Elitegroup Z87H3-A3X (V1.0) - Manual (Page 7)

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Z87H3-A3X USER MANUAL
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the Z87H3-A3X motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the LGA1150
socket for
Intel ® 4 th Generation Core TM Family processors.
This motherboard is based on Intel ® ® ® ® ® Z87 Express Chipset for best desktop platform
solution. It supports up to 32 GB of system memory with dual channel DDR3
3000+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333 MHz. High resolution graphics via two
PCIe x16 Gen3 slots
* 1 . It supports 2-way NVIDIA ® ® ® ® ® SLI
TM and 2-way AMD CrossfireX TM
technology that allows you to install Multi graphic cards with identical GPU running
at PCIe Gen3 speed. In addition, four PCI Express x1 Gen2 slots are for extending
usage.
It integrates USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interface, supporting up to eight USB 2.0 ports (four
USB 2.0 ports at rear panel and two USB 2.0 headers support additional four USB 2.0
ports) and six USB 3.0 ports (four USB 3.0 ports at the rear panel and one USB 3.0
header supports additional two USB 3.0 ports). The gray USB 2.0 header provides EZ
charger technology, please refer to Front Panel USB 2.0 headers of chapter 2 for
more details.
The motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,
including PS/2 Combo & USB connectors, one VGA port, one DVI port, one HDMI port,
one eSATA, one RJ45 LAN connector, four USB 2.0 ports, four USB 3.0 ports, one optical
SPDIF Out and audio jacks for line-in, 8-ch line-out.
In addition, this motherboard supports six SATA 6Gb/s for expansion * 2 .
Your motherboard package ships with the following items:
Package Contents
Z87H3-A3X Motherboard
Quick Installation Guide
User Manual
DVD
I/O Shield
2 SATA 6G cable 
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The package contents above are for reference only, please take the actual package items as
standard.
* 1 The PCIEX16_2 slot supports PCI-E Gen 3.0 running at X8 mode and shares bandwidth with
the PCIEX16_1 slot.
* 1 If installing two graphic cards into PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 slots, both two slots will run
at X8 mode.
* 2 The gray SATA3_6 connector will become unavailable when eSATA connector is used.