Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package L3 cache varies with CPU (Some Intel® Core™ processors require a graphic card, please refer "CPU support List" for more information.)
USB
Chipset: 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
BIOS
1 x 32 Mbit flash Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
Memory
2 x DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory * Due to a Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than the size of the physical memory installed. Dual channel memory architecture Support for DDR3 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules * To support XMP memory, you must install an Intel® 22nm (Ivy Bridge) CPU. (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)
Remark
Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.
Storage
Chipset: 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
Dimensions
19cm x 17cm
H/W Monitoring
Voltage detection Temperature detection Fan speed detection Overheating warning Fan fail warning Fan speed control * Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.
I/O Controller
iTE® I/O Controller Chip
Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) * Whether PCI Express 3.0 is supported depends on CPU and graphics card compatibility. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot (The PCI Express x1 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
Unique Features
Support for @BIOS Support for Q-Flash Support for Xpress Install Support for EasyTune * Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. Support for Smart Recovery 2 Support for ON/OFF Charge
Bundled Software
Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
Onboard Graphics
Integrated Graphics Processor: 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 Maximum shared memory of 1 GB
Operating System
Support for Windows 8.1/7
Back Panel Connectors
1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port 1 x D-Sub port 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 3 x audio jacks (Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 1 x system fan header 1 x front panel header 1 x front panel audio header 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x speaker header 1 x chassis intrusion header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper