| CPU |
Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package L3 cache varies with CPU (Some Intel® Core™ processors require a graphic card, please refer |
| Chipset |
Intel® H61 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 2200(OC)/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules Support for non-ECC memory modules Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules * To support XMP memory, you must install an Intel 22nm (Ivy Bridge) CPU. (Please refer |
| Onboard Graphics |
Integrated Graphics Processor: 1 x D-Sub port |
| 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. |
| LAN |
Realtek GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) |
| Expansion Slots |
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) * Whether PCI Express 3.0 is supported depends on CPU and graphics card compatibility. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots (All PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) |
| Storage Interface |
Chipset: 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices |
| USB |
Chipset: Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 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 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 4 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 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Clear CMOS jumper |
| Back Panel Connectors |
1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x D-Sub port 1 x parallel port 1 x serial port 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 3 x audio jacks (Line In/Line Out/Microphone) |
| 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 fan speed control * Whether the CPU/System fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU/System cooler you install. |
| BIOS |
2 x 32 Mbit flash Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS Support for DualBIOS™ PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a |
| Unique Features |
Support for @BIOS Support for Q-Flash Support for EasyTune * Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model. Support for ON/OFF Charge |
| Bundled Software |
Norton Internet Security (OEM version) |
| Operating System |
Support for Microsoft® Windows 8/7/Vista/XP |
| Form Factor |
Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 17.4cm |
| 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 SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website. |