Specifications

46 Matrox Mura MPX Series – System Builder’s Guide
Gigabyte™ G1 Sniper3
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.
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
PCIEX16_1 .
 If you’re installing two cards, insert the Mura cards in the
slots labeled
PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_3 .
 If you’re installing three cards, insert the Mura cards in the
slots labeled
PCIEX16_1 , PCIEX16_2 , and PCIEX16_3 .
 If you’re installing up to four cards, insert the fourth Mura
card in the slot labeled
PCIEX16_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 4
Motherboard Gigabyte G1 Sniper3
Chipset Intel
®
Z77 Express
Processor Intel
®
Core
™
i7-3770 processor, 3.4 GHz
Heatsink (for CPU) LGA 1155 fan heatsink for the CPU
System BIOS version AMI version F5
System memory 8 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)