[. . . ] com Detail Specification Platform CPU - ATX Form Factor: 12. 0-in x 9. 6-in, 30. 5 cm x 24. 4 cm - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) Supports Intel® Core ™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket Digi Power Design Advanced V12 + 2 Power Phase Design Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2. 0 Technology Supports Hyper-Threading Technology Supports Untied Overclocking Technology Chipset Memory - Intel® X79 Quad Channel DDR3 memory technology 6 x DDR3 DIMM slots Supports DDR3 2400+(OC)/1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory Supports DDR3 ECC, un-buffered memory with Intel® Workstation 1S Xeon® processors E5 2xxx & 4xxx series in socket LGA 2011 - Max. [. . . ] PCI Express 3. 0 can maximize the bandwidth for the next-gen PCI Express 3. 0 VGA cards, provide ultimate graphics performance. Raw bit rate 5. 0GT/s Bandwidth per lane 500MB/s Encoding Efficiency 80% PCI-E 3. 0 8. 0GT/s 1GB/s 98. 5% Note: PCI-E 3. 0 requires both a supporting CPU and motherboard at the same time. Currently Intel® Socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E Processor doesn’t support PCI-E 3. 0, but this motherboard is already PCI-E 3. 0 hardware ready. Please check Intel website for information on future CPU updates and releases. XFast RAM Technology 1 5X Faster for Photoshop Execution The XFast RAM will create a virtual disk from system memory to boost up the performance. For Photoshop, it can even perform 5X faster than before! 2 Fully Utilize Wasted Memory under 32bit OS XFast RAM is part of ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU). It fully utilizes the memory space that cannot be used under 32-bit OS. Fully Optimize Memory Usage RAM 3 Enhance Internet Surfing Experience Exactly shortens the loading time of previously visited webpages, making web surfing faster than ever. 4 Extend SSD / HDD Lifespan It will reduce the frequency of accessing your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend their lifespan. XFast LAN Technology 1 LAN Application Prioritization 2 Lower Latency In Game 219 ms 594% Faster 1301 ms Time latency in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm With XFast LAN Without XFast LAN You can configure your application priority ideally and/or add new programs. After setting online game priority higher in XFast LAN, it can lower the latency in game. Faster Internet Access 3 Traffic Shaping 4 Real-Time Analysis Of Your Data You can watch Youtube HD video and download files simultaneously. With the status window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are currently transferring. XFast Charger Technology XFast Charger is the best and fastest technology to charge your mobile devices via PC. With the superb XFast Charger USB port, users are assured to enjoy the quick charging experience anytime. In addition to Apple devices, it is also capable of charging the BC 1. 1 standard smart devices. Fast Charge & Charge Anytime Charger USB 3. 0 Benchmark ASRock Motherboard with XFast USB Technology XFast USB Technology ATTO Disk Benchmark - 4K Read Other Motherboard without XFast USB Technology 240039 KB/s 42164 KB/s 469. 30% Faster ASRock Motherboard with XFast USB Technology ATTO Disk Benchmark - 4K Write 42687 KB/s Other Motherboard without XFast USB Technology 155648 KB/s 264. 63% Faster X79 Extreme7 Intel® X79 Chipset www. asrock . com UEFI System Browser The UEFI system browser can let you easily check your current system configuration in UEFI setup. Dual LAN Teaming Dual LAN with Teaming function enabled on this motherboard allows two single connections to act as one single connection for twice the transmission bandwidth, making data transmission more effective. Graphical UEFI * Graphical Visual Experience * Mouse Enabling * Supports 3TB bootable HDD AXTU ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) is an all-in-one software to fine-tune different features in an userfriendly interface, which includes Hardware Monitor, Fan Control, Overclocking, OC DNA, IES and XFast RAM. THX TruStudio Delivering the fullest audio experience for games, music and movies. Cyberlink MediaEspresso 6. 5 Trial The fastest video media conversation software MAGIX Multimedia Suite The ultimate solutions to enhance your media experience. [. . . ] Normally, ASRock X-FAN will remain deactivated to give users the quietest computing experience. [. . . ]