Hardware Installation - 10 -
1-2 Product Specications
CPU
Support for an Intel
®
Core
™
i7 series processor/Intel
®
Core
™
i5 series processor
/Intel
®
Core
™
i3 series processor in the LGA1156 package
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
L3 cache varies with CPU
Chipset
Intel
®
P55 Express Chipset
Memory
4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
(Note 1)
Dual channel memory architecture
Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules
Support for non-ECC memory modules
SupportforExtremeMemoryProle(XMP)memorymodules
(
Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and
memory modules)
Audio
Realtek ALC889 codec
HighDenitionAudio
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
Support for Dolby
®
Home Theater
Support for S/PDIF In/Out
Support for CD In
LAN
2 x Realtek RTL8111E chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
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1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
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Support for Teaming
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Support for Smart Dual LAN
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Expansion Slots
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16)
(Note 2)
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
(Note 3)
(The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3 x PCI Express x1 slots
2 x PCI slots
Multi-Graphics
Support for ATI CrossFireX
™
/NVIDIA SLI technology
Technology
Storage Interface
Chipset:
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0, SATA2_1, SATA2_2, SATA2_3,
SATA2_4, SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Marvell 9128 chip:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (GSATA3_6, GSATA3_7) supporting up to
2 SATA 6Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0 and RAID 1
JMicronJMB362SATA2chip:
- 2 x eSATA 3Gb/s connectors on the back panel supporting up to 2 SATA
3Gb/s devices
- SupportforSATARAID0,RAID1,andJBOD
iTE IT8213 chip:
- 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
iTE IT8720 chip:
- 1xoppydiskdriveconnectorsupportingupto1oppydiskdrive
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Only for GA-P55A-UD4P.
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Only for GA-P55A-UD4.