Al's Journal

Hi guys~ I'm back again, after being a 'pig' for this holidays season... Hehehehe~
Because I've been sleeping all day. XP
So, I've been searching motherboard for someone who likes overclocking *me? of course~ XP* for more than a week, and finally I found one on my dad's computer magazine. After search it on the internet, I found the full specification on the website and full features that this mobo will gave you. Let's take a look to the MoBo specification.

AsRock X79 Extreme 7
Features:

Premium Gold Caps (2.5 x longer life time), 100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors.
Intel® Core™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket
Supports Quad Channel DDR3 2400+(OC), 6 DIMM slots, Max. capacity up to 48GB *(O.O)*
Digi Power Design, Advanced 12 + 2 Power Phase Design
5 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots, Supports AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™ and NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™
Dr. Debug, Smart Switch Design: Power/Reset/Clear CMOS Switch with LED
Supports ASRock X-FAN, XFast RAM, XFast LAN, XFast USB, XFast Charger, Graphical UEFI, UEFI System Browser, AXTU
7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio™
Free Bundle: CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite

Now, let the specification show off~

Supported Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 processor family for the LGA 2011 Socket.
Supported System for Processor:
Digi Power Design.
Advanced 12 + 2 Power Phase Design.
Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology.
Supports Hyper-Threading Technology.
Supports Untied Overclocking Technology *No wonder they call it 'Overclock-King* ;)*

Chipset: Intel® X79.

Supported Memory and System: Quad Channel DDR3 memory technology.
6 x DDR3 DIMM slots.
Supports DDR3 2400+(OC)/1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory.
Supports DDR3 ECC, un-buffered memory with Intel® Workstation 1S Xeon® processors E5. 16xx/26xx/46xx series in socket LGA 2011.
Max. capacity of system memory: 48GB.
Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2.

*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.

BIOS: 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support.
Supports "Plug and Play".
ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events.
Supports jumperfree. *this is the vital part to start Overclocking*
SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support.
CPU, VCCSA, DRAM, VTT, CPU PLL, PCH1.1V, PCH1.5V Voltage Multi-adjustment.

Graphics: No

Audio System: 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec).
Premium Blu-ray audio support.
Supports THX TruStudio™.

LAN: PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s.
Broadcom BCM57781.
Supports Wake-On-LAN.
Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az.
Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function.
Supports PXE.

Slots: 5 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE1/PCIE2/PCIE3/PCIE4/PCIE5: x8/8/8/8/8 mode or x16/0/16/0/8 mode).
1 x PCI slot\.
Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX™ , 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™.
Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI™ , 3-Way SLI™ and SLI™.

SATA 3: 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® X79, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel® Rapid Storage 3.0), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions.
2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9182, support RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions.
3 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9172, support RAID (RAID 0 and RAID 1), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions.

USB 3.0: 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by ASMedia ASM1042, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s.
2 x Front USB 3.0 headers (support 4 USB 3.0 ports) by TI®, supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s.

Connector: 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel® Rapid Storage 3.0), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions.
7 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors.
1 x IR header.
1 x CIR header.
1 x COM port header.
1 x HDMI_SPDIF header.
1 x IEEE 1394 header.
1 x Power LED header.
CPU/Chassis/Power/SB FAN connector.
24 pin ATX power connector.
8 pin 12V power connector.
SLI/XFire power connector.
Front panel audio connector.
3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports).
2 x USB 3.0 headers (support 4 USB 3.0 ports).
1 x Dr. Debug with LED.

Rear I/O: I/O Panel
1 x PS/2 Mouse Port.
1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port.
1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port.
1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port.
6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports.
1 x eSATA3 Connector.
2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports.
2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED).
1 x IEEE 1394 Port.
1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED.
HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone.

Unique Features: ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
ASRock Instant Boot.
ASRock Instant Flash.
ASRock APP Charger.
ASRock SmartView.
ASRock XFast USB.
ASRock XFast LAN.
ASRock XFast Charger.
ASRock XFast RAM.
ASRock X-FAN.
ASRock Crashless BIOS.
Hybrid Booster:
CPU Frequency Stepless Control.
ASRock U-COP.
Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.).
Good Night LED.

Smart Switch: 1 x Power Switch with LED.
1 x Reset Switch with LED.
1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED.

Supported CD: Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock Software Suite (ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite - OEM).

Accesories: 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card.
1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S1S Bridge Card.
Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield.
6 x SATA Data Cables (optional).
2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables (optional).
1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel.
4 x HDD Screws.
6 x Chassis Screws.
1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket.

Hardware Monitor: CPU Temperature Sensing.
Chassis Temperature Sensing.
CPU/Chassis/Power/SB Fan Tachometer.
CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature).
CPU/Chassis/SB Fan Multi-Speed Control.
Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore.

Form Factor: ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm.
Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors).

OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant.

Certification: FCC, CE, WHQL.
ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required).