Asus P9X79-E Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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P9X79-E WS specications summary
CPU
2nd Generation Intel
®
Core™ i7 Processor for the LGA
2011 Socket
Intel
®
Xeon
®
E5-1600 processor for the LGA 2011 Socket
Intel
®
Xeon
®
E5-2600 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 (O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 MHz, ECC, Non-
ECC, un-buffered Memory
Quad channel memory architecture
Supports Intel
®
Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)
* Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical
characteristics of individual CPUs.
** Refer to www.asus.com for the memory QVL (Qualied
Vendors Lists).
Expansion Slots
4 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (dual@x16/x16; Quad@x16/x16/
x16/x16, blue)
3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot (@x8 mode, black)
* 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
®
4-Way CrossFireX™ Technology
GPU support
Up to 3 NVIDIA
®
Tesla cards and Intel
®
Xeon
®
phi cards
Storage
Intel
®
X79 Express Chipset:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0 and 1 support
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10
support
Marvell
®
9230 SATA controllers:
- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0,1,5 and 10
support
LAN
2 x Intel
®
i210 Gigabit LAN controller
USB
ASMedia USB 3.0 controllers
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at mid-board for front panel
support, blue
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports at back panel
Intel
®
X79 Express Chipset
- 13 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (3 ports at mid-board,
black+white, 10 ports at back panel)
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