Introducing The Motherboard; Introduction; Pakage Contents - ECS B85H3-A3 User Manual

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Introducing the Motherboard

Introduction

Thank you for choosing the B85H3-A3 motherboard. This motherboard is a high per-
formance, enhanced function motherboard designed to support the LGA1150 socket
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for Intel 4 Generation Core
This motherboard is based on Intel
solution. It supports up to 16 GB of system memory with dual channel DDR3 1600/
1333 MHz. One PCI Express x16 Gen3 slot (Gray slot) and one PCI Express x16 Gen2
slot (Black slot runs at x4 mode) are supported, intended for Graphics Interface. In
addition, two PCI Express x1 Gen2 slots and two PCI v2.3 slots are for extending
usage.
It integrates USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 interface, supporting up to eight USB 2.0 ports (four
USB 2.0 ports at rear panel and two USB 2.0 headers support additional four USB 2.0
ports) and four USB 3.0 ports (two USB 3.0 ports at the rear panel and one USB 3.0
header supports additional two USB 3.0 ports).
The motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,
including PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse connectors, one VGA port, one DVI port, one
HDMI (or DP) port, four USB 2.0 ports, one RJ45 LAN connector, two USB 3.0 ports and
audio jacks for line-in, line-out and microphone.
In addition, this motherboard supports four SATA 6Gb/s and two SATA 3Gb/s connec-
tors for expansion.
Package Contents
Your motherboard package ships with the following items:
B85H3-A3 Motherboard
Quick Installation Guide
User Manual
DVD
I/O Shield
2 SATA 6G with latch Cables
The package contents above are for reference only, please take the actual package items as
standard.
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