Product introduction

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1.1Special features

1.1.1Product highlights

Intel® LGA1150 4th, New 4th & 5th Generation Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3, Pentium®, and Celeron® Processors Ready

This motherboard supports the 4th, New 4th & 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5

/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 the 4th, New 4th & 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7/ Core™ i5/ 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.

Dual-Channel DDR3 3200 (O.C) / 1600 / 1333 MHz Support

The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of DDR3 3200 (O.C.)* / 1600 / 1333 MHz to boost the system’s performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications.

Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Support

This motherboard features the most powerful Intel® Z97 platform that optimizes PCIe allocation in multi-GPU CrossFireX™ solution, giving you a brand-new gaming enjoyment.

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ASUS Z97M-PLUS

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