• Supports 4th Generation Intel® Core™ processors
• GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ 4 Plus Technology
• GIGABYTE Hybrid digital power engine
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™
• GIGABYTE AMP-UP Audio technology
• Exclusive Upgradable OP-AMP
• Nichicon High End Audio Capacitors
• Audio Noise Guard with LED path lighting
• Multi-GPU Support
• Intel® LAN with high ESD Protection
• Intel® Small Business Advantage
• Realtek ALC898 with High Quality 110dB SNR HD audio

Specifications:

CPU
Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package
L3 cache varies with CPU
(Please refer “CPU Support List” for more information.)
Chipset
Intel® B85 Express Chipset
Memory
4×1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory

• Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed.

Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 1600/1333 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
(Please refer “Memory Support List” for more information.)
Onboard Graphics Integrated Graphics Processor:
1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096×2160

• Support for HDMI 1.4a version.

Maximum shared memory of 1 GB
Audio
Realtek® ALC898 codec
High Definition Audio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF In
Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN
Intel® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
(The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

• For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)

2 x PCI Express x1 slots
(The PCIEX4 and PCIEX1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

2 x PCI slots
Multi-Graphics Technology
Support for AMD CrossFire™ technology
Storage Interface Chipset:
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~SATA3 3) supporting up to 4 SATA 6Gb/s devices
2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2 4~SATA2 5) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices
USB Chipset:
Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB headers)
Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
Internal I/O Connectors
1×24-pin ATX main power connector
1×8-pin ATX 12V power connector
4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
1 x CPU fan header
3 x system fan headers
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
1 x S/PDIF Out header
1 x S/PDIF In header
1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x serial port header
1 x parallel port header
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard port
1 x PS/2 mouse port
1 x coaxial S/PDIF Out connector
1 x HDMI port
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x RJ-45 port
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
I/O Controller
iTE® I/O Controller Chip
H/W Monitoring
System voltage detection
CPU/System temperature detection
CPU/System fan speed detection
CPU/System overheating warning
CPU/System fan fail warning
CPU/System fan speed control

• Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

BIOS
2×64 Mbit flash
Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
Support for DualBIOS™
PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a
Unique Features
Support for Q-Flash
Support for Xpress Install
Support for APP Center

• Available applications in APP Center may differ by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also differ depending on motherboard specifications.

@BIOS
EasyTune
EZ Setup
USB Blocker
Support for ON/OFF Charge
Bundle Software
Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
Intel® Rapid Start Technology
Intel® Smart Connect Technology
Intel® Small Business Advantage
cFosSpeed
Operating System
Support for Windows 8/7
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 22.5cm
Remark
Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.