Asus RAMPAGE V EXTREME U3.1 User Guide - Page 19

Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Product Introduction Product introduction 1.1 Special features 1 1.1.1 Product highlights LGA2011-v3 socket for Intel® Core™ i7 processor family This motherboard supports Intel® Core™ i7 processors in the LGA2011-v3 package. It provides great graphics and system performance with its GPU, dual-channel DDR4 memory slots and PCI Express 2.0/3.0 expansion slots. Intel® X99 Express Chipset Intel® X99 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA2011-v3 socket for Intel® Core™ i7 processors. It utilizes serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth and enhances the system's performance. It natively supports up to eight (8) USB 3.0 ports, fourteen (14) SATA 6 Gb/s ports, and M.2 support for faster data retrieval. It also enables the iGPU function for Intel® integrated graphics performance. PCIe 3.0 Ready The PCI Express bus standard delivers improved encoding for twice the performance of current PCIe 2.0. Total bandwidth for a x16 link reaches a maximum of 32Gb/s, double the 16Gb/s of PCIe 2.0 in x16 mode. PCIe 3.0 provides you unprecedented data speeds with the convenience and seamless transition offered by complete backward compatibility with PCIe 1.0 and PCIe 2.0 devices, and improves and optimizes graphics performance. * This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 specification. Functions are available when using PCIe 3.0-compliant devices. Refer to www.asus.com for updated details. 3-Way/4-way/Quad-GPU SLI™ and CrossFireX™ Support This motherboard features Intel's powerful new X99 platform and optimizes PCIe allocation in multi-GPU SLI and CrossFireX solutions to give you the ultimate gaming experience. Quad-Channel DDR4 Support The motherboard supports the quad-channel DDR4 memory that supports memory frequencies of up to 3300 MHz to boost the system's performance and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. SATA Express support SATA Express provides faster data transfer speeds of up to 10 Gb/s allowing your system to catch up with the speed of the SSDs. It also features backward compatibility with up to two SATA drives of the same speed. PCIe 3.0 X4 M.2 Support With PCIe 3.0 x4 bandwidth, M.2 supports up to 32Gbit/s data-transfer speeds. It is the perfect choice for a system drive making your OS and apps launch as fast as possible. ASUS RAMPAGE V EXTREME 1-1