Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP5 TH - Page 11

Hardware Installation
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Expansion Slots (The PCIEX16, PCIEX8, and PCIEX4 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
* Whether PCI Express 3.0 is supported depends on CPU and graphics card
compatibility.
 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
(All PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
 1 x PCI slot
Multi-Graphics
Technology
 Support for AMD CrossFireX
™
/ NVIDIA SLI technology
Storage Interface  Chipset:
- 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0/SATA3 1) supporting up to 2 SATA
6Gb/s devices
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2 2~5) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s
devices
- 1 x mSATA connector
* The SATA2 5 connector will become unavailable when the mSATA connector is
installed with a solid state drive.
- Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
* When a RAID set is built across the SATA 6Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s channels, the
system performance of the RAID set may vary depending on the devices being
connected.
 Marvell 88SE9172 chip:
- 1 x SATA 6Gb/s connector (GSATA3 8) supporting up to 1 SATA 6Gb/s device
- 1 x eSATA 6Gb/s connector on the back panel supporting up to 1 SATA 6Gb/s
device
- Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1
USB  Chipset:
- Up to 2 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (available through the internal USB headers)
- Up to 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through
the internal USB headers)
 Chipset + 2 VIA USB 3.0 Hubs:
- Up to 8 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through
the internal USB headers)
* In Windows XP, the Intel USB 3.0 ports and VIA USB 3.0 HUB can support up to USB 2.0
transfer speed.
* Due to a Windows 7 limitation, please connect your USB device(s) to the USB 2.0/1.1
port(s) before the Intel USB 3.0 controller driver is installed.
IEEE 1394  VIA VT6308 chip:
- Up to 1 IEEE 1394a port (available through the internal IEEE 1394a header)
Thunderbolt  Intel DSL3510L chip:
- 2 Thunderbolt ports on the back panel
Internal
Connectors
 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
 1 x PCIe power connector
 3 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors
 1 x mSATA connector