The Best Overclocking Experience on Intel Z68-based board

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The Best Overclocking Experience on Intel Z68 with ROG Motherboard
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CPU Feature
LGA1155 socket for 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Core™ i3 Processors

This motherboard supports the latest Intel® Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7 2nd generation processors in the LGA1155 package, with memory and PCI Express controllers integrated to support 2-channel (4 DIMM) DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 2.0 lanes. This provides great graphics performance. Intel® Core™ i3/Core™ i5/Core™ i7 2nd generation processors are among the most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.

Chipset Features
Intel® Z68 Express Chipset

The Intel® Z68 Express Chipset is a single-chipset design to support socket 1155 Intel® second generation Core™ i7/Core™ i5/Core™ i3 processors. It provides improved performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability. Additionally, Z68 chipset provides 2 SATA 6Gb/s and 4 SATA 3Gb/s ports for faster data retrieval at double the bandwidth of current bus systems. Moreover, Intel® Z68 Express Chipset also supports iGPU function, letting users enjoy the latest Intel integrated graphic performance.

Intel® Smart Response Technology

Faster Access, Bigger Storage
Intel® Smart Response Technology boosts overall system performance. It uses an installed fast SSD (min 18.6GB available) as a cache for frequently accessed operations, speeding up hard drive/main memory interaction. Key benefits are expedited hard drive speeds, reduced load and wait times and maximized storage utilization. Power consumption also goes down by reducing unnecessary hard drive spin, an important part of Green ASUS eco-friendly computing.

* Support Intel® Smart Response Technology on 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor family

• Model

• Brand

  ASUS

• Model

  Maximus IV Extreme-Z

• Supported CPU

• CPU Socket Type

  LGA 1155

• CPU Type

  Core i7 / i5 / i3 (LGA1155)

• Chipsets

• Chipset

  Intel Z68

• Memory

• Number of Memory Slots

  4×240pin

• Memory Standard

  DDR3 2200(O.C.)/1866(O.C.)/1600/1333

• Maximum Memory Supported

  32GB

• Channel Supported

  Dual Channel

• Expansion Slots

• PCI Express 2.0 x16

  4 (x16 or dual x8 or x8, x16, x16)

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• PCI Express x4

  1 x PCI Express x4

• PCI Express x1

  1 x PCI Express x1

• Storage Devices

• SATA 3Gb/s

  4 x SATA 3Gb/s

• SATA 6Gb/s

  4 x SATA 6Gb/s

• SATA RAID

  2 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s), red and 4 x SATA 3Gb/s port(s), gray support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10 by Z68

• Onboard Video

• Onboard Video Chipset

  none

• Onboard Audio

• Audio Chipset

  Realtek ALC889

• Audio Channels

  8 Channels

• Onboard LAN

• Max LAN Speed

  Dual 10/100/1000Mbps

• Bluetooth

  Bluetooth V2.1+EDR

• Rear Panel Ports

• PS/2	1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port

• USB 3.0

  8 x USB 3.0

• USB 1.1/2.0

  1 x USB 2.0

• eSATA

  2 x eSATA 3Gb/s

• S/PDIF Out

  1 x Optical

• Audio Ports

  6 Ports

• Internal I/O Connectors

• Onboard USB

  2 x USB 3.0 + 8 x USB 2.0

• Physical Spec

• Form Factor

  Extended ATX

• Dimensions (W x L)

  12" x 10.6"

• Power Pin

  24 Pin

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