Inside The Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z77M-D3H by Ricardo Arenas.

Motherboard GIGABYTE Z77M-D3H CPU:1. Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel® Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel® Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron® processors in the LGA1155 package 2. L3 cache varies with CPU (Some Intel® Core™ processors require a graphic card, please refer "CPU support List" for more information.) 1. Intel® Z77 Express Chipset Memory 1. 4 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 32 GB of system memory * Due to Windows 32-bit operating system limitation, when more than 4 GB of physical memory is installed, the actual memory size displayed will be less than 4 GB. 2. Dual channel memory architecture 3. Support for DDR3 2800(OC)/1600/1333/1066 MHz memory modules 4. Support for non-ECC memory modules 5. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.) Integrated Graphics Processor: 1. 1 x D-Sub port 2. 1 x DVI-D port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 * The DVI-D port does not support D-Sub connection by adapter. 3. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1200 1. VIA VT2021 codec 2. High Definition Audio 3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel 4. Support for S/PDIF Out 1. Atheros GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) 1. 1.1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot. 2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8) (The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.) * The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode. * The PCI Express x16 slots support up to PCI Express 2.0 standard when an Intel 32nm (Sandy Bridge) CPU is installed. 3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) 4. 1 x PCI Express x1 slot (The PCIEX4 and PCIEX1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.) 1. Support for 2-Way AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA SLI technology (PCIEX16/PCIEX8) Chipset: 1. 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0/1) supporting up to 2 SATA 6Gb/s devices 2. 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors (SATA2 2/3/4/5) supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices 3. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 * When a RAID set is built across the SATA 6Gb/s and SATA 3Gb/s channels, the system performance of the RAID set may vary depending on the devices being connected. Chipset: 1. Up to 4 USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB headers) * In Windows XP, the Intel USB 3.0 ports can support up to USB 2.0 transfer speed. 2. Up to 10 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (6 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers) 1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 2. 1 x 4-pin ATX 12V power connector 3. 2 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors 4. 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors 5. 1 x CPU fan header 6. 2 x system fan headers 7. 1 x front panel header 8. 1 x front panel audio header 9. 1 x S/PDIF Out head