Chapter 1: Product Introduction; Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION User Manual

Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Product introduction
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Special features

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Product highlights

LGA2011 socket for Intel
This motherboard supports Intel
supports both the Sandy Bridge-E and the Ivy Bridge-E processors. It provides great system
performance with its quad-channel DDR3 memory slots, PCI Express 2.0/3.0 expansion
slots, and level 3 (L3) cache sizes.
Intel X79 Express Chipset
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Intel X79 Express Chipset is a single chipset that supports the LGA2011 socket for the
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Intel Core™ i7 processor family. It utilizes the serial point-to-point links, which increases
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bandwidth and enhances the system's performance.
PCIe 3.0 Ready
The PCI Express bus standard delivers improved encoding for twice the performance of
current PCIe 2.0. Total bandwidth for a x16 link reaches a maximum of 32Gb/s, double the
16Gb/s of PCIe 2.0 in x16 mode. PCIe 3.0 provides you unprecedented data speeds, with the
convenience and seamless transition offered by complete backward compatibility with PCIe
1.0 and PCIe 2.0 devices, and improves and optimizes graphics performance.
* This motherboard is ready to support PCIe 3.0 specification. Functions are available when using PCIe 3.0-
compliant devices. Refer to www.asus.com for updated details.
3-Way/4-way/Quad-GPU SLI™ and CrossFireX™ Support
This motherboard features the most powerful Intel
allocation in multi-GPU SLI and CrossFireX™ solution, giving you a brand-new gaming
enjoyment.
Quad-Channel, 8 x DIMM DDR3 2800 (O.C.)/ 2666 (O.C)/ 2400 (O.C.)/
2133(O.C.)/ 1866 / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz Support
The motherboard supports the quad-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates
of DDR3 2800(O.C.)/ 2666(O.C.)/ 2400(O.C.)/ 2133(O.C.)/ 1866/ 1600/ 1333/ 1066 MHz
to boost the system's performance, and to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 3D
graphics, multimedia and Internet applications.
* Due to CPU behavior, DDR3 2200 / 2000 / 1800MHz memory modules run at DDR3 2133/1866/1600MHz
frequencies as default.
Extra SATA 6Gb/s support
The Intel X79 Express Chipset natively supports the next-generation SATA (Serial ATA)
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interface, delivering up to 6Gb/s data transfer. ASUS provides extra 6Gb/s ports with
enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, and double the bandwidth of current bus systems.
ASUS RAMPAGE IV BLACK EDITION
Core™ i7 processor family
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Core™ i7 processor family in the LGA2011 package and
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X79 platform that optimizes PCIe
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