• Supports Intel® Core™ i7 6950X Processor Extreme Edition
  • Support Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
  • Supports New Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition
  • 4 Channel DDR4,8 DIMMs
  • Genuine All Digital Power Design with IR Digital PWM & IR PowIRstage® ICs
  • 4-Way Graphics with Premium PCIe Lane
  • Dual M.2 Technology for SSD Drive and WIFI card
  • 6x(30µ) Gold Plating for CPU socket, Memory DIMMs and PCIe slots
  • Onboard Creative Sound Core3D™ quad-core audio processor
  • AMP-UP Audio technology with exclusive Upgradable OP-AMP
  • Independent Right and Left Audio Channel PCB Layers
  • LED lighting for the audio guard light path and the back panel LED
  • Quad DAC-UP USB ports
  • Gold plated audio ports
  • High end Nichicon audio capacitors
  • Killer™ E2200 gaming networking
  • SATA Express support for 10 Gb/s data transfer
  • Long lifespan Durable Black™ Solid caps
  • APP Center including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ utilities
  • Thunderbolt™ Ready
  • GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ with Q-Flash Plus USB port
  • Safer design around screw mounting holes

  • CPU
    1. Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors in the LGA2011-3 package
    2. Support for Intel® Xeon® E5-1600 / E5-2600 / E5-4600 v3 / v4 processors in the LGA2011-3 package
    3. L3 cache varies with CPU
    (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)
  • Chipset
    1. Intel® X99 Express Chipset
  • Memory
    1. 8 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB of system memory
      * Support for up to 512 GB of system memory when using Registered DIMMs.
      * Due to a 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 the size of the physical memory installed.
    2. 4 channel memory architecture
    3. Support for DDR4 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2133 MHz memory modules
    4. Support for non-ECC memory modules
    5. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
    6. Support for RDIMM 1Rx8 memory modules (operates in non-ECC mode)
    (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)
  • Audio
    1. Creative® Sound Core 3D chip
    2. Support for Sound Blaster Recon3Di
    3. TI Burr Brown® OPA2134 operational amplifier
    4. High Definition Audio
    5. 2/5.1-channel
    6. Support for S/PDIF Out
  • LAN
    1. Qualcomm® Atheros Killer E2201 LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
  • Expansion Slots
    1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIE_1/PCIE_2)
      * For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIE_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIE_1 and PCIE_2 slots.

    2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIE_3/PCIE_4)
      * The PCIE_4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIE_1 slot. When the PCIE_4 slot is populated, the PCIE_1 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
      * When an 28 lane CPU is installed, the PCIE_2 slot operates at up to x8 mode and the PCIE_3 operates at up to x4 mode.
      (All PCI Express x16 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

    3. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
      (The PCI Express x1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)

    4. 1 x M.2 Socket 1 connector for the wireless communication module (M2_WIFI)
  • Storage Interface
    Chipset:
    1. 1 x M.2 PCIe connector
      (Socket 3, M key, type 2260/2280 SATA & PCIe x2/x1 SSD support)
    2. 1 x SATA Express connector
    3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5)
    4. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
      * Only AHCI mode is supported when an M.2 PCIe SSD or a SATA Express device is installed.
      (M2_10G, SATA Express, and SATA3 4/5 connectors can only be used one at a time. The SATA3 4/5 connectors will become unavailable when an M.2 SSD is installed in the M2_10G connector.)
    Chipset:
    1. 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (sSATA3 0~3), supporting IDE and AHCI modes only
      (An operating system installed on the SATA3 0~5 connectors cannot be used on the sSATA3 0~3 connectors.)
  • Multi-Graphics Technology
    1. Support for NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies
    2. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ and 4-Way/3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
    * The 4-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ configuration is not supported when an i7-5820K CPU is installed. To set up a 3-Way SLI configuration, refer to "1-6 Setting up AMD CrossFire™/NVIDIA® SLI™ Configuration."
  • USB
    Chipset:
    1. 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (2 ports on the back panel, 2 ports available through the internal USB header)
    2. 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)
    Chipset + Renesas® uPD720210 USB 3.0 Hub:
    1. 4 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel
  • Internal I/O Connectors
    1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connectorŠ
    2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
    3. 1 x PCIe power connector
    4. 1 x I/O shield audio LED power connector
    5. 1 x heatsink LED power connector
    6. 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector
    7. 1 x SATA Express connector
    8. 10 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
    9. 1 x CPU fan header
    10. 1 x water cooling fan header (CPU_OPT)
    11. 3 x system fan headers
    12. 1 x front panel header
    13. 1 x front panel audio header
    14. 1 x USB 3.0/2.0 header
    15. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
    16. 1 x Thunderbolt add-in card connectorŠ
    17. 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
    18. 1 x audio gain control switch
  • Back Panel Connectors
    1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard port
    2. 1 x PS/2 mouse port
    3. 6 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
    4. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
    5. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
    6. 1 x RJ-45 port
    7. 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In/Mic In, Line Out, Headphone)
    8. 2 x Wi-Fi antenna connector holes
  • I/O Controller
    1. iTE® I/O Controller Chip
  • H/W Monitoring
    1. System voltage detection
    2. CPU/System/Chipset temperature detection
    3. CPU/CPU OPT/System fan speed detection
    4. CPU/System/Chipset overheating warning
    5. CPU/CPU OPT/System fan fail warning
    6. CPU/CPU OPT/System fan speed control
      * Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the cooler you install.
  • BIOS
    1. 2 x 128 Mbit flash
    2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
    3. Support for DualBIOS™
    4. Support for Q-Flash Plus
    5. PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
  • Unique Features
    1. Support for APP Center
      * Available applications in APP Center may differ by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also differ depending on motherboard specifications.
      @BIOS
      Ambient LED
      EasyTune
      EZ Setup
      Fast Boot
      Game Controller
      Cloud Station
      ON/OFF Charge
      Smart TimeLock
      Smart Recovery 2
      System Information Viewer
      USB Blocker
      V-Tuner
    2. Support for Q-Flash
    3. Support for Smart Switch
    4. Support for Xpress Install
  • Bundle Software
    1. Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)
    2. Intel® Smart Response Technology
  • Operating System
    1. Support for Windows 10/8.1/8/7
  • Form Factor
    1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm