P9X79 LE specifications summary

 

CPU

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor family 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/ 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz, 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

2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (Dual at x16/ x16 mode, Triple ��at

 

 

x16/ x16/ x8)

 

 

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

 

 

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® 3�����-Way ����SLI™ Technology����������

 

 

Supports AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

 

Storage

Intel® X79 Express Chipset

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

ASMedia® 1061 SATA controller

 

 

- 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s ports

 

LAN

Realtek® 8111F Gigabit LAN Controller

 

USB

2 x ASMedia® USB 3.0 controllers

 

 

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

 

 

- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel (Blue)

 

 

Intel® X79 Express Chipset

 

 

- 14 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

 

 

(6 ports at mid-board; 8 ports at back panel)

 

Audio

Realtek® ALC892 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC

 

 

- Support 192khz / 24bit 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

 

 

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