SABERTOOTH X79 specifications summary

 

CPU

Intel® Socket 2011 for 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor

 

 

Extreme Edition

 

 

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0

 

 

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

 

Chipset

Intel® X79 Express Chipset

 

Memory

8 x DIMM, Max. 64GB*, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 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 or this user manual for the Memory

 

 

QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists)

 

Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (dual at x16/x16 mode)�����

 

 

1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIe x16_3 at x8 speed)

 

 

2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

 

 

1 x PCI slot

 

 

* 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® Quad��������-GPU ����SLI™ Technology����������

 

 

Supports AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

 

Storage

Intel® X79 Express Chipset

 

 

- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10 support (brown)

 

 

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

 

 

Marvell® 9128 SATA controller

 

 

- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports (gray)

 

 

ASMedia® 1061 SATA controller

 

 

- 1 x Power eSATA 6Gb/s port (green)

 

 

- 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s port (red)

 

LAN

Intel® 82579V Gigabit LAN controller

 

Audio

Realtek® ALC892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC

 

 

- Absolute Pitch 192khz/24bit True BD Lossless Sound

 

 

- BD Audio Layer Content Protection

 

 

- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-Streaming and Front Panel

 

 

Jack-Retasking

 

 

- Optical S/PDIF Out port at back I/O

 

IEEE 1394

VIA® VT6315N controller supports 1 IEEE 1394a port at back

 

 

panel

 

USB

3 x ASMedia® USB 3.0 controllers

 

 

- 2 x USB 3.0 ports at midboard for front panel support

 

 

- 4 x USB 3.0 ports at back panel (blue)

 

 

Intel® X79 Express Chipset

 

 

- 14 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

 

 

(8 ports at midboard; 6 ports at back panel)

 

 

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