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Humidity Protection
Humidity can play havoc on a motherboard's
circuitry.GIGABYTE's new Glass Fabric PCB design helps
protect against electrical shorts due to humidity by
reducing the gaps in spacing between PCB filaments.
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Electrostatic Protection
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable 4 Classic motherboards feature High
Resistance ICs which help protect the motherboard against
electrostatic discharge.
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Power Failure Protection
Permanent damage from power surge or failure during BIOS
update, can be avoided with GIGABYTE DaulBIOS, which
automatically enables a secondary, back up BIOS.
GIGABYTE also uses Anti-Surge ICs to protect the motherboard
against power surges.
High Temperature Protection
GIGABYTE uses All Solid Caps (Capacitors) and Low RDS(on)
MOSFETs which are rated to work at higher temperatures,
providing up to 50,000* hour component lifespan.
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Support Intel 22nm processors
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GIGABYTE motherboards support Intel 22nm processors.
Designed for PCI Express Gen.3 Support
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The GIGABYTE motherboard is fully configured to provide gamers with
the latest Gen.3 PCI Express technology, delivering maximum data
bandwidth for forthcoming discrete graphics cards.
* PCIe Gen. 3 is dependent on CPU and expansion card compatibility.
GIGABYTE Touch BIOS™ (Patent Pending)
An Innovative New Way to Modify BIOS Settings
Navigating through the BIOS to change system settings can be a daunting task for users not familiar with control “F”functions and mouse-less navigation. While some EFI BIOS try to address this with a mouse friendly environment, many implementations still lack a certain ease-of-use necessary for most people. With GIGABYTE Touch BIOS™, GIGABYTE engineers have completely re-imagined how users can interact with their BIOS, allowing for a more intuitive user experience. In fact, with a touch screen monitor, GIGABYTE Touch BIOS™ is as easy to use as most apps on your iPhone.
New 100% Hardware VRD 12 Compliant CPU Power Design
GIGABYTE 6 series motherboards incorporate an Intel®
approved Intersil PWM controller that is VRD 12 (Voltage Regulator
Down) compliant. This means that it offers new features that include
SerialVID (SVID) which transfers power management information
between the processor and voltage regulator controller, allowing
more robust and efficient signaling control between the CPU and PWM
controller – hence, delivering a more energy efficient platform.
Intel® HD Graphics Core 2000/3000 Enhanced Visual
Features
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Intel® Quick Sync Video provides breakthrough media
processing for incredibly fast editing and sharing.
Intel® InTru™ 3D
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors offer an
outstanding Blu-Ray Stereo 3D experience in full high definition
resolution (1080p) with HDMI 1.4.
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Increases the performance of Accelerated Floating Point and Vector
Computing Intensive Applications with minimal power gains.
On/Off Charge Technology
GIGABYTE On/Off Charge technology allows you to charge your iPhone,
iPad and iPod Touch regardless of whether your PC is on, in standby
mode or even off. A derivative of GIGABYTE's highly acclaimed 3x USB
Power feature, On/Off Charge enables devices to draw more current
from GIGABYTE motherboard USB ports than standard USB ports allow,
so that charging from your PC can be as fast as with a charger...
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*Due to certain mobile phone limitations,
users may need to connect the mobile phone to their PC before the PC
enters S4/S5 mode to enable a quick charge from non On/Off Charge
USB ports. Charging results may vary by model.
*Whether to support 3X USB power design, it may vary by models.
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DualBIOS™ 3TB+ HDD Support (Hybrid EFI Technology)
Hybrid EFI Technology combines the benefits of GIGABYTE's mature
BIOS platform including stability and compatibility with 3rd party
products with 3TB+ HDD support from EFI technology, allowing
GIGABYTE to offer the best of both worlds through a quick and easy
BIOS update using GIGABYTE's @BIOS utility that is freely available
from the GIGABYTE website.
GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ is a patented technology that automatically
recovers BIOS data when the main BIOS has crashed or failed.
Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, GIGABYTE
DualBIOS™ allows quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or
failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating. In addition,
GIGABYTE DualBIOS™ now supports 3TB+ (terabyte) hard drive booting
without the need for partitioning, and enables more data storage on
a single hard drive.
 Smart 6 – Smarter PC system Management
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Smart QuickBoot
Speeds up booting times.
Smart DualBIOS
Smart personal reminder of PC passwords.
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Smart QuickBoost*
One-click Overclocking
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Smart Recorder
Your PC's Watch Dog
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Smart Recovery 2
Allows you to go back in time on your PC and retrieve lost
files
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Smart TimeLockk
Time Controller for your PC.
* Whether SMART QuickBoost is
supported depends on the motherboard model.
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AutoGreen- Greening your PC via Bluetooth cellphone
AutoGreen technology can automatically save power by simply putting
your PC in a state of sleep when your Bluetooth® cell
phone is out of range of your computer.
Note: GIGABYTE motherboards do not include a
Bluetooth® receiver; the addition of a 3rd party
Bluetooth receiver is required.
ErP Lot 6 support
The ErP (also known as Energy-Related Products Directive) is part of
the European Union's environmental regulations policy. It is based
on concern for the environmental as the proliferation of electronic
devices continues, and how to improve energy efficiency for a better
and greener life. GIGABYTE supports ErP and produces motherboards
that help you effectively improve system efficiency.
CPU |
Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors/Intel®
Core™ i5 processors/ Intel® Core™ i3 processors/Intel®
Pentium® processors/Intel® Celeron®
processors in the LGA1155 package
L3 cache varies with CPU(Some Intel® Core™ processors require a graphic card, please refer "CPU support List" for more information.) |
Chipset | Intel® H61 Express Chipset |
Memory |
2 x 1.5V DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 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. Dual channel memory architecture, Support for DDR3 1333/1066/800 MHz memory modules, Support for non-ECC memory modules (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.) |
Onboard Graphics | 1 x D-Sub port |
Audio |
Realtek audio codec, High Definition Audio, 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel * To configure 7.1-channel audio, you have to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. |
LAN | 1 x Atheros GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) |
Expansion Slots |
1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 2 x PCI Express x1 slots |
Storage Interface | 4 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 4 SATA 3Gb/s devices |
USB | Up to 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers) |
Internal I/O Connectors |
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Back Panel Connectors |
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I/O Controller | iTE IT8728 chip |
H/W Monitoring |
System voltage detection , CPU/System temperature detection , CPU fan speed control * Whether the CPU fan speed control function is supported will depend on the CPU cooler you install. |
BIOS | 2 x 32 Mbit flash , Use of licensed AWARD BIOS , Support for DualBIOS™ , PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b |
Unique Features |
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Bundle Software | Norton Internet Security (OEM version) |
Operating System | Support for Microsoft® Windows® 7/Vista/XP |
Form Factor | Micro ATX Form Factor; 22.6cm x 17.4cm |
Remark |
Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset
vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website
or 3rd party website. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP SP1/SP2. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website. |