Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - Manual (Page 10)

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SABERTOOTH X79 specifications summary
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CPU 2nd Generation Intel ® Core™ i7 Processor family for the LGA
2011 Socket
Supports Intel ® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list
Chipset Intel ® X79 Express Chipset
Memory 8 x DIMM, Max. 64GB*, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz,
non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Quad channel memory architecture
Supports Intel ® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of
individual CPUs.
** Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory
QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists)
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (dual at x16/x16 mode)
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIe x16_3 at x8 speed)
2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
1 x PCI slot
* This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 SPEC. Functions
will be available when using PCIe 3.0-compliant devices. Please
refer to www.asus.com for updated details.
Multi-GPU Support Supports NVIDIA ® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology
Supports AMD ® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology
Storage Intel ® X79 Express Chipset
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10 support (brown)
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10 support (black)
Marvell
® 9128 SATA controller
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (gray)
ASMedia
® 1061 SATA controller
- 1 x Power eSATA 6Gb/s port (green)
- 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s port (red)
LAN Intel ® 82579V Gigabit LAN controller
Audio Realtek ® ALC892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Absolute Pitch 192khz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound
- BD Audio Layer Content Protection
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming and Front Panel
Jack-Retasking
- Optical S/PDIF Out port at back I/O
IEEE 1394 VIA ® VT6315N controller supports 1 IEEE 1394a port at back
panel
USB 3 x ASMedia ® USB 3.0 controllers
- 2 x USB 3.0 ports at midboard for front panel support
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports at back panel (blue)
Intel
® X79 Express Chipset
- 14 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
(8 ports at midboard; 6 ports at back panel)