Asus Z87-Deluxe/Dual User Manual

ASUS Z87-DELUXE/DUAL
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Chapter 1
Product introduction
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1.1 Special features
1.1.1 Product highlights
LGA1150 socket for 4th generation Intel
®
Core™ i7/Intel
®
Core™ i5/Intel
®
Core™ i3, Pentium
®
and Celeron
®
processors
This motherboard supports 4th generation Intel
®
Core™ i7/Intel
®
Core™ i5/Intel
®
Core™ i3,
Pentium
®
, and Celeron
®
processors in the LGA1150 package. It provides great graphics and
system performance with its GPU, dual-channel DDR3 memory slots and PCI Express 2.0/3.0
expansion slots.
Intel
®
Z87 Express Chipset
Intel
®
Z87 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA1150 socket for 4th
generation Intel
®
Core™ i7/Intel
®
Core™ i5/Intel
®
Core™ i3, Pentium
®
and Celeron
®
processors. It utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth and enhances
the system’s performance. It natively supports up to six USB 3.0 ports for up to ten times
faster transfer rate than USB 2.0 and enables the iGPU function for Intel
®
integrated graphics
performance.
PCI Express
®
3.0
PCI Express
®
3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that provides twice the
performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance,
unprecedented data speed and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility
to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.
Dual-Channel DDR3 2800 (O.C.) / 2666 (O.C.) / 2600 (O.C.) / 2500 (O.C.) / 2400
(O.C.) / 2200 (O.C.) / 2133 (OC.) / 2000 (O.C.) / 1866 (O.C.) / 1800 (O.C.)* / 1600 /
1333 MHz Support
The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates
of DDR3 2800 (O.C.) / 2666 (O.C.) / 2600 (O.C.) / 2500 (O.C.) / 2400 (O.C.) / 2200 (O.C.) /
2133 (OC.) / 2000 (O.C.) / 1866 (O.C.) / 1800 (O.C.) /1600 / 1333 MHz to boost the system’s
performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D graphics, multimedia and
Internet applications.
Quad-GPU SLI and Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Support
This motherboard features the most powerful Intel
®
Z87 platform that optimizes PCIe
allocation in multi-GPU SLI and CrossFireX™ solution, giving you a brand-new gaming
enjoyment.
Chapter 1: Product Introduction

Asus Z87-Deluxe/Dual Specifications

General

Form Factor	ATX
Socket	LGA 1150
Chipset	Intel Z87
Memory Slots	4
Max Memory	32GB
PCI Express 3.0 x16	2
PCI Express 2.0 x16	1
PCI Express x1	2
SATA 6Gb/s	6
RAID Support	0, 1, 5, 10
Audio	Realtek ALC1150 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Wireless	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Memory Standard	DDR3 1600/1333 MHz
USB 3.0	6
LAN	Gigabit Ethernet
Bluetooth	Bluetooth V4.0