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LGA1366 socket fo
or Intel® Core
e™i7 Processo
or Extreme Ed
dition / Core™i7 Processor
Intel®
® X58/ICH10R
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ROG
G Connect – Plug and overc
clock. Tweak itt the hardcore
e way!
Extre
eme Engine Digi+
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– Powerfu
ul Combinatio
on of Analog and Digital Des
sign Elementss
ROG
G Extreme OC Kit - Thoughttful touches th at make overc
clocking a great pastime
USB BIOS Flashba
ack - Refresh the BIOS can
n never be tha
at easy
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he most innova
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CPU Fe
eature
LGA1366
6 Intel® Core™
™ i7 Ready
This motherb
board supportts the latest In
ntel® Core™ i77 processors in
LGA1366
6 package with
h integrated memory
m
contro
oller to supportt 3-channel (6 DIMMs) DDR
R3 memory. Supports
Intel® Qu
uickPath Intercconnect (QPI) with a system
m bus of up to 6.4 GT/s and a max bandw
width of up to 25.6
2
GB/s.
Intel® Co
ore™ i7 processsor is one of the most pow
werful and energy efficient CPUs
C
in the woorld.
Chipse
et Features
Intel® X5
58 Chipset
Th
he Intel® X58 Express Chip
pset is one of the
t most powe
erful chipset d esigned to support the
Intel® Co
ore™ i7 Processors with LGA1366 packag
ge and Intel® next generation system inteerconnect inte
erface,
proved perform
Intel® Qu
uickPath Intercconnect (QPI), providing imp
mance by utilizing serial poiint-to-point links,
allowing increased ban
ndwidth and sttability. It also supports up to
o 36 PCI Exprress 2.0 laness providing bettter
graphics performance.
PCIe 2.0
Double Sp
peed; Double
e Bandwidth
This moth
herboard supp
ports the latest PCIe 2.0 devvices for doub
ble speed and bandwidth whhich enhances
s system
performan
nce.
Multi-G
GPU Techno
ology
SLI/CrosssFireX On-Demand
Why cho
oose when yo
ou can have both?
b
SLI or Cro
ossFireX? Fre
et no longer be
ecause with th
he ROG Ramp
page III Extrem
me, you’ll be aable to run botth multiGPU setu
ups. The board
d features SLII/CrossFire on
n Demand tech
hnology, supp
porting up to foour graphics cards
c
in a
3-Way SL
LI or CrossFire
eX configuration. Whicheve
er path you tak
ke, you can be
e assured of jaaw-dropping graphics at
a level previously unse
een.
Memory
ry Feature
Tri-Chann
nel, DDR3 220
00(O.C.) MHz
The mothe
erboard suppo
orts DDR3 mem
mory that feattures data tran
nsfer rates of 22200(O.C.) /
2133(O.C
C.) / 2000(O.C
C.) / 1800(O.C..) / 1600(O.C.)) / 1333 / 1066
6 MHz to mee
et the higher baandwidth requ
uirements
of the late
est operation system,
s
3D grraphics, multim
media, and Internet applications. The Tripple-channel DD
DR3
architectu
ure double the
e bandwidth off your system memory to bo
oost system pe
erformance.
Future Transfer Technology
T
y
True USB
B 3.0 Support
10X fasterr data rates!
Experiencce ultra-fast da
ata transfers at
a 4.8Gbps witth USB 3.0—tthe latest conn
nectivity standdard. Built to connect
c
easily with next genera
ation compone
ents and perip herals, USB 3.0
3 transfers data 10X fasterr and is also backward
b
compatible with USB 2.0 componentts.
True SAT
TA 6Gb/s Supp
port
Experienc
ce the future of storage!
Supportin
ng next-genera
ation Serial AT
TA (SATA) sto
orage interface
e, this motherboard deliverss up to 6.0Gb//s data
transfer ra
ates. Additionally, get enhanced scalabili ty, faster data
a retrieval, dou
uble the bandw
width of curren
nt bus
systems.
