guide 45
ASUS
®
Z87 WS
Expansion slot configuration
 If you’re installing one card, insert the Mura card in the slot
labeled
PCIe2.0×16_1 .
 If you’re installing two cards, insert the Mura cards in the
slots labeled
PCIe2.0×16_1 and PCIe2.0×16_4 .
 If you’re installing up to four cards, insert the third and fourth
Mura cards in the slots labeled
PCIe2.0×16_2 and PCIe2.0×16_6 .
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 4
Motherboard ASUS
®
Z87 WS
Chipset Intel
®
Z87
Processor Intel
®
Core
™
i7-477K processor, 3.5 GHz
Heatsink (for CPU) LGA 1150 fan heatsink for the CPU
System BIOS version 0904 X64
System memory 4 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)
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)
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.