P9X79-E WS specifications summary

CPU

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor for the LGA

 

2011 Socket

E5-1600 processor for the LGA 2011 Socket

 

Intel® Xeon®

 

Intel® Xeon®

E5-2600 processor for the LGA 2011 Socket

 

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0

 

*Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list

Chipset

Intel® X79 Express Chipset

Memory

8 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR3 2400 (O.C.)/ 2133

 

(O.C.)/1866 (O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC, Non-

 

ECC, un-buffered Memory

 

Quad channel memory architecture

 

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

 

* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical

 

characteristics of individual CPUs.

 

** Refer to www.asus.com for the memory QVL (Qualified

 

Vendors Lists).

Expansion Slots

4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (dual@x16/x16; Quad@x16/x16/

 

x16/x16, blue)

 

3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (@x8 mode, black)

 

* This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 SPEC.

 

Functions will be available when using PCIe 3.0-compliant

 

devices. Please refer to www.asus.com for updated

 

details.

 

Multi-GPU support

Supports NVIDIA® 4-Way SLI™ Technology

 

Supports AMD® 4-Way CrossFireX™ Technology

GPU support

Up to 3 NVIDIA® Tesla cards and Intel® Xeon® phi cards

Storage

Intel® X79 Express Chipset:

 

- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0 and 1 support

 

- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10

 

support

 

 

Marvell® 9230 SATA controllers:

 

- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10

 

support

 

LAN

2 x Intel® i210 Gigabit LAN controller

USB

ASMedia USB 3.0 controllers

 

- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at mid-board for front panel

 

support, blue

 

- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel

 

Intel®X79 Express Chipset

 

- 13 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (3 ports at mid-board,

 

black+white, 10 ports at back panel)

 

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