- CPU
Intel Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor LGA1366 socket for Intel® Xeon® processor 3500 Series
LGA1366 socket for Intel® Xeon® processor E5502/E5504/E5506
Intel® Xeon® W5500/3600/3500 Series
Intel® Xeon® X5600/ 5500 Series
Intel® Xeon® E5600/5500 Series
Intel® Xeon® L5600/5500 Series
Dual Cores/Quad Cores/Six Cores CPU Support
Supports Intel® Dynamic Speed Technology
*Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list
- Chipsatz
Intel X58 / ICH10R
- System Bus
Up to 6400 ; Intel® QuickPath Interconnect MT/s
- Memory
6 x DIMM, 24 GB, DDR3 1600*/2000(O.C.)*/1866(O.C.)*/1800(O.C.)*/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Triple channel memory architecture
Support Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
*Hyper DIMM (DDR3 1800MHz or above) support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs.
**Refer to www.asus.com. Or user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendor Lists.)
*** ECC Un-buffered memory support requires Intel® Nehalem-WS 1S W3500 series or Nehalem-EP E5500 series processors
- Expansion Slots
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (at x16 / x16 mode)
1 x PCIe x1
1 x PCI 2.2
2 x PCI-X
- Multi-GPU Support
Supports NVIDIA® 2-Way or Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology*
Supports ATI® CrossFireX™ Technology
* SLI support may need driver update. Visit www.asus.com for more details.
- Storage
* A SAS expander (excluded in package) is required while using RAID 10 on SAS ports.
** A port-multiplier (excluded in package) is required while using RAID 5 or 10 on eSATA ports. Intel ICH10R controller
6 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports
0,1,5,10 Intel® Matrix Storage Support RAID Marvell 88SE6320 SAS controller2 x SAS ports supporting SAS RAID 0, 1, 10*
Marvell 88SE6121 SATA controller
External SATA 150/300 (SATA On-the-G0), supporting SATA RAID 0, 1, 10, and 5**
2 x
- LAN
2 x Realtek® 8111C PCIe Dual Gigabit LAN controllers - Support teaming function
- Audio
ADI 2000B, 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Multi-Streaming
Jack-Sensing
Front Panel Jack-Retasking
Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
ASUS Noise-Filer
- IEEE 1394
2 LSI Agere FW3227 controller supports x 1394a ports
- USB
12 USB 2.0 ports
- ASUS Workstation Special Features
G.P. Diagnosis Card bundled
ASUS SASsaby Cards support
ASUS WS Diag. LED
ASUS WS Heartbeat
SAS Onboard
- Special Features
EPU - 6 Engine
True 16+2 Phase Power Design
Turbo V
Fan Xpert
Express Gate
AI Nap
Q-Shield
Q-Connector
Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution
Fanless Design: Stack Cool 2
My Logo 2
CrashFree BIOS 3
EZ Flash 2
C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
O.C. Profile
- Back Panel I/O Ports
PS/2 KB/MS combo port
2 x RJ45
S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical)
6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
2 x eSATA
1 x IEEE1394a
1 x 8-channel Audio I/O
- Internal I/O Connectors
24-pin EATX Power connector
8-pin ATX +12V Power connector
Chassis intrusion
CPU fan with PWM control
Chassis fan1 with Q-fan control
Chassis fan2 with Q-fan control
Chassis fan3 w/o Q-fan control
PWR fan
CD audio in
3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports
20-pin Panel connector
1 x IEEE 1394a port
TPM header
S/PDIF Out header
Front panel connector
- BIOS
16 Mb Flash ROM AMI BIOS, Green, PnP, DMI v2.0, Wfm2.0, ACPI v2.0a, SMBIOS v 2.4BIOS flash utility under DOS
- Manageability
WOL/WOR by PME, WOR by Ring, AI NET2, Chassis Intrusion
- Support CD
AI Suite
ASUS Update
ASUS PC Probe II
Anti-Virus Software (OEM version)
Adobe Acrobat Reader ver 8.0
Microsoft DirectX ver 9.0C
Image-Editing Suite
- Form Factor
ATX Form Factor
12 inch x 9.6 inch 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm )