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X8ST3-F/X8STE User’s Manual
Motherboard Features
CPU
• Single Intel
®
Core™ i7 990X, i7-980X, i7-975, i7-965 Extreme Edition, Intel®
Xeon® 5600/5500 series and Intel® Xeon® 3600/3500 series.
Memory
• Six 240-pin, DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets with support for unbuffered ECC or
non ECC 1333/1066/800 MHz memory.
Note: Both Unbuffered ECC and Non-ECC DIMM modules are supported
by the motherboard. Using ECC or Non-ECC memory on your motherboard
depends on the CPU installed. Please see page 3-3 for more information
on memory support.
• Supports 3-channel memory bus
• DIMM sizes of 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB are supported
Chipset
• Intel® X58 Express Chipset (IOH)
• Intel ICH10R (South Bridge)
Expansion Slots
• One (1) PCI-Express x8 Gen2 on x16 slot (Slot 6)
• Two (2) PCI-Express x8 Gen2 slots (Slot 3/Slot 5)
• One PCI-Express x4 Gen2 on x8 slot (Slot 4)
• Two (2) 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots (Slot 1/Slot 2)
Graphics
• Support for multiple PCI-Express Graphics cards (Gen 2 or Gen 1)
• Matrox G200 with 16 MB DDR2 Memory
Network Connections
• Intel Dual-channel 82574L Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet Controller with
two Gigabit LAN ports (LAN 1 and LAN 2)
• Realtek RTL8201N PHY (Dedicated LAN for X8ST3-F)
• Three (3) RJ-45 backplane connectors with Link and Activity LEDs built-in
I/O Devices
SATA Connections
• Six (6) SATA ports supported by the Intel ICH10R SATA Controller
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 under the Windows OS environment