Asus H87M-PLUS - Manual (Page 15)

ASUS H87M-PLUS 1-1
Chapter 1
Product introduction
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1.1 Special features
1.1.1 Product highlights
LGA1150 socket for 4th Generation Intel ® Core™ i7, Intel ® Core™ i5, Intel ®
Core™ i3, Pentium ® , and Celeron ® Processors
This motherboard supports Intel ® 4 th generation Core i7/i5/i3, Pentium ® , and Celeron ®
processors in the LGA1150 package. It provides great graphics and system performance with
its GPU, dual-channel DDR3 memory slots, and PCI Express 2.0/3.0 expansion slots.
Intel ® H87 Express Chipset
Intel ® H87 Express Chipset is a single-chipset that supports the 1150 socket 4th generation
Intel ® Core™ i7, Intel ® Core™ i5, Intel ® Core™ i3, Pentium ® and Celeron ® processors. It
utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth and enhances the system’s
performance. It natively supports up to six USB 3.0 ports for up to ten times faster transfer
rate than USB 2.0 and enables the iGPU function for Intel ® integrated graphics performance.
PCI Express ® 3.0
PCI Express ® 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that provides twice the
performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance,
unprecedented data speed, and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility
to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.
Dual-Channel DDR3 1600 / 1333 /1066MHz Support
The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates
of DDR3 1600 / 1333 /1066MHz to boost the system’s performance, and to meet the higher
bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications.
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. Some hyper DIMMs only
support one DIMM per channel.
** Due to Intel ® chipset limitation, DDR3 1600MHz and higher memory modules on XMP mode will run at the
maximum transfer rate of DDR3 1600MHz.
*** Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors List)
Intel ® Smart Response Technology
Intel ® Smart Response Technology, an important part of Green ASUS eco-friendly computing,
reduces load and wait time, eliminates unecessary hard drive spin thus lowering power
usage, and uses an installed SSD (requires 18.6 GB available space) as a cache for
frequently accessed data or applications. It combines SSD performance and hard drive
capacity, operating up to six times faster than a hard-drive-only system to boost the system’s
overall performance.
* 4th generation Intel ® Core™ processors support Intel® Smart Response Technology.
** An operating system must be installed on the HDD to launch Intel® Smart Response Technology.
*** The SSD is reserved for caching function.
Chapter 1: Product Introduction