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The GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 ATX Motherboard from Gigabyte accepts PC components to create your own desktop computer for gaming, work, or everyday home use. Some of the hardware needed for building your own system is included on the motherboard. For instance, the G1 Audio that features a combination of technologies provides crisp sounds for music and realistic sound effects for gaming. To provide lag-free gameplay or streaming videos over a network, a Killer E2201 LAN chip offers better performance when compared to standard Ethernet controllers. If you want to build a gaming desktop, this motherboard can accept up to three graphics cards that can be configured for either 3-Way CrossFire or 2-Way SLI to deliver faster frame rates without compromising on resolution. With this Z97 motherboard, Gigabyte has emphasized stability and durability by offering 10K solid state capacitors and a gold-plated CPU socket.
This Gigabyte Gaming 7 motherboard features an LGA1150 socket that accepts a 4th or 5th generation Intel processor. You may add up to 32GB of RAM in the 4 memory slots. This motherboard offers eight SATA III 6 Gb/s connectors for connecting optical and storage drives. Optimize system loading times by connecting an SSD to either the SATA Express or M.2 connectors. Native 4K support is available via HDMI when using an Intel CPU chip with an integrated Intel graphics processor. For connecting to other peripherals, eight USB and two PS/2 ports are available. Included with the Z97X motherboard are a driver disk, SATA cables, 2-Way SLI bridge connector, and I/O shield.
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Additional parameters of the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 ATX Motherboard GA-Z97X-GAMING 7:
Resolutions up to 4096 x 2160 @ 24 Hz / 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz via HDMI 1.4a Resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz via DVI-D Resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz via VGA Support for up to 3 displays at the same time Maximum shared memory of 512 MB
I/O Control
iTE I/O Controller Chip
BIOS
2 x 128 Mbit flash Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS Support for DualBIOS PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
Monitoring and Management Support
System voltage detection CPU/Chipset/System temperature detection CPU/CPU OPT/System fan speed detection CPU/System overheating warning CPU/CPU OPT/System fan fail warning CPU/CPU OPT/System fan speed control
Slots
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16, 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.
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16, running at x8 (PCIEX8) Shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16, running at x4 (PCIEX4) Shares bandwidth with the PCIEX8 and PCIEX16 slots. When the PCIEX4 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot will operate at up to x8 mode and the PCIEX8 will operate at up to x4 mode.
3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1
1 x PCI
When installing an x8 or above card in the PCIEX4 slot, make sure to set PCIE Slot Configuration (CPU) in BIOS Setup to x4.
Storage Interface
Intel Chipset M.2 PCIe connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 SATA & PCIe SSD support) SATA Express connector SATA III connectors (0 to 5) (M.2, SATA Express, and SATA III 4/5 connectors can only be used one at a time) Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Marvell 88SE9172 chip: SATA III connectors (6 to 7) Support for RAID 0 and RAID 1
Due to system limitation, Intel RAID and Marvell RAID can only use either one.
Audio
Realtek ALC1150 codec Support for Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3 High Definition Audio 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN
Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2201 LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Internal I/O Connectors
1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 1 x PCIe power connector 1 x M.2 PCIe connector 1 x SATA Express connector 8 x SATA 6 Gb/s connectors 1 x CPU fan header 1 x Water cooling fan header (CPU_OPT) 4 x System fan headers 1 x Front panel header 1 x Front panel audio header 1 x S/PDIF Out header 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers 1 x Serial port header 1 x Clear CMOS jumper 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header 1 x Power button 1 x Reset button 1 x Clear CMOS button 2 x BIOS switches Voltage measurement points
Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x PS/2 Keyboard port 1 x D-Sub port 1 x DVI-D port 1 x HDMI port 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x RJ-45 port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out connector 5 x Audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
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