Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus P8H77-M PRO User Manual

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Special features

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Product highlights

LGA1155 socket for Intel
Core™ i3 / Pentium
This motherboard supports Intel
processors in the LGA1155 package, with iGPU, memory and PCI Express controllers
integrated to support onboard graphics output with dedicated chipsets, 2-channel (4 DIMMs)
DDR3 memory and 16 PCI Express 3.0/2.0 lanes. This provides great graphics performance.
Intel 3rd / 2nd generation Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium
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most powerful and energy efficient CPUs in the world.
Intel H77 Express Chipset
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The Intel H77 Express Chipset is a single-chipset designed to support the 1155 socket Intel
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3rd / 2nd generation Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium
performance by utilizing serial point-to-point links, allowing increased bandwidth and stability.
Additionally, H77 chipset provides 4 USB 3.0 ports for 10 times faster data retrieval speed.
Moreover, Intel H77 Express Chipset can also enable iGPU function, letting users enjoy the
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latest Intel integrated graphic performance.
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Dual-Channel DDR3 2200(O.C.)* / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1600 /
1333 / 1066 MHz Support
The motherboard supports DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates of DDR3 2200(O.
C.)* / 2133(O.C.) / 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz to meet the higher
bandwidth requirements of the latest 3D graphics, multimedia, and Internet applications. The
dual-channel DDR3 architecture enlarges the bandwidth of your system memory to boost
system performance.
* Due to the CPU behavior, DDR3 2133/1866MHz memory module will run at DDR3 2000/1800MHz
frequency as default.
**DDR3 1600 MHz and higher memory frequency is supported by Intel® 3rd generation processors.
PCI Express
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PCI Express 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the latest PCI Express bus standard with improved encoding
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schemes that provide twice the performance of the current PCIe 2.0. The total bandwidth for
a x16 link reaches a maximum of 32Gb/s, double the 16 Gb/s of PCIe 2.0 (in x16 mode). As
such, PCIe 3.0 provides users unprecendented data speeds, combined with the convenience
and seamless transition offerred by complete backward compatibility with PCIe 1.0 and PCIe
2.0 devices. PCIe 3.0 will become a must-have feature for users who wish to improve and
optimize graphic performance, as well as have the latest technology available to them.
* PCI 3.0 speed is supported by Intel
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3rd/2nd Generation Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 /
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/ Celeron Processors
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3rd/2nd generation Core™ i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium
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3.0
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3rd generation Core
/ Celeron processors are among the
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/ Celeron processors. It provides improved
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processors.
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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
/ Celeron
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