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Features:

  • 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket
  • Intel® X79 Express Chipset
  • X-Socket - Get more life out of your LGA1366 CPU coolers
  • OC Key - The key to real time monitoring and overclocking!
  • Subzero Sense - Find out how cold your board isVGA Hotwire - Hotwire your system

LGA2011 Intel® Core™ i7

This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Sandy Bridge-E processors in the LGA2011 package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support 4-channel (8 DIMM) DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0 lanes. This provides great graphics performance. Intel® Sandy Bridge-E processors are among the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.

Intel® X79 Chipset

The Intel® X79 Express Chipset is the latest single-chipset design that supports the new socket 2011 Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition processors. 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 imporved 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 convenience and seamless transition offered by complete backward compatibility with PCIe1.0 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.

What's New:

  • Realtek High Definition Audio Driver v 5.0.1.6499 for Wnidows XP 32bit and 64-bit with WHQL certification.
  • Realtek High Definition Audio Driver v 6.0.1.6499 for Windows Vista, 7 32-bit and 64-bit with WHQL certification.