ROG Ex
xclusive Fe
eatures
Extreme E
Engine Digi+
Powerful combination of analog an
nd digital design elements
s
Engine Digi+ equipped
Extreme E
e
with
h high perform
mance digital VRM
V
design ca
an easily achieeve the ultimate
performan
nce with adjusstable CPU PW
WM frequencyy. It expedites heat dissipatiion and achievves better elec
ctric
conductio
on keeping crittical compone
ents reliable. N
Now you'll be able
a
to push your spanking new Intel CPU
U to the
limit, hittin
ng benchmarkk scores that others
o
only dre
eam of. Extrem
me Engine Dig
gi+ balances th
the need for vo
oltage and
the desire
e for rock solid
d performance
e to bring the u
ultimate user experience.
e
USB BIOS Flashback
Refresh th
he BIOS can never be thatt easy
USB BIOS Flashback must
m
be the most
m
convenien
nt way to flash
h BIOS ever! Itt allows overcclockers to try their
BIOS with
h the simplist way
w one can imagine.
i
No n
need to enter the BIOS or the operating syystem, just plu
ug the
thumb driive into the RO
OG Connect port
p & push the
e ROG Conne
ect button for 2 seconds, BIO
OS would be
automaticcally flashed under
u
standby power. It's no
o doubt that US
SB BIOS Flas
shback gives ooverclockers th
he
ultimate cconvenience!
RC Blueto
ooth
Smashes through all the barriers o
of conventional overclocking !
uetooth bring you the whole
Still overcclocking in old-fashioned wa
ay? Let RC Blu
e new idea of how to do! Just simply
push the button from th
he Back I/O on
n the RC Blue tooth card, ov
verclockers can real-time moonitor the desktop PC
system sttatus & tweak its parameterrs - such as vo
oltages and fre
equency on the fly. When ussers want to use
u
ordinary b
bluetooth funcctions, just sim
mply push the b
button once again & enjoy all
a the wirelesss convenience
e brought
from RC B
Bluetooth.
ROG Con
nnect
Plug and Overclock - Tweak
T
it the h
hardcore way
y!
Monitor th
he status of yo
our desktop PC and tweak iits parameters
s in real-time via
v a notebookk—just like a race
r
car
engineer—
—with ROG Connect.
C
ROG Connect linkss your main sy
ystem to a nottebook throug h a USB cable
e,
allowing yyou to view real-time POST code and harrdware status readouts on your
y
notebookk, as well as make
m
onthe-fly pa
arameter adjusstments at a purely hardwarre level. ROG Connect even
n allows you too flash your BIOS from
book, which means that you can OC your system to the
e max without any fear of peermanently bricking the
the noteb
motherbo
oard due to a corrupted
c
BIOS.
ProbeIt
Get all hands-on with hardware-bas
h
sed overclocking
ProbeIt ta
akes the guessswork out of lo
ocating the mo
otherboard´s measurement
m
points, identiffying them cle
early in the
form of 8 sets of detecttion points so you´ll know exxactly where to
t get quick ye
et accurate reaadings using a
multiteste
er.
iROG
Intelligentt multiple con
ntrol at hand
G is a special IC which enab
bles several R
ROG highlitghted functions that gives userrs full disposal of the
The iROG
motherbo
oard at any sta
age! This desig
gn allows advvanced user co
ontrol and man
nagement to bbe processed purely at
a hardware level. iROG
G greatly incre
eases fun durin
ng overclockin
ng for PC enth
husiasts and itt offers system
m
maintaine
ence and man
nagement with more control and efficiency
y.
CPU Leve
el Up
A Simple click for insta
ant upgrade
Ever wish
h that you could have a morre expansive C
CPU? Upgrade your CPU at no additionaal cost with RO
OG's CPU
Level Up!! Simply pick the
t processor you wanted to
o OC to, and the
t motherboa
ard will do the rest! See the new CPU
speed and enjoy that performance
p
in
nstantly. Overcclocking is nev
ver as easy as
s this.
BIOS FlashBack
Two BIOS
flexibility.
S ROM. Two BIOS
B
settings
s. Twice the overclocking
o
Overclockker's prayer to
o have BIOS fllexibility is ansswered! With the
t new BIOS
S Flashback, P
PC enthusiasts
s can
overclockk with even mo
ore confidence
e. BIOS Flash
hback gives ov
verclockers the
e ability to savve two version
ns of the
BIOS sim
multaneously. Very
V
much like
e the "SaveGa
ame" function,, one BIOS ca
an be used forr the overclock
king
adventure
e, while the otther BIOS is to
o be stored witth any previou
us version. BIO
OS Flashbackk brings the ulttimate
convenien
nce to overclo
ockers!
Extreme T
Tweaker
One stop performance
e tuning shop
p
Extreme T
Tweakers is th
he one stop sh
hop to fine-tun
ne your system
m to optimal performance. N
No matter if yo
ou´re
looking fo
or frequency adjustment,
a
ov
ver-voltage opttions, or memory timing setttings, they´re all here!
Voltiminder LED
r
on Voltage
V
Settin
ngs
Friendly reminder
me performanc
ce, overvoltage
e adjustment is
i critical but risky. Acting ass the "red zon
ne" of a
In the purrsuit of extrem
tachometter, the Voltiminder LED displays the volta
age status for CPU, NB, SB
B, and Memoryy in a intuitive colorcoded fasshion. The voltiminder LED allows quick vvoltage monito
oring for overc
clockers.
Loadline Calibration
p
boost for
f extreme C
CPU overclocking!
Optimal power
ng ample volta
age support fo
or the CPU is critical during overclocking. The Loadlinee Calibration ensures
e
Maintainin
stable and optimal CPU
U voltage unde
er heavy load ing. It helps ov
verclockers en
njoy the motheerboard's ultim
mate OC
es and benchm
mark scores.
capabilitie
COP EX
Maximum
m OC with con
nfidence with burn proof protection
p
to chipsets and
d GPU!
P EX allows ovverclockers to increase chip
pset voltages without
w
the worries of overheeating. It can also be
The COP
used to m
monitor and sa
ave an overhea
ating GPU. Th
he COP EX allows more freedom and lesss constraint fo
or
maximum
m performance
e achievementt.
Sound with Claritty
8-channe
el Audio
Enjoy high-end sound system on y
your PC!
The onbo
oard 8-channe
el HD audio (H
High Definition Audio, previo
ously codenam
med Azalia) CO
ODEC enables
s highquality 19
92KHz/24-bit audio
a
output, jack-sensing fe
feature, retask
king functions and multi-streeaming techno
ology.
Noise Filtter
Eliminate background noise while rrecording
This featu
ure detects rep
petitive and sttationary noise
es like computter fans, air co
onditioners, annd other backg
ground
noises the
en eliminates it in the incom
ming audio stre
eam while recording.
ROG EZ
Z DIY Featu
ures
Q-Fan Plu
us
d quietness and
a cooling fo
or more devic
ces!
Optimized
The Q-Fa
an function auttomatically de
etects tempera
ature and adjusts fan speed accordingly too achieve quie
et and
efficient ccooling. With Q-Fan
Q
Plus, sp
pecial tempera
ature sensor cable
c
is provid
ded to detect teemperature on any
device. W
When used with a optional fa
ans, you may a
activate Q-Fan function on up to 3 additioonal devices of
o your
choice!
ASUS Q--Connector
Make connections quic
ck and accurrate
The Q-Co
onnector allow
ws you to conn
nect or disconn
nect chassis front
f
panel cab
bles in one eaasy step with one
o
complete module. This unique adaptter eliminates the trouble of plugging in on
ne cable at a ttime, making
on quick and accurate.
a
connectio
Onboard Switch
s
pins
s or moving ju
umpers
No more shorting
easy press durring overclock
k, this exclusivve onboard sw
witch allows gamer to effortleessly fine-tune
e the
With an e
performan
nce without ha
aving to short the pins or mo
oving jumpers
s!
Softwarre Bundled
d
3DMark®
® Vantage Advvanced Edition
n
Th
he gamers´ benchmark
3DMarkV
Vantage is the new industry standard PC g
gaming perforrmance bench
hmark from Fuuturemark, new
wly
designed for Windows Vista and Dire
ectX10. It inclu
udes two new
w graphics tests, two new CP
PU tests, seve
eral new
ests, and supp
port for the late
est hardware. 3DMark® Van
ntage is based
d on a compleetely new rend
dering
feature te
engine, developed specifically to take full advantag
ge of DirectX1
10, the new grraphics API froom Microsoft.
Kasperskky® Anti-Virus
p
fro
om viruses an
nd spyware
The best protection
Kasperskky® Anti-Virus Personal offe
ers premium a
antivirus protec
ction for individ
dual users andd home offices. It is
based on advanced an
ntivirus technologies. The prroduct incorpo
orates the Kaspersky® Anti--Virus engine, which is
d for maliciouss program dete
ection rates th
hat are among
g the industry´s highest.
renowned
Specifications
CPU
Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor
Support Intel® Turbo Boost Technology
Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list
Chipset
Intel® X58 / ICH10R
System Bus
Up to 6400 MT/s with QuickPath Interconnection
Memory
6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3
2200(O.C.)/2133(O.C.)/2000(O.C.)/1800(O.C.)/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered
Memory
Triple channel memory architecture
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
*Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs.
*Refer to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors
Lidts).
Expansion Slots
4 x PCIe 2.0 x16 , support x16; x16/x16; x16/x8/x8 and x8/x8/x8/x8 configurations
1 x PCIe x4
1 x PCI 2.2
Multi-GPU
Support
Support NVIDIA 3-Way SLI™ / ATI CrossFireX™ Technology
4 PCIe x16 slots ready for 4 single PCB graphic cards
Storage
Intel ICH10R controller
6 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports
Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10
JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller
1 xExternal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go)
1 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s port
Marvell® 9128 PCIe SATA 6Gb/s controller
2 xSATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
LAN
Gigabit Intel® LAN
Audio
8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking
- Supports 1 Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O
IEEE 1394
2 x 1394a port(s) (1 port at back I/O, 1 port onboard)
USB
NEC® USB 3.0 controller
- 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (at back panel)
Intel® ICH10R Southbridge
- 9 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (2 ports at midboard; 6 ports at back panel, 1 reserved for ROG
Connect)
Overclocking
Features
ROG Connect
RC Bluetooth
ROG Extreme Engine Digi+
- 8-phase CPU power
- 3-phase QPI/DRAM power
- 3-phase NB power
- 3-phase Memory power
- ML Caps on CPU, Memory and QPI respectively
ProbeIt
iROG
Extreme Tweaker
BIOS Flashback with onboard switch button
USB BIOS Flashback
Loadline Calibration
ROG Extreme OC kit
LN2 Mode
PCIe x16 Lane Switch
Q_Reset
Double Power Supply with dual 8-pin (CPU) and dual 4-pin (VGA) molex power
connectors
Intelligent overclocking tools:
- ASUS AI Booster Utility
- O.C Profile
Overclocking Protection:
- COP EX (Component Overheat Protection - EX)
- Voltiminder LED
- ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall)
Special Features
CPU Level Up
MemOK!
Onboard Switches: Power / Reset / Clr CMOS (at rear)
ASUS MyLogo3
ASUS Fan Xpert
ASUS EZ Flash 2
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
Q-Fan Plus
ROG BIOS Wallpaper
ASUS Q-Connector
ASUS Q-LED (CPU, DRAM, VGA, Boot Device LED)
ASUS Q-Slot
ASUS Q-DIMM
Back Panel I/O
Ports
1 x PS/2 Keyboard port (purple)
1 x Clr CMOS switch
1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
1 x IEEE 1394a connector
1 x External SATA port
1 x LAN (RJ45) port
1 x ROG Connect On/Off switch
1 x RC Bluetooth switch
2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (Blue)
7 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (1 port also for ROG Connect)
8-channel Audio I/O
Internal I/O
Connectors
1 x USB 2.0 connector supports additional 2 USB 2.0 ports
9 x SATA connectors: 2 x SATA 6G connectors (Red); 7 x standard SATA connectors (6
in Grey, 1 in Black)
1 x QPI Loadline calibration switch jumper (QPI_LL_SW)
8 x Fan connectors: 1 x CPU / 1 x PWR / 3 x Chassis / 3 x Optional
1 x Connector for optional fan-thermal module
8 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
3 x Thermal sensor connectors
1 x IEEE1394a connector
1 x SPDIF_Out Connector
1 x 24-pin ATX Power connector
2 x 8-pin ATX 12V Power connectors
1 x En/Dis-able Clr CMOS header
1 x LN2 Mode Header
1 x START (Power On) button
1 x RESET button
2 x EZ Plug connectors (4-pin Molex Power connectors)
1 x OC Station header
1 x RC Bluetooth header
1 x Go Button
1 x BIOS Switch button
1 x ROG light connector
1 x CD Audio in
1 x Audio front panel
1 x System panel connector
BIOS
16 Mb Flash ROM AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.5, ACPI2.0a MultiLanguage BIOS
Manageability
WOL by PME,WOR by PME,PXE
Accessories
1 x ROG Connect cable
1 x ProbeIt cable set
1 x 3-Way SLI Bridge
1 x SLI Cable
1 x CrossFire Cable
1 x 2 in 1 ASUS Q-Connector Kit
3 x 2-in-1 SATA signal cables
1 x 2-in-1 SATA 6G cables
1 x 2-port USB2.0 + ESATA module
1 x I/O Shield
1 x Thermal Sensor Cable Pack
1 x Cable Ties Pack
1 x ROG theme label
1 x 12-in-1 ROG Cable Label
1 x Optional Fan-Thermal Module
1 x RC Bluetooth card
Bluetooth Module Accessory Card
Bluetooth V2.0/V2.1+EDR
RC Bluetooth On/Off Switch
Support Disc
Drivers
ASUS PC Probe II
ASUS AI Suite
ASUS Update
Kaspersky® Anti-Virus
Futuremark® 3DMark® Vantage Advanced Edition
ASUS TurboV EVO Utility
Form Factor
ATX Form Factor
12 inch x 10.6 inch ( 30.5 cm x 26.9 cm )