Gigabyte GA-X58A-OC User Manual

Hardware Installation - 10 -
1-2 Product Specications
CPU Support for an Intel 
®
Core
™
i7 series processor in the LGA1366 package
( Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.)
L3 cache varies with CPU 
QPI 4.8GT/s, 6.4GT/s 
Chipset
North Bridge: Intel 
®
X58 Express Chipset
South Bridge: Intel 
®
ICH10R
Memory 6 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 24 GB of system memory 
* Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical
memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB.
3/Dual channel memory architecture 
Support for DDR3 2200/1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules 
Support for non-ECC memory modules 
SupportforExtremeMemoryProle(XMP)memorymodules 
(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest supported memory speeds and memory
modules.)
Audio Realtek ALC889 codec 
HighDenitionAudio 
2/4/5.1/7.1-channel 
  * Tocongure7.1-channelaudio,youhavetouseanHDfrontpanelaudiomoduleand
enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver.
Support for S/PDIF Out 
LAN 1 x Realtek RTL8111E chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) 
Expansion Slots 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2) 
* For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be
sure to install it in the PCIEX16_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics
cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2
slots.
2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1, PCIEX8_2) 
* The PCIEX8_1 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 slot and the PCIEX8_2
slot with PCIEX16_2. The PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2 slot will operate at up to x8 mode
when the PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2 is populated.
(The PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2, PCIEX8_1, and PCIEX8_2 slots conform to PCI
Express 2.0 standard.)
1 x PCI slot 
Multi-Graphics
Technology
Support for 3-Way/2-Way NVIDIA SLI technology and 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way ATI 
CrossFireX™ technology
Storage Interface South Bridge: 
- 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2_0~SATA2_5) supporting up to 6 SATA
3Gb/s devices
- Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
1 x Marvell 88SE9182 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

Gigabyte GA-X58A-OC Specifications

General

Brand	Gigabyte
Model	GA-X58A-OC
Category	Motherboard
Language	English