Chipset:

• Intel® Z68 (B3) Chipset

Main Memory:

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2133*(OC) DRAM, 32GB Max
• Supports 1GB/ 2GB/ 4GB/ 8GB DRAM size
• Supports Dual channel mode

Slots:

3 PCI Express gen2 x16 slots:

• PCI_E2 supports up to PCIE x16 speed when PCI_E4 is empty, or PCI_E2 will support up to PCIE x8 speed when PCI_E4 is installed
• PCI_E4 supports up to PCIE x8 speed
• PCI_E5 supports up to PCIE x4 speed (due to the limitation of the chipset, when the PCI_E5 has been installed with a PCIE x4 device, 1 eSATA ports, SATA7 port, 1 onboard front USB 3.0 connectors, 2 PCI slots and 1394 rear IO port will become unavailable.)

2 PCIE x1 slots:

• When both of the PCIE x1 (PCI_E1, PCI_E3) slots have been installed, only the PCI_E1 slot is available, using one PCIE x1 slot is recommended.• 3 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots
• 2 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots.
• Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.

On-Board SATA:

SATAII controller integrated in Intel® Z68 (B3) chipset

• Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
• Supports four SATAII ports (SATA3~6) by Z68 (B3) PCH

 SATAIII controller integrated in Intel® Z68 (B3) chipset

• Up to 6Gb/s transfer speed.
• Supports two SATAIII ports (SATA1~2) by Z68 (B3) PCH
• SATA1~6 ports support RAID 0/1/5/10 mode by Intel Z68 (B3) PCH

SATAIII / eSATAIII controller integrated in Marvell® 88SE9128 chipset

• Supports one SATA 6Gb/s port & one eSATA 6Gb/s port (back panel)

• 1 USB 3.0 internal connector by NEC® D720200
• 2 USB 3.0 rear I/O ports by NEC® D720200

Audio:

• Chipset integrated by Realtek® ALC892
• Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
• Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec
• Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec