Product introduction

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1.1Special features

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Product highlights

 

LGA1150 socket for New 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7/Intel® Core™ i5/Intel®

 

Core™ i3, Pentium® and Celeron® processors

 

This motherboard supports new 4th generation Intel® Core™ i7/Intel® Core™ i5/Intel® Core™

 

i3, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors in the LGA1150 package. It provides great graphics

 

and system performance with its GPU, dual-channel DDR3 memory slots and PCI Express

 

2.0/3.0 expansion slots.

 

Intel® Z97 Express Chipset

 

Intel® Z97 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA1150 socket for 4th

 

generation Intel® Core™ i7/Intel® Core™ i5/Intel® Core™ i3, Pentium®, and Celeron®

 

processors. It utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth and enhances

 

the system’s performance. It natively supports up to six USB 3.0 ports, six SATA 6 Gb/s

 

ports, and M.2 support for faster data retrieval. It also enables the iGPU function for Intel®

 

integrated graphics performance.

 

PCI Express® 3.0

 

PCI Express® 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that provides twice the

 

performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance,

 

unprecedented data speed and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility

 

to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.

 

Intel® Desktop Responsiveness Technologies

 

Intel Desktop Responsiveness Technologies comprise of three technologies: Intel Rapid

 

Start Technology, Intel Smart Response Technology, and Intel Smart Response Technology.

 

These technologies provide faster and better performance for your computer, allow your

 

system to receive the freshest updates from the Internet, and quickly resume your system

 

from a deep sleep or hibernate mode.

 

SATA Express support

 

SATA Express provides faster data transfer speeds of up to 6 Gb/s, allowing your system to

 

 

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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