CPU

LGA1150 socket for the 4th, New 4th & 5th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™i3, Pentium®, and Celeron® processors

Supports 22nm CPU

Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0*

Chipset

Intel® H97 Express Chipset

Memory

4 x DIMM,max. 32 GB,DDR3 1600/1333 MHz,non-ECC, un-buffered

memory*

Dual channelmemory architecture

Supports Intel®Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Expansion slots

1 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slot (at x16mode)

1. x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot* (max. at x4 mode, compatible with PCIe x1 and x4 devices)
2. x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots* 3 x PCI slots

* The PCIe x1_1, PCIex1_2 slots sharebandwidth with PCIe x16_2 slot.The PCIe

x16_2 slot runs at x2 modeas default. Pleasecheck BIOS for more configuration.

VGA

Integrated Graphics Processor - Intel® HD Graphics support Multi-VGA outputsupport: HDMI, DVI-D,RGB port

• Supports HDMI with max. resolution 4096x2160@24Hz / 2560x1600@60Hz
• Supports DVI-D withmax. resolution 1920x 1200@60Hz
• Supports RGB with max. resolution 1920 x 1200@60Hz

Supports Intel® InTru™ 3D/Quick SyncVideo/Clear Video HD Technology/ Insider™

Supports up to three displays simultaneously Maximum shared memory 512 MB

Multi-GPU support

Supports AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology

Storage

Intel® H97 Express Chipset with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 13 support

• 1x SATA Express port (black, compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)
• 1x M.2 Socket 3*
• 4x SATA 6.0Gb/s ports (gray)
• Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology, Intel® Rapid Start Technology, Intel®Smart Connect Technology**

LAN

Gigabit Intel® LAN controller

• 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) appliance

Intel® I218-V Gigabit LAN

• Dual interconnect between the integrated mediaAccess Controller (MAC)and physical layer(PHY)

USB

• 6x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel[blue])
• 8x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 2 ports at back panel)

1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port 1 x HDMI port

1 x DVI-D port 1 x VGA port

1x LAN (RJ45)port

4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (blue) 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports

7.1-channel Audio I/O ports(6-jacks)

 x USB 3.0/2.0 connector support additional 2 USB ports(19-pin) 3 x USB 2.0/1/1 connectors support additional 6 USB ports

1 x SATA Express port (black, compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports)

1 x M.2Socket 3*

4 x SATA 6.0Gb/s connectors (gray)

1 x CPU Fan connector (4-pin) for both 3-pin(DC mode) and 4-pin(PWM mode)CPU coolers control**

3 x Chassis Fan connectors (4-pin) for both 3-pin(DC mode) and 4-pin(PWM mode) coolers control

1 x Front panel audio connector (AAFP) 1 x S/PDIF out header

1 x TPM connector 1 x COM connector

24-pin EATX Power connector

8-pin EATX 12V Power connector System panel connector (Q-Connector) 1 x MemOK!button

1 x ClearCMOS jumper(s) 1 x GPU Boostswitch