• Supports New Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition
• 4 Channel DDR4,8 DIMMs
• Genuine All Digital Power Design with IR Digital PWM & IR PowIRstage® ICs
• 4-Way Graphics with Premium PCIe Lane
• Dual M.2 Technology with Onboard WIFI and SSD card
• 6×(30µ) Gold Plating for CPU socket, Memory DIMMs and PCIe slots
• Onboard Creative Sound Core3D™ quad-core audio processor
• AMP-UP Audio technology with exclusive Upgradable OP-AMP
• Independent Right and Left Audio Channel PCB Layers
• LED lighting for the audio guard light path and the back panel LED
• Dual DAC-UP USB ports
• Gold plated audio ports
• High end Nichicon audio capacitors
• Killer™ E2200 and Intel gaming networking
• SATA Express support for 10 Gb/s data transfer
• Long lifespan Durable Black™ Solid caps
• APP Center including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ utilities
• Thunderbolt™ Ready
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ with Q-Flash Plus USB port
• Safer design around screw mounting holes

CPU
Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors in the LGA2011–3 package
L3 cache varies with CPU

Memory
8 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 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.

4 channel memory architecture
Support for DDR4 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2133 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
Support for RDIMM 1Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)

Audio
Creative® Sound Core 3D chip
Support for Sound Blaster Recon3Di
TI Burr Brown® OPA2134 operational amplifier
High Definition Audio
2/5.1-channel
Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN
1 x Qualcomm® Atheros Killer E2201 chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN1)
1 x Intel® GbE LAN phy (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN2)

Wireless Communication module
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
Bluetooth 4.0, 3.0+HS, 2.1+EDR
Support for 11ac wireless standard and up to 867 Mbps data rate

• Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.

Multi-Graphics Technology
Support for 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ technology

• The 4-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ configuration is not supported when an i7–5820K CPU is installed. To set up a 3-Way SLI configuration, refer to “1–6 Setting up AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ Configuration.”

Internal I/O Connectors
1×24-pin ATX main power connector
1×8-pin ATX 12V power connector
1 x PCIe power connector
1 x I/O shield audio LED power connector
1 x heatsink LED power connector
1 x SATA Express connector
10 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector
1 x CPU fan header
1 x water cooling fan header (CPU_OPT)
3 x system fan headers
1 x front panel header
1 x front panel audio header
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 headers
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
1 x Thunderbolt add-in card connector
1 x Clear CMOS jumper
1 x power button
1 x reset button
1 x Clear CMOS button
1 x Direct to BIOS button
1 x audio gain control switch
Voltage Measurement Points
2 x BIOS switches

Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
1 x CPU overclocking button
1 x Fast Boot button
1 x Clear CMOS button
8 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x RJ-45 ports
1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In/Mic In, Line Out, Headphone)
2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)

Operating System
Support for Windows 8.1/8/7

Form Factor
E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 25.9cm