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 "CPU support List" for more information.)

Back Panel Ports

1 x PS/2 keyboard port

1 x PS/2 mouse port

1 x D-Sub port

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

1 x RJ-45 port

3 x audio jacks (Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

Chipset

Intel® H61 Express Chipset

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 speaker header

1 x chassis intrusion header

1 x Clear CMOS jumper

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 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 "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics

Integrated Graphics Processor:

1 x D-Sub port

Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

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.

1 x PCI Express x1 slot
(The PCI Express x1 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

Storage

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)

LAN

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

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.

Unique Features

Support for @BIOS

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Xpress Recovery2

Support for EasyTune
* Available functions in EasyTune may differ by motherboard model.

Support for ON/OFF Charge

Operating System Support

Support for Windows 8.1/8/7/XP

I/O Controller

iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

System voltage detection

CPU/System temperature detection

CPU/System fan speed detection

CPU 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

1 x 32 Mbit flash

Use of licensed AMI EFI BIOS

PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.6, ACPI 2.0a

Form Factor

Micro ATX Form Factor; 19.0cm x 17.0cm

Bundle Software

Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)

Warranty

3 Years

Note*

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.

Price, feature and specifications are subject to change without notice.