Asus P9X79 WS - Manual (Page 20)

1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Intel ® Socket 2011 for 2nd Generation Intel ® Core ™ i7 Processor
Extreme Edition
This motherboard supports the latest Intel ® 2nd Generation Core™ i7 Processor
Extreme in LGA2011 package, with memory and PCI Express controllers
integrated to quad-channel (8 DIMMs) DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 2.0
lanes. This provides great graphicsperformance. Intel ® 2nd Generation Core™ i7
Processor Extreme is one of the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the
world.
Intel ® X79 Express Chipset
The Intel ® X79 Express Chipset is the latest single-chipset design that supports the
new socket 2011 Intel® 2nd Generation Core™ i7 Processor Extreme. It improves
performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing for increased bandwidth
and stability. Additionally,the X79 comes with 2 SATA 6Gb/s and 4 SATA 3Gb/s
ports for faster data retrieval, doubling the bandwidth of current bus systems.
PCIe 3.0 Ready
The latest PCI Express bus standard delivers improved encoding for twice
the performance of current PCIe 2.0. Total bandwidth for a x16 link reaches a
maximum of 32GB/s, double the 16GB/s of PCIe 2.0 (in x16 mode). PCIe 3.0
provides users unprecedented data speeds, combined with the convenicnce
and seamless transition offered by complete backward compatibility with PCIe
1.0 and PCIe 2.0 devices. It is a must-have feature PC users aiming to improve
and optimize graphics performance, as well as have the latest, most future-proof
technology.
* 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.
Quad-Channel DDR3 2400(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz
Support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of
2400(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz to meet the higher bandwidth
requirements ofthe latest operation system, 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet
applications. The quadchannel DDR3 architecture quadruple the bandwidth of your
system memory to boost system performance.
* Due to CPU behavior, DDR3 2200/2000/1800 MHz memory module will run at
DDR3 2133/1866/1600 MHz frequency as default.