The ECS Ultimate Gaming Motherboard X79R-AX Deluxe is the ECS latest Black Series Deluxe product, which fully supports the Socket 2011 Intel® Core i7 desktop processors to deliver amazing overclocking capabilities. X79R-AX Deluxe is designed with the Intel X79 chip by supporting Quad channel DDR3 memory module, and able to OC from DDR3-1600 to 2500(OC) via ECS M.I.B.X to gain great performance. For better gaming performance, X79R-AX Deluxe supports 4-Way Graphic Cards in CrossFireX or SLI that operates in PCIe x16 Gen.3 bandwidth. Moreover, X79R-AX Deluxe features fully SATA 6Gb/s as internal interface. ECS X79R-AX Deluxe is the best choice for your computing experience.
Specifications:
| CPU |
º Supports 2nd Gen Intel Core i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket
º DMI 5.0GT/s |
| CHIPSET | º Intel® X79 Express Chipset |
| MEMORY | º Quad-channel DDR3 memory architecture
º 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 64GB, per one DIMM support 16GB
º DDR3 2500(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1800/1600
Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS.
For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation |
| EXPANSION SLOT | º 4 x PCI Express x16 Gen3.0 slot (2 slots run at x8 bandwidth)
º 2 x PCI Express x1 slots |
| STORAGE | º Support by Intel®X79
• 2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s devices
• 4 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s devices
• 4 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s devices(SAS6G1_2, SAS6G3_4) *
• RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID 10 configuration
º *User please be notice due to chipset limitation, the compatibility and stability of SATA port(SAS6G1_2/3_4) may differ by different devices. |
| AUDIO | º Realtek ALC892 8-Ch High Definition audio CODEC
º Compliant with HD audio specification |
| LAN | º RealTek RTL 8111E Gigabit Lan |
| REAR PANEL I/O | º 4 x USB 3.0 ports
º 6 x USB 2.0 ports
º 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse combo port
º 1 x RJ45 LAN connector
º 1 x Audio port (1x Line in, 4x Line out, 1x Optical SPDIF Out) |
| INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS | º 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply connector
º 1 x 8-pin ATX Power Supply Connector
º 1 x 4-pin power connector for VGA card
º 2 x 4-pin CPU_FAN connector
º 1 x 3-pin SYS_FAN connector (with smart fan)
º 2 x 3-pin PWR_FAN connector
º 4 x Serial ATA 3Gb/s connectors(90 degree)
º 6 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s connectors(90 degree)
º 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB ports(Gray One support EZ Charger)
º 1 x USB 3.0 header supports additional 2 USB 3.0 Ports
º 1 x COM header
º 1 x SPDIF out header
º 1 x Front panel switch/LED header
º 1 x Front panel audio header
º 1 x Clear CMOS header
º 1 x Buzzer
º 6 x Voltage measure points |
| SYSTEM BIOS | º AMI BIOS with 64Mb SPI Flash ROM
º Supports Plug and Play, STR (S3) / STD (S4) , Hardware monitor, Multi Boot
º Supports ACPI & DMI
º Audio, LAN, can be disabled in BIOS
º Support ECS M.I.B X Utility
º Support EZ Charger
º Supports eBLU
º Support eOC
º Supports eDLU
º Supports eSF |
| FORM FACTOR | º ATX Size, 305mm*244mm |
CPU Support List:
| Socket |
Family | Processor | Wattage | Frequency | Cache | Stepping | Since BIOS |
| LGA2011 | Intel Core™ i7 | 3820 | 130W | 3.60GHz | 10MB | M0 | 2/6/2012 |
| LGA2011 | Intel Core™ i7 | 3820 | 130W | 3.60GHz | 10MB | M1 | 2/6/2012 |
| LGA 2011 | Intel Core™ i7 | 3930K | 130W | 3.20GHz | 12MB | C0 | 2/6/2012 |
| LGA2011 | Intel Core™ i7 | 3930K | 130W | 3.20GHz | 12MB | C2 | 2/6/2012 |
| LGA 2011 | Intel Core™ i7 | 3960X | 130W | 3.30GHz | 15MB | C0 | 2/6/2012 |
| LGA2011 | Intel Core™ i7 | 3960X | 130W | 3.30GHz | 15MB | C2 | 2/6/2012 |