- CPU
Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor/
Intel® Xeon® W5500/3600/3500 Series
Intel® Xeon® X5600/5500 Series
Intel® Xeon® E5600/5500 Series
Intel® Xeon® L5600/5500 Series
Supports Intel® Dynamic Speed Technology
* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list
- Chipset
Intel® X58 / ICH10R
Nvidia® NF200
- System Bus
Up to 6400 MT/s ; Intel® QuickPath Interconnect
- Memory
6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600(O.C.)/1333/1066 ECC,Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory
Triple channel memory architecture
Support Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
* Due to Intel spec definition, DIMMs of DDR3-1800 or above are supported by specific CPU models only.
* Please load X.M.P or D.O.C.P setting in BIOS for hyper DIMM (DDR3 1800MHz or above) support. * Please refer to www.asus.com or user manual for Memory QVL.
- Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x16)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x16 or x8)
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (@ x8)
1 x PCIe x1
- Multi-GPU Support
Supports NVIDIA® 3-Way Geforce SLI™ techonology
Supports ATI® CrossFireX™ technology, up to Quad CrossFireX™
- Storage
Intel ICH10R controller
6 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
Intel® Matrix Storage Support RAID 0,1,5,10
Marvell® 9128 PCIe SATA6Gb/s controller*
2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports, supporting RAID 0 and 1
* These SATA ports are for data hard drives only. ATAPI devices are not supported.
- LAN
2 x Intel® 82574L GbE LAN, support teaming function
- Audio
Realtek ALC889 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
VIA VT6315N supports 2 x 1394a port(s)
- USB
USB 3.0 controller
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Blue, at back panel)
Intel® X58 Chipset
- 12 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at back panel)
- ASUS Unique Features
EPU - 6 Engine
True 16+2 Phase Power Design
Turbo V
Fan Xpert
Q-Shield
Q-Connector
Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution
My Logo 2
CrashFree BIOS 3
EZ Flash 2
C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection)
O.C. Profile
- ASUS Workstation Special Features
5 PCIe x 16 slots
G.P. Diagnosis Card bundled
ASUS SASsaby Cards support (PCIEx16_5 slot only)
ASUS WS Diag. LED
- Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo port
1 x IEEE 1394a
2 x LAN(RJ45) port(s)
2 x USB 3.0/2.0
6 x USB 2.0/1.1
1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical)
8 -Channel Audio I/O
- Internal I/O Connectors
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connector(s) support additional 6 USB ports
1 x TPM connector
1 x Power Fan connector(s)
1 x S/PDIF Out connector
24-pin ATX Power connector
8-pin ATX +12V Power connector
1 x System Panel (20-pin)
Chassis Intrusion connector
CPU fan with PWM control
Chassis fan1 with Q-fan control
Chassis fan2 with Q-fan control
Chassis fan3 with Q-fan control
AAFP
Front panel connector
- BIOS
16 Mb Flash ROM AMI BIOS, Green, PnP, DMI v2.0, Wfm2.0, ACPI v2.0a, SMBIOS v 2.5
- Manageability
WOL/WOR by PME, WOR by Ring, Chassis Intrusion
- Support Disc
ASUS PC Probe II
Anti-virus software (OEM version)
ASUS Update
BIOS flash utility under DOS
AI Suite II
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 )