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 Express Chipset |
Memory | ■ 4x DDR3 memory slots supporting up to 32GB |
Support | ■ Supports DDR3 3000(OC)/ 2800(OC)/ 2666(OC)/ 2600(OC)/ |
| 2400(OC)/ 2200(OC)/ 2133(OC)/ 2000(OC)/ 1866(OC)/ 1600/ 1333/ |
| 1066 MHz |
■Dual channel memory architecture
■Supports
■Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
Expansion | ■ 5x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (PCI_E1, PCI_E2, PCI_E3, PCI_E5, PCI_E7)* |
Slots | - The operating mode will be x0/ x16/ x0/ x0/ x0, x16/ x0/ x0/ x16/ |
| x0, x8/ x0/ x8/ x16/ x0 or x8/ x0/ x8/ x8/ x8.* |
-Support for installing up to 4 PCIe x16 expansion cards.
■2x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
*For a single expansion card installation with optimum performance, using the PCI_E2 slot is recommended.
Onboard | ■ 2x HDMI ports, supporting a maximum resolution of |
Graphics | 4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp/ 2560x1600@60Hz, 24bpp/ |
| 1920x1080@60Hz, 36bpp |
■1x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@24Hz, 24bpp/ 3840x2160@60Hz, 24bpp
■ Supports | |
Support | ■ Supports |
| ■ Supports Lucidlogix® Virtu MVP 2* |
| * Supports Windows 7 and Windows 8. |
Storage | ■ Intel® Z87 Express Chipset |
| - 1x mSATA 6Gb/s port* |
| - 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** |
| ■ 2x ASMedia ASM1061 Chipset |
| - 4x SATA 6Gb/s ports (SATA7~10) |
| * The SATA5 port will be unavailable when install a SSD in the mSATA port. |
| ** Supports Intel Core processors on Windows 7 and Windows 8. |
USB | ■ Intel Z87 Express Chipset |
-4x USB 3.0 ports (available through the internal USB connectors)
-6x USB 2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB connectors)*
■2x ASMedia ASM1074 Chipset
-8x USB 3.0 ports on the back panel
* Internal JUSB1 connector supports MSI Super Charger.
Audio | ■ Realtek® ALC1150 Codec |
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-Supports S/PDIF output
Getting Started |