Description :

• Supports 8^th Gen Intel^® Core™ Processors
• Dual Channel Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 4 DIMMs
• Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready
• ASMedia 3142 USB 3.1 Gen 2 with USB Type-C™ and Type-A
• Front USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C™ Header
• Multi-Way Graphics Support with Dual Armor and Ultra Durable™ Design
• 121dB SNR AMP-UP Audio with ALC1220 & High-End ESS SABRE 9018 DAC with WIMA audio capacitors
• Sound BlasterX 720°, the top-of-the-line audio engine solution for 4K gaming and entertainment
• Killer™ E2500 Gaming Network + Intel^® Gigabit LAN
• RGB FUSION with Multi-Zone Digital LED Light Show design, support digital LED & RGB LED strips
• Swappable Overlay for Accent LED
• Smart Fan 5 features Multiple Temperature Sensors and Hybrid Fan Headers with FAN STOP
• Triple Ultra-Fast M.2 with PCIe Gen3 x4 interface and Thermal Guard
• USB DAC-UP 2 with Adjustable Voltage
• Precise Digital USB Fuse Design for Stronger Protection
• Anti-Sulfur Resistors Design
• Ultra Durable™ 25KV ESD and 15KV Surge LAN Protection
• Lightning-Fast Intel^® Thunderbolt™ 3 AIC Support
• APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities

• CPU
  1. Support for 8^th Generation Intel^® Core™ i7 processors/Intel^® Core™ i5 processors/Intel^® Core™ i3 processors in the LGA1151 package
  2. L3 cache varies with CPU

  (Please refer "CPU Support List" for more information.)

• Chipset
  1. Intel^® Z370 Express Chipset

   

• Memory
  1. 4 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 64 GB of system memory
  2. Dual channel memory architecture
  3. Support for DDR4 4133(O.C.) / 4000(O.C.) / 3866(O.C.) / 3800(O.C.) / 3733(O.C.) / 3666(O.C.) / 3600(O.C.) / 3466(O.C.) / 3400(O.C.) / 3333(O.C.) / 3300(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz memory modules
  4. Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  5. Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  6. Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

  (Please refer "Memory Support List" for more information.)

• Onboard Graphics
  Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel^® HD Graphics support:

  1. 1 x DisplayPort, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2304@60 Hz
     * Support for DisplayPort 1.2 version, HDCP 2.2, and HDR.
  2. 1 x HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 4096x2160@30 Hz
  3. * Support for HDMI 1.4 version and HDCP 2.2.

  Maximum shared memory of 1 GB

• Audio
  1. Realtek^® ALC1220 codec
  2. ESS9018Q2C chip
  3. Support for Sound BlasterX 720°
  4. High Definition Audio
  5. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  6. Support for S/PDIF Out

   

• LAN
  1. 1 x Intel^® GbE LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN1)
  2. 1 x Rivet Networks Killer™ E2500 LAN chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) (LAN2)

   

• Expansion Slots
  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 PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
  3. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
     * The PCIEX4 slot shares bandwidth with the M2P_32G connector. The PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode when a PCIe SSD is installed in the M2P_32G connector.
  4. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
     * The PCIEX1_3 slot shares bandwidth with the SATA3 1 connector. The SATA3 1 connector becomes unavailable when the PCIEX1_3 is populated.

  (All of the PCI Express slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

• Storage Interface
  Chipset:

  1. 2 x M.2 connectors (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 SATA and PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_32G) (M2A_32G)
  2. 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/2280 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support) (M2P_32G)
  3. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  4. Support for RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
     * Refer to "1-9 Internal Connectors," for the installation notices for the PCIEX4, M.2, and SATA connectors.

  Intel^® Optane™ Memory Ready

• Multi-Graphics Technology
  1. Support for NVIDIA^® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 2-Way NVIDIA^® SLI™ technologies
  2. Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire™ and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies

   

• USB
  Chipset+2 ASMedia^® USB 3.1 Gen 2 Controllers:

  1. 1 x USB Type-C™ port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support, available through the internal USB header
  2. 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
  3. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red) on the back panel

  Chipset+Realtek^® USB 3.1 Gen 1 Hub:

  1. 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB header

  Chipset:

  1. 5 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports on the back panel
  2. 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

   

• Internal I/O Connectors
  1. 1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector
  2. 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  3. 1 x CPU fan header
  4. 1 x water cooling CPU fan header
  5. 4 x system fan headers
  6. 1 x 3 Amp fan/water cooling pump header
  7. 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header
  8. 2 x digital LED strip headers
  9. 2 x digital LED strip power select jumpers
  10. 2 x RGB (RGBW) LED strip headers
  11. 3 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors
  12. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  13. 1 x front panel header
  14. 1 x front panel audio header
  15. 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  16. 1 x USB Type-C™ header, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
  17. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 header
  18. 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  19. 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector
  20. 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header (2x6 pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module only)
  21. 1 x power button
  22. 1 x reset button
  23. 1 x Clear CMOS button
  24. 1 x OC button
  25. 2 x temperature sensor headers

   

• Back Panel Connectors
  1. 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  2. 1 x DisplayPort
  3. 1 x HDMI port
  4. 5 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports
  5. 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 Gen 2 support
  6. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A port (red)
  7. 2 x RJ-45 ports
  8. 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  9. 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)

   

• I/O Controller
  1. iTE^®I/O Controller Chip

   

• H/W Monitoring
  1. Voltage detection
  2. Temperature detection
  3. Fan speed detection
  4. Water cooling flow rate detection
  5. Overheating warning
  6. Fan fail warning
  7. Fan speed control
     * Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

   

• BIOS
  1. 2 x 128 Mbit flash
  2. Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  3. Support for DualBIOS™
  4. 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 vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.
     3D OSD
     @BIOS
     AutoGreen
     BIOS Setup
     Color Temperature
     Cloud Station
     EasyTune
     Easy RAID
     Fast Boot
     Game Boost
     ON/OFF Charge
     Platform Power Management
     RGB Fusion
     Smart Backup
     Smart Keyboard
     Smart TimeLock
     Smart HUD
     System Information Viewer
     USB Blocker
     USB DAC-UP 2
     V-Tuner
  2. Support for Q-Flash
  3. Support for Xpress Install

   

• Bundle Software
  1. Norton^® Internet Security (OEM version)
  2. XSplit Gamecaster + Broadcaster (12 months license)

   

• Operating System
  1. Support for Windows 10 64-bit

   

• Form Factor
  1. ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm

   

• Remark
  1. Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
  2. Most hardware/software vendors may no longer offer drivers to support Win9X/ME/2000/XP. If drivers are available from the vendors, we will update them on the GIGABYTE website.