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ASUS X99-E WS
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Chapter 1
Product introduction
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1.1 Special features
1.1.1 Product highlights
LGA2011-v3 socket for Intel
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Core™ i7 processors
This motherboard supports Intel
®
Core™ i7 processors in the LGA2011-v3 package. It
provides great system performance, quad-channel DDR4 memory slots and PCI Express
2.0/3.0 expansion slots.
Intel
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X99 Express Chipset
Intel
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X99 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA2011-v3 socket for Intel
®
Core™ i7 processors. It utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth and
enhances the system’s performance. It natively supports up to six (6) USB 3.0 ports and ten
(10) SATA 6 Gb/s ports.
PCI Express
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3.0
PCI Express
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3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that provides twice the
performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance,
unprecedented data speed and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility
to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.
4-WAY SLI and Quad GPU CrossFireX™ Support
This motherboad features NVIDIA 4-WAY and Quad GPU AMD CrossreX support that
enables mulit-GPU setup, giving you the full power of the latest graphics technologies. It also
features native support for 4K/UHD (ultra high denition) resolution of up to 4096 x 2160 via
HDMI or DisplayPort, resulting to four times the number of pixels for incredible visual clarity,
detail, and realism.
SATA Express support
SATA Express provides faster data transfer speeds of up to 10 Gb/s, allowing your system to
catch up with the speed of the SSDs. It also features backward compatibility with up to two
SATA drives of the same speed.
Quad-Channel DDR4 2133 MHz Support
The motherboard supports the quad-channel DDR4 memory that features data transfer rates
of DDR4 2133 MHz to boost the system’s performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth
requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia and Internet applications.
M.2 Support*
This motherboard features the M.2 slot, which shares bandwidth with PCI Express 3.0 x4 slot
to speed up data transfer up to 32 Gb/s. This helps enhance the performance of your SSD
(Solid State Drive) that is dedicated only to the operating system.
* Supports PCIe mode only.
Chapter 1: Product Introduction