Asus P8H77-M PRO - Manual (Page 16)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
LGA1155 socket for Intel ® 3rd/2nd Generation Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 /
Core™ i3 / Pentium ® / Celeron ® Processors
This motherboard supports Intel ® 3rd/2nd generation Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium ® / Celeron ®
processors in the LGA1155 package, with iGPU, memory and PCI Express controllers
integrated to support onboard graphics output with dedicated chipsets, 2-channel (4 DIMMs)
DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes. This provides great graphics performance.
Intel ® 3rd / 2nd generation Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium ® / Celeron ® processors are among the
most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.
Intel ® H77 Express Chipset
The Intel ® H77 Express Chipset is a single-chipset designed to support the 1155 socket Intel ®
3rd / 2nd generation Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium ® / Celeron ® processors. It provides improved
performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability.
Additionally, H77 chipset provides 4 USB 3.0 ports for 10 times faster data retrieval speed.
Moreover, Intel ® H77 Express Chipset can also enable iGPU function, letting users enjoy the
latest Intel ® integrated graphic performance.
Dual-Channel DDR3 2200(O.C.)* / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1600 /
1333 / 1066 MHz Support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of DDR3 2200(O.
C.)* / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz to meet the higher
bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The
dual-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost
system performance.
* Due to the CPU behavior, DDR3 2133/1866MHz memory module will run at DDR3 2000/1800MHz
frequency as default.
**DDR3 1600 MHz and higher memory frequency is supported by Intel® 3rd generation processors.
PCI Express ® 3.0
PCI Express ® 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the latest PCI Express bus standard with improved encoding
schemes that provide twice the performance of the current PCIe 2.0. The total bandwidth for
a x16 link reaches a maximum of 32Gb/s, double the 16 Gb/s of PCIe 2.0 (in x16 mode). As
such, PCIe 3.0 provides users unprecendented data speeds, combined with the convenience
and seamless transition offerred by complete backward compatibility with PCIe 1.0 and PCIe
2.0 devices. PCIe 3.0 will become a must-have feature for users who wish to improve and
optimize graphic performance, as well as have the latest technology available to them.
* PCI 3.0 speed is supported by Intel ® 3rd generation Core TM processors.