SABERTOOTH Z77 specifications summary

 

CPU

LGA 1155 socket for Intel® 3rd/2nd generation Core™ i7/i5/i3/

 

 

Pentium®/Celeron® Processors

 

 

Supports 22/32nm CPU

 

 

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0

 

 

* The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the

 

 

CPU types

 

 

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

 

Chipset

Intel® Z77 Express Chipset

 

Memory

4 x DIMM, Max. 32GB, DDR3 1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz,

 

 

non-ECC, un-buffered memory

 

 

Dual channel memory architecture

 

 

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

 

 

* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics

 

 

of the individual CPUs. Please refer to Memory QVL (Qualified

 

 

Vendors) list for details.

 

 

** Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory

 

 

QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists)

 

Expansion Slots

2 x PCI Express 3.0*/2.0 x16 slots (single at x16, dual at x8/x8)

 

 

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot** [black] (Max. at x4 mode,

 

 

compatible with PCIe x1 and x4 devices)

 

 

3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

 

 

* PCIe 3.0 speed is supported by Intel® 3rd generation Core™

 

 

processors.

 

 

** The PCIe 2.0 x16 slot shares bandwidth with PCIe 2.0 x1_1

 

 

slot, PCIe 2.0 x1_2 slot, and PCIe 2.0 x1_3 slot. The PCIe 2.0

 

 

x16 slot default setting is in x1 mode.

 

Multi-GPU Support

Integrated Graphics Processor - Intel HD Graphics support

 

 

Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology

 

 

Supports AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

 

 

Supports LucidLogix Virtu MVP Technology*

 

 

* LucidLogix Virtu MVP supports Windows 7 operating systems.

 

Storage

Intel® Z77 Express Chipset

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

- Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, and Intel® Rapid

 

 

Start Technology*

 

 

2 x ASMedia® 1061 SATA controllers**

 

 

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

 

 

- 2 x eSATA 6Gb/s ports (red)

 

 

* Supports on Intel® Core processor family with Windows 7

 

 

operating systems.

 

 

** These SATA ports are for data hard drivers only. ATAPI devices

 

 

are not supported.

 

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

 

 

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