• CPU
  - Supports 3^rd and 2^nd Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon^® / Pentium^® / Celeron^® in LGA1155 Package
  - Supports Intel^® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
  - Supports Intel^® K-Series unlocked CPU
  - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
• Chipset
  - Intel^® Z68
• Memory
  - Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
  - 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
  - Supports DDR3 2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
  - Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
  - Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
  
  

  *Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows^® 32-bit OS. For Windows^® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
  
  **In order to maximize the system memory, please install 8GB memory module with 16 cells
• BIOS
  - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
  - Supports "Plug and Play"
  - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
  - Supports jumperfree
  - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
  - CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, PCH, CPU PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage Multi-adjustment
• Graphics
  - Supports Intel^® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel^® Quick Sync Video, Intel^® InTru™ 3D, Intel^® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel^® HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel^® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
  - Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1
  - Max. shared memory 1759MB
  - Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
  - Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
  - Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
  - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz
  - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
  - Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports
  - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports
  
  

  *Due to chipset limitation, the Blu-ray playback of Intel^® HD Graphics is only supported under Windows^® Vista™ and Windows^® 7.
  
  **Intel^® InTru™ 3D is only supported under Windows^® 7 and Windows^® 7 x64.
• Audio
  - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)
  - Premium Blu-ray audio support
• LAN
  - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
  - Realtek RTL8111E
  - Supports Wake-On-LAN
  - Supports LAN Cable Detection
  - Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
  - Supports PXE
• Slots
  - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (blue @ x16 mode)
  - 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots
  - 2 x PCI slots
• Connector
  - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel^® Rapid Storage and Intel^® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
  - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, Intel^® Rapid Storage and Intel^® Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
  - 1 x IR header
  - 1 x CIR header
  - 1 x COM port header
  - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
  - 1 x Power LED header
  - CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector
  - 24 pin ATX power connector
  - 8 pin 12V power connector
  - Front panel audio connector
  - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
• Rear Panel I/O
  I/O Panel
  - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
  - 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
  - 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
  - 1 x HDMI Port
  - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
  - 4 x USB 2.0 Ports
  - 2 x USB 3.1 Gen1 Ports (Etron EJ168A)
  - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
  - HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
• Unique Feature
  - ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
  - ASRock Instant Boot
  - ASRock Instant Flash
  - ASRock APP Charger
  - ASRock XFast USB
  - Lucid Virtu
  - Hybrid Booster:
  - CPU Frequency Stepless Control
  - ASRock U-COP
  - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
  - Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)
  - Good Night LED
• Accessories
  - I/O Shield
  - 2 x SATA Data Cables (optional)
• Hardware Monitor
  - CPU Temperature Sensing
  - Chassis Temperature Sensing
  - CPU, Chassis, Power Fan Tachometer
  - CPU, Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature)
  - CPU, Chassis Fan multi-speed control
  - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
• Form Factor
  - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.3-in, 30.5 cm x 21.1 cm
  - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan made high quality conductive polymer capacitors)
• OS
  - Microsoft Windows^® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
• Certifications
  - FCC, CE
  - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

* EOS(End of Service), this product is no longer in production since 2011/Nov, BIOS & Driver update service is no longer available due to lack of support from chipset vendor.

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