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1.1Special features
1.1.1 | Product highlights |
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LGA1150 socket for New 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7/Intel® Core™ i5/Intel® |
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Core™ i3, Pentium® and Celeron® processors |
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This motherboard supports new 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7/Intel® Core™ i5/Intel® Core™ |
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i3, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package. It provides great graphics |
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and system performance with its GPU, |
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2.0/3.0 expansion slots. |
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Intel® Z97 Express Chipset |
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Intel® Z97 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA1150 socket for 4th |
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generation Intel® Core™ i7/Intel® Core™ i5/Intel® Core™ i3, Pentium®, and Celeron® |
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processors. It utilizes the serial |
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the system’s performance. It natively supports up to six USB 3.0 ports, six SATA 6 Gb/s |
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ports, and M.2 support for faster data retrieval. It also enables the iGPU function for Intel® |
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integrated graphics performance. |
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PCI Express® 3.0 |
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PCI Express® 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that provides twice the |
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performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance, |
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unprecedented data speed and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility |
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to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices. |
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Intel® Desktop Responsiveness Technologies |
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Intel Desktop Responsiveness Technologies comprise of three technologies: Intel Rapid |
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Start Technology, Intel Smart Response Technology, and Intel Smart Response Technology. |
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These technologies provide faster and better performance for your computer, allow your |
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system to receive the freshest updates from the Internet, and quickly resume your system |
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from a deep sleep or hibernate mode. |
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SATA Express support |
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SATA Express provides faster data transfer speeds of up to 6 Gb/s, allowing your system to |
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catch up with the speed of the SSDs. It also features backward compatibility with up to two |
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SATA drives of the same speed. |
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