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Note:

• The full product specifications below are from the manufacturer and may contain information related to other package quantities that will not apply to the product that you are reviewing. Please confirm the actual content and/or package quantity from the main product specifications page.
• These specifications may represent the entire product series/model/line to which this product belongs with specific configuration differences between the individual products stated.
• These specifications may have been copied from the same product in other region/country in which case there might be minor differences in region-specific data such as Input Voltage, Terms of Warranty etc.

CPU:

• Support for Intel^® Core™ i7 processors/Intel^® Core™ i5 processors/Intel^® Core™ i3 processors/Intel^® Pentium^®processors/Intel^® Celeron^® processors in the LGA1150 package
• L3 cache varies with CPU

(Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

Chipset:

• Intel^® H81 Express Chipset

Memory:

• 2 x 1.5V 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 MHz memory modules
• Support for non-ECC memory modules
• Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

(Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics: Integrated Graphics Processor - Intel^® HD Graphics support:

• 1 x D-Sub port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200
• 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz / 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
  * Support for HDMI 1.4a version.
• Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

Audio:

• Realtek^® ALC887 codec
• High Definition Audio
• 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  * To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
• Support for S/PDIF Out

LAN:

• Realtek^® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)

Expansion Slots:

• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
• 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
  (The PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
• 2 x PCI slots

Storage Interface: Chipset:

• 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0/1) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
• 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2 2/3) supporting up to 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices

USB: Chipset:

• Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel
• Up to 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

Internal I/O Connectors:

• 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
• 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
• 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
• 2 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
• 1 x S/PDIF Out header
• 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 header
• 1 x serial port header
• 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

Back Panel Connectors:

• 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
• 1 x PS/2 mouse port
• 1 x parallel port
• 1 x serial port
• 1 x D-Sub port
• 1 x HDMI port
• 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
• 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
• 1 x RJ-45 port
• 3 x audio jacks (Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

I/O Controller:

• iTE^® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring:

• System voltage detection
• CPU/System temperature detection
• CPU/System fan speed detection
• CPU/System overheating warning
• CPU/System fan fail warning
• CPU/System fan speed control
  * Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.

BIOS:

• 2 x 64 Mbit flash
• Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS
• Support for DualBIOS™
• PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features:

• Support for Q-Flash
• Support for Xpress Install
• Support for APP Center
  * Available applications in APP Center may differ by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also differ depending on motherboard specifications.
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  EasyTune
  EZ Setup
  USB Blocker
• Support for ON/OFF Charge

Bundle Software:

• Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)

Operating System:

• Support for Windows 8/7

Form Factor:

• Micro ATX Form Factor; 24.4cm x 18.0cm

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. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.