Best cooling of all Intel® X79 boards with Thermal Armor and Thermal Radar
The Intel® X79 Express Chipset is the latest single-chipset design that supports the 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket. 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.
Features:
- 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket
- Intel® X79 Express Chipset
- Support for up to 64GB of system memory with an 8-DIMM design
- TUF Thermal Armor – Total Airflow-Boosting Heat Dissipation
- TUF Thermal Radar – Real Time Temp Detection and Heat Removal
- TUF Components [Choke, Cap. & MOSFET; Certified by Military-standard] – Certified for Tough Duty
- New DIGI+ Power Control – All-New Digital Power Control for both CPU and DRAM
- ASUS SSD Caching – 3X faster performance at a click
- USB BIOS Flashback – Easy, worry-free USB BIOS Flashback
- Windows 8 Ready – Assured Compatibility
Specifications:
- CPU: Intel® Socket 2011 for 2nd Generation Core™ i7 Processors Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2
- Chipset: Intel® X79
- 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)
- Multi-GPU Support:
- Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology
- Supports AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology
- Expansion Slots:
- 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (dual x16) *1
- 1 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x8 mode) *1
- 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1
- 1 x PCI
Storage:
- Intel® X79 chipset :
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), brown
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), black
- Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10
- Marvell® PCIe 9128 controller :
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), gray
- ASMedia® ASM1061 controller
- 1 x Power eSATA 6Gb/s port(s), green
- 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s port(s), red
- LAN: Intel® 82579V, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)
- Audio: Realtek® ALC892 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Form Factor: ATX Form Factor, 12 inch x 9.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm )