P9X79 PRO specifications summary
| CPU | 2nd Generation Intel® Core ™ i7 processor family for the LGA |
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| 2011 Socket |
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| Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 |
| Chipset | Intel® X79 Express Chipset |
| Memory | 8 x DIMM, max. 64GB, DDR3 2400(O.C.) / 2133(O.C.) / 1866 / |
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| 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz, |
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| Quad channel memory architecture |
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| Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) |
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| * Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of |
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| individual CPUs. |
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| ** Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL (Qualified |
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| Vendors Lists). |
| Expansion slots | 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (Dual at x16/ x16 mode; Triple at |
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| x16/ x8/ x8 mode)����� |
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| 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIe x16_3 at x8 mode) |
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| 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots |
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| * This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 SPEC. Function |
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| will be available when using PCIe |
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| refer to www.asus.com for updated details. |
| Supports NVIDIA® | |
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| Supports AMD® |
| Storage | Intel® X79 Express Chipset |
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| - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support |
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| - 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support |
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| Marvell® 9128 SATA controllers |
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| - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports |
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| ASMedia® 1061 SATA controllers |
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| - 2 x Power eSATA 6Gb/s ports |
| LAN | Intel® 82579V Gigabit LAN controller |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR |
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| ASUS BT GO! Utility |
| Audio | Realtek® ALC898 |
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| - Supports 192khz / 24bit True BD Lossless Sound |
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| - DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC II |
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| - DTS Connect |
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| - Supports |
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| Front Panel |
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| - Optical S/PDIF Out port at back I/O |
| USB | ASMedia USB 3.0 controllers |
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| - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at |
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| - 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel with 1 x additional VIA |
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| SuperSpeed USB hub controller (blue) |
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| Intel® X79 Express Chipset |
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| - 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports |
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| (6 ports at |
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