Chapter 1

Motherboard Specifications

CPU

■ 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3 / Pentium® /

Support

Celeron® processors for LGA 1150 socket

Chipset

■ Intel® Z87/ H87/ B85 Express Chipset

Memory

■ 4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB

Support

Z87M-G43 supports DDR3 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2666(OC)/

 

2600(OC)/ 2400(OC)/ 2200(OC)/ 2133(OC)/ 2000(OC)/ 1866(OC)/

 

1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz

H87M-G43 and B85M-G43 supports DDR3 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz

Dual channel memory architecture

Supports non-ECC, un-buffered memory

Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Expansion

■ 2x PCIe x16 slots

Slots

- PCI_E1 supports PCIe 3.0

 

- PCI_E4 supports PCIe 2.0

 

- Support x16, x4/x4 modes

 

■ 2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots

Onboard

■ 1x VGA port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @

Graphics

60Hz, 24bpp

 

■ 1x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 @

 

60Hz, 24bpp

 

■ 1x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of

 

4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp/ 2560x1600@60Hz, 24bpp/

 

1920x1080@60Hz, 36bpp

 

■ 1x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of

 

4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp/ 3840x2160@60Hz, 24bpp

Multi-GPU

■ Supports AMD CrossFireTM Technology

Support

 

Storage

Z87M-G43/ H87M-G43

-Intel Z87/ H87 Express Chipset

-6x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1~6)

-Supports RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 5 and RAID 10

-Supports Intel Smart Response Technology, Intel Rapid Start Technology and Intel Smart Connect Technology*

B85M-G43

-Intel B85 Express Chipset

-4x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)

-2x SATA 3Gb/s ports (SATA5, SATA6)

-Supports Intel Smart Connect Technology*

* Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8.

USB

■ Intel Z87/ H87/ B85 Express Chipset

-4x USB 3.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB connectors)

-10x USB 2.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 6 ports available through the internal USB connectors) (for Z87M-G43/ H87M- G43)

-8x USB 2.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors) (for B85M-G43)

Getting Started

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