Chapter 1: Product Introduction; Special Features; Product Highlights - Asus H87-PLUS User Manual

Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Product introduction
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Special features

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Product highlights

LGA1150 socket for Intel
Pentium , and Celeron
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This motherboard supports Intel
and Celeron processors in the LGA1150 package. It provides great graphics and system
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performance with its GPU, dual-channel DDR3 memory slots and PCI Express 2.0/3.0
expansion slots.
Intel H87 Express Chipset
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Intel H87 Express Chipset is a single-chipset that supports the 1150 socket Intel
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generation Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3, Pentium
the serial point-to-point links, which increases bandwidth and enhances the system's
performance. It natively supports up to four USB 3.0 ports for up to ten times faster transfer
rate than USB 2.0 and enables the iGPU function for Intel
PCI Express 3.0
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PCI Express 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that provides twice the
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performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance,
unprecedented data speed and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility
to PCIe 1.0/2.0 devices.
Dual-Channel DDR3 1600 / 1333 / 1066 MHz Support
The motherboard supports the dual-channel DDR3 memory that features data transfer rates
of DDR3 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 Intel chipset limitation, DDR3 1600 MHz and higher memory modules on XMP mode will run at the
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maximum transfer rate ot DDR3 1600 MHz.
Native SATA 6.0 Gb/s support
With Intel H87 Express Chipset natively support for the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA)
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storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rates. It also
provides enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus
systems.
Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Support
This motherboard features the most powerful Intel
allocation in multi-GPU CrossFireX™ solution, giving you a brand-new gaming enjoyment.
ASUS H87-PLUS
4th Generation Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3,
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Processors
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4th generation Core™ i7 / Core™ i5 / Core™ i3, Pentium
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and Celeron processors. It utilizes
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integrated graphics performance.
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H87 platform that optimizes PCIe
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