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P9X79 WS specications summary
CPU 2nd Generation Intel
®
Core™ i7 Processor family for the
LGA 2011 Socket
Intel
®
Xeon
®
series processor for the LGA 2011 Socket
* Supports Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
** Refer to www.asus.com for CPU support list
Chipset Intel
®
X79 Express Chipset
Memory 8 x DIMM, Max. 64GB, DDR3 2400(O.C.)/2133(O.
C.)/1866/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC, Non-ECC, un-
buffered Memory
Quad channel memory architecture
Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical
characteristics of individual CPUs.
** Due to CPU behavior, DDR3 2200/2000/1800 MHz
memory module will run at DDR3 2133/1866/1600 MHz
as default.
*** Refer to www.asus.com for the memory QVL
(Qualied Vendors Lists).
Expansion Slots 4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (dual@x16/x16; Quad@x8/x8/x8/
x8; Triple@x16/x8/x8)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot (White@x4 speed)
* This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 SPEC.
Functions will be available when using PCIe 3.0-
compliant devices. Please refer to www.asus.com for
updated details.
Multi-GPU support Supports NVIDIA
®
4-Way SLI™ Technology
Supports AMD
®
Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology
Storage Intel
®
X79 Express Chipset:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10
support
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10
support
Marvell
®
9128 SATA controllers:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
LAN 1 x Intel
®
82579V Gigabit LAN PHY
1 x Intel
®
82574L Gigabit LAN controller
USB ASMedia USB 3.0 controllers
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at mid-board for front panel
support
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel
Intel
®
X79 Express Chipset
- 13 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (5 ports at mid-board, 8 ports at
back panel)
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