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1-2 ProductSpecications
CPU î‚Š Support for Intel
®
Core
â„¢
i7 processors/Intel
®
Core
â„¢
i5 processors/
Intel
®
Core
â„¢
i3 processors/Intel
®
Pentium
®
processors/
Intel
®
Celeron
®
processors in the LGA1150 package
(GotoGIGABYTE'swebsiteforthelatestCPUsupportlist.)
î‚Š L3 cache varies with CPU
Chipset
î‚Š Intel
®
Z97 Express Chipset
Memory î‚Š 4 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory
  * DuetoaWindows32-bitoperatingsystemlimitation,whenmorethan4GBofphysical
memoryisinstalled,theactualmemorysizedisplayedwillbelessthanthesizeof
the physical memory installed.
î‚Š Dual channel memory architecture
 SupportforDDR31600/1333MHzmemorymodules
î‚Š Support for non-ECC memory modules
 SupportforExtremeMemoryProle(XMP)memorymodules
 (GotoGIGABYTE'swebsiteforthelatestsupportedmemoryspeedsandmemory
modules.)
Onboard
Graphics
î‚Š Integrated Graphics Processor:
 - 1xD-Subport,supportingamaximumresolutionof1920x1200@60Hz
 - 1xDVI-Dport,supportingamaximumresolutionof1920x1200@60Hz
 * TheDVI-DportdoesnotsupportD-Subconnectionbyadapter.
 - 1xHDMIport,supportingamaximumresolutionof4096x2160@24Hzor
2560x1600@60Hz
* SupportforHDMI1.4aversion.
- Support for up to 3 displays at the same time
- Maximum shared memory of 1 GB
Audio î‚Š Realtek
®
ALC1150 codec
 HighDenitionAudio
î‚Š 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
î‚Š Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN î‚Š 1 x Qualcomm
®
AtherosKillerE2201LANchip(10/100/1000Mbit)(LAN1)
î‚Š 1 x Intel
®
GbELANphy(10/100/1000Mbit)(LAN2)
 * Teamingisnotsupported.
Expansion Slots  1xPCIExpressx16slot,runningatx16(PCIEX16)
 * Foroptimumperformance,ifonlyonePCIExpressgraphicscardistobeinstalled,
be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.
 1xPCIExpressx16slot,runningatx8(PCIEX8)
 * ThePCIEX8slotsharesbandwidthwiththePCIEX16slot.WhenthePCIEX8slot
is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
 1xPCIExpressx16slot,runningatx4(PCIEX4)
  * ThePCIEX4slotsharesbandwidthwiththePCIEX8andPCIEX16slots.Whenthe
PCIEX4 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode and the
PCIEX8 will operate at up to x4 mode.
* Wheninstallingax8orabovecardinthePCIEX4slot,makesuretosetPCIESlot
CongurationinBIOSSetuptox4.(RefertoChapter2,"BIOSSetup,""Peripherals,"
formoreinformation.)
(ThePCIEX16,PCIEX8andPCIEX4slotsconformtoPCIExpress3.0standard.)
î‚Š 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
 (ThePCIExpressx1slotsconformtoPCIExpress2.0standard.)