X79 Extreme3 System Board
Form Factor
ATX
Processor Support
Intel® Core™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket
Memory
Four 240-pin DDR3 Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets Support for DDR3 1600, 1333, or 1066 MHz DIMMs Support for up to 32 GB of system memory
Chipset
Intel® X79 Chipset Intel® Rapid Storage Technology - RAID 0,1,5,10
Video
Video support provided via PCI Express graphics add-in card(s) Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ Supports NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™, Quad SLI™, and SLI™
Audio
High Definition Audio subsystem Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec 8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem Six analog audio ports One Optical S/PDIF output One Coaxial S/PDIF output
LAN
Broadcom Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) Ethernet Controller
Peripheral Interfaces
Two PS/2 ports Twelve USB 2.0 ports (6- Rear ports + 3- 10 pin headers) Four USB 3.0 ports (2 Rear ports + 2 10 pin headers) Four Serial ATA (SATA) 6.0 Gb/s (Intel® Controller ) Supports RAID 0, 1 ,5 ,10 Three Serial ATA (SATA) 6.0 Gb/s (ASMedia Controller) One eSATA port
Expansion Capabilities
Three PCI Express 3.0 x16 Graphics Slots (Single at x16; Dual at x8; Triple at x8) One PCI Express 2.0 x1 add-in card slots Two PCI Conventional add-in card slots