• Supports Intel® Core™ i7 6950X Processor Extreme Edition
• Support Intel® Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0
• Quad Channel, Registered / Non-ECC Unbuffered DDR4, 8 DIMMs
• Intel® USB 3.1 with USB Type-C™ & PD 2.0 36W Support
• Premium 3-Way PCIe x16 Multi-Graphics Support
• NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 22110 M.2 In­terface & U.2 Interface for Intel® SSD 750
• SATA Express Connector for Up to 10Gb/s Data Transfer
• Dual Intel® GbE LAN with cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Software
• 115dB SNR HD Audio with Built-in Rear Audio Amplifier
• Ambient Surround LED with RGB Multi-Color Choices
• Ultra Durable Metal Shielding over PCIe and DDR Slots
• Ultra Durable Anti-Sulfur Resistors for Longer Lifespan
• Ultra Durable Anti-Rust Rear I/O Connectors
• Dual Hybrid Fan Headers with Precise PWM / Voltage Control for Water Pump & Fan
• GIGABYTE UEFI DualBIOS™ with Q-Flash Plus USB ports
• APP Center Including EasyTune™ and Cloud Station™ Utilities
• Intel® 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Connection & Bluetooth® 4.2
• Rear Panel DisplayPort-In for Future Feature Upgrade
• CPU
  • Support for Intel® Core™ i7 processors in the LGA2011–3 package
  • L3 cache varies with CPU
• Chipset : Intel® X99 Express Chipset
• Memory
  • 8 x DDR4 DIMM sockets supporting up to 128 GB of system memory
  • Support for up to 256 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.
  • 4 channel memory architecture
  • Support for DDR4 3600(OC) / 3400(OC) / 3333(O.C.) / 3200(O.C.) / 3000(O.C.) / 2800(O.C.) / 2666(O.C.) / 2400(O.C.) / 2133 MHz memory modules
  • Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules
  • Support for Registered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx4/2Rx4 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)
  • Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules
• Audio
  • Realtek® ALC1150 codec
  • High Definition Audio
  • 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
  • Support for S/PDIF Out
• Wireless Communication module
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, supporting 2.4/5 GHz Dual-Band
  • Bluetooth 4.2, 4.1, BLE, 4.0, 3.0, 2.1+EDR
  • Support for 11ac wireless standard and up to 867 Mbps data rate
  • Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.
• LAN
  • 2 x Intel® GbE LAN chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
  • Support for Teaming
• Expansion Slots
  • 3 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1~3)
  • The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_1 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16_1 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
  • The U2_32G₂ connector shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_2 slot. When the U2_32G₂ connector is populated, the PCIEX16_2 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
  • The M2_32G connector shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16_3 slot. When the M2_32G connector is populated, the PCIEX16_3 slot operates at up to x8 mode.
• 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8)
  • (The PCIEX16 and PCIEX8 slots conform to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4)
* The SATA_EXPRESS connector shares bandwidth with the PCIEX4 slot. When the SATA_EXPRESS connector is populated, the PCIEX4 slot operates at up to x2 mode.
* 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
* (The PCIEX4 and PCIEX1 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
* 1 x M.2 Socket 1 connector for the wireless communication module (M2_WIFI)

• Multi-Graphics Technology
  • Support for NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ and 3-Way/2-Way NVIDIA® SLI™ technologies
  • Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ and 3-Way/2-Way AMD CrossFire™ technologies
• Storage Interface Chipset:
  • 1 x SATA Express connector
  • 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (SATA3 0~5), supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
  • 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors (sSATA3 0~3), supporting IDE and AHCI modes only
  • (An operating system installed on the SATA3 0~5 ports cannot be used on the sSATA 0~3 ports.)
  • 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 2242/2260/228­0/22110 PCIe x4/x2 SSD support)
  • 2 x U.2 connectors
  • When an i7–5820K or i7–6800K CPU is installed, the U2_32G₁ connector becomes unavailable.
• USB Chipset+Intel® USB 3.1 controller:
  • 1 x USB Type-C™ port on the back panel, with USB 3.1 support
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A port (red) on the back panel

Š* Chipset+Renesas® USB 3.0 Hubs

8 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (4 ports on the back panel, 4 ports available through the internal USB headers)

* Chipset

1 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports on the back panel

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

• Internal I/O Connectors
  • 1×24-pin ATX main power connector
  • 1×8-pin ATX 12V power connector
  • 1 x M.2 Socket 3 connector
  • 2 x U.2 connectors
  • 1 x SATA Express connector
  • 10 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors
  • 1 x CPU fan header
  • 1 x water cooling fan/water cooling pump header (CPU_OPT_PUMP)
  • 2 x system fan headers
  • 1 x system fan/water cooling pump header (SYS_FAN3_PUMP)
  • 1 x front panel header
  • 1 x front panel audio header
  • 1 x S/PDIF Out header
  • 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 headers
  • 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers
  • 1 x Thunderbolt™ add-in card connector
  • 1 x Trusted Platform Module (TPM) header
  • 1 x RGB LED strip extension cable header
  • 1 x Clear CMOS jumper
• Back Panel Connectors
  • 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
  • 1 x DisplayPort In port
  • 2 x SMA antenna connectors (2T2R)
  • 1 x USB Type-C™ port, with USB 3.1 support
  • 1 x USB 3.1 Type-A port (red)
  • 5 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports
  • 2 x RJ-45 ports
  • 1 x optical S/PDIF Out connector
  • 5 x audio jacks (Center/Subwoofer Speaker Out, Rear Speaker Out, Line In, Line Out, Mic In)
• I/O Controller
  • iTE® I/O Controller Chip
  • H/W Monitoring
• System voltage detection
  • CPU/System/Chipset temperature detection
  • CPU/CPU OPT/System fan (pump) speed detection
  • CPU/System/Chipset overheating warning
  • CPU/CPU OPT/System fan (pump) fail warning
  • CPU/CPU OPT/System fan (pump) speed control
  • Whether the fan speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.
• BIOS
  • 2×128 Mbit flash
  • Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS
  • Support for DualBIOS™
  • Support for Q-Flash Plus
  • The USB flash drive used must be a USB 2.0 flash drive.
  • PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0
• Operating System
  • Support for Windows 10/8.1 64-bit
  • Support for Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit
• Form Factor : ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 24.4cm
• Remark
  • Due to different Linux support condition provided by chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset vendors' website or 3rd party website.
  • 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